Fr. Makarios Griniezakis

Specifically, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow had begun reevaluating the ecclesiastical rank of the Orthodox Churches. According to Archpriest Maxim Kozlof, a member of the committee entrusted with this task, the Patriarchate of Moscow is considered a Church of the pentarchy, that is, of the five Churches of ( Read more... )

Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios (c) walks in Kiev yesterday with Russian Patriarch Alexy II (r) and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, who asked for an autocephalous church in Kiev. Vartholomaios avoided replying but called for ‘unity’ among the Ukrainian flock.


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