Tag: Orthodox Church

The Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, made an historic visit to St Mary’s Cathedral as part of his tour of Australia. The University of Notre Dame Australia awarded him with an honorary doctorate for his ministry of unity and commitment to dialogue and environmental issues.

Cardinal-Elect Mykola Bychok CSsR has been appointed the church’s youngest cardinal, Australia’s eighth, and the eighth of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. In “shock” after his appointment, the missionary bishop says he hopes to be a “breath of fresh air” for the migrant-rich Australian church.

Pope Francis has expressed his continued sorrow over the war in Ukraine while asking that "no Christian church be abolished" after the Ukrainian parliament passed a law to ban the Moscow Patriarchate-affiliated jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

There is only one year left until the church celebrates the 1700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council in history: the Council of Nicaea. In 2025, Orthodox and Catholics plan to celebrate this historic date together.

Pope Francis received a delegation from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, who travelled to Rome to attend the celebrations for the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul.

On 13 June the Dicastery for promoting Christian Unity will launch a new document summarising the responses to St John Paul II’s ‘Ut Unum Sint,’ and make a proposal for the renewed exercise of the papacy.

Pope Francis addressed the Orthodox Churches extending his "great affection and best wishes" as they began their Easter celebrations according to the Julian calendar.

Bishop Mykola Bychok, the eparch for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, announced the change to the Gregorian calendar on 22 March