In the early 20th century, the idea of promoting the union of Churches (Orthodox and heterodox) began to gain ground among circles in the Eastern Orthodox Church by establishing a “Communion of Churches” modeled on the League of Nations. The Patriarchal...
The Repose and Funeral Service of Metropolitan Philaret First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Vladyka Metropolitan Philaret had been ailing for quite some time, and, in August of 1985, had undergone minor surgery. After the operation, his physicians...
The Church of Serbia at the Crossroads (Reprinted from “Newletter #27”, Nov. – Dec., 1979, published by the Department of Public and Foreign Relations of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) Not long ago, in our...
St. Philaret, Metropolitan of New York and Eastern America: The New Confessor and Ascetic On the feast of the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and all the Bodiless Powers, 8/21 November 1985, His Eminence the Most Rev. Metropolitan Philaret, First Hierarch of Russian...
