Orthodox clergy
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Turkey Reportedly Agrees to Reopen Halki Theological School After More Than Five Decades
Turkey is reportedly set to allow the reopening of the Halki Theological School, the historic seminary of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, after more than five decades of closure, according...

Russian Orthodox Church Approves Decree Calling Ukraine Invasion a “Holy War”
The Russian Orthodox Church has approved a decree that describes the war in Ukraine in explicitly religious terms. According to an Atlantic Council UkraineAlert commentary by Brian Mefford,...

Malankara Orthodox Metropolitan Zacharias Mar Theophilus dies in Kozhikode, Kerala, India
The Rev. Fr. Alexander J. Kurien, deputy associate administrator of the office of US government-wide policy in Washington DC, has publicly mourned the death of Zacharias Mar Theophilus,...

Greek Foreign Minister and Jerusalem Patriarch Discuss Protection of Middle East Christians
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis held a telephone conversation with Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem on Monday, reaffirming the Greek government’s support for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of...
