Scotland's first Romanian Orthodox Church to open in Glasgow
A church in the east end of Glasgow is to be consecrated as the first place of worship for the Romanian Orthodox Church in Scotland. Shettleston Old Parish Church will host a special inauguration...
View ArticleRussian parish in Scotland participates in the Epiphany ice swimming
The Russian Orthodox parish of Glasgow conducted divine services on the Epiphany night for the second year running. Then all who wanted had a chance to dip in ice water. In spite of the cold, for local...
View ArticleRussia's new patriarch seen as modernizer
Metropolitan Kirill, elected on Tuesday as the new leader of 165 million Russian Orthodox believers, is seen as a modernizer who may thaw long icy ties with the Catholic Church. The first Patriarch...
View ArticleBaroness Scotland backs Moscow in fight over Russian Orthodox cathedral
The Attorney-General has stepped into a High Court dispute in which a congregation is battling for ownership of the £15 million Russian Orthodox cathedral in London. The David and Goliath battle in...
View ArticleRussians threaten to end dialogue with Anglicans
The Russian Orthodox Church has threatened to withdraw from dialogue with Anglicans because of the “liberalism and relativism” of some Anglican Churches, and the development of women bishops in the...
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Obituary: Archimandrite John Maitland Moir, priest
Born: 18 June, 1924, in Currie. Died: 17 April, 2013, in Edinburgh, aged 88 Father John Maitland Moir, priest of the Orthodox Church of St Andrew in Edinburgh, founder of many smaller Orthodox...
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Row over Romanian monk’s plan for a monastery in Hebrides
A row has broken out over plans by a Romanian monk to found the first new monastery in the Hebrides for hundreds of years. Father Seraphim Aldea is currently touring the US trying to raise £65,000 in...
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Russian Church severs ties with Scotland & France churches: blessing LGBT...
Recent decisions by the Church of Scotland to ordain homosexual ministers and the United Protestant Church of France to bless same-sex marriages are acts “incompatible with the norms of Christian...
View ArticleOne in eight new Scottish marriages are same-sex couples
Since same-sex marriage was introduced in Scotland, one in eight marriages have been between same-sex couples. There were 3,889 weddings in total between 31st December 2014 and 31st March 2015, with...
View ArticleA Christmas message from the Patriarchs and heads of Churches in Jerusalem
“But the angel said to them [the shepherds], ‘Do not be afraid; for see – I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born . . . a saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord.’”...
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