ENCOURAGING STATEMENTS
Orthodox Leader Predicts Christian Springtime
Urges Knowledge of Church Fathers
BARCELONA, Spain, OCT. 5, 2010 (Zenit.org). Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev of Volokolamsk is expressing the conviction that the 21st century will see a flowering of Christianity, without divisions between the followers of Jesus. Read the complete article on the Zenit website.
Metropolitan Hilarion thanks Catholics for their active assistance rendered to Orthodox believers abroad
Oct. 06. 2010
Moscow, October 6, Interfax – Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk noted the active assistance rendered to Orthodox believers abroad by representatives of other Christian confessions.
“Do pundits of our cooperation with the Catholic Church know who provides our fellow countrymen abroad with premises necessary to conduct services, organize Sunday schools and establish Orthodox communication environment?” Metropolitan Hilarion said in an interview posted Wednesday by the official website of the Russian Orthodox Church.
According to him, many newly created Orthodox communities abroad use church buildings provided to them by non-Orthodox communities, primarily Catholics. Read the complete article on the Interfax website.