Nagorno-Karabakh
PHILOXENIA warns of humanitarian disaster in the Caucasus
12.09.2023
"Hunger is the invisible weapon of genocide". The PHILOXENIA Circle of Friends, of which Prof. Hallensleben is a member, calls for intervention in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, where some 120,000 Armenians…
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Faith and Order
The Co-Director of the Study Centre for Eastern Churches elected member of the WCC Faith and Order Commission
31.08.2023
Dr Mihail Comanoiu has been elected member of the new Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC), after having been nominated by the Romanian Orthodox Church. The new Commission…
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Stefanos Athanasiou
Fribourg was the place of my academic integration - Stefanos Athanasiou appointed professor in Munich
01.08.2023
Dr Stefanos Athanasiou, a German-speaking Orthodox theologian with Greek roots, who has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Fribourg since 2018, has been appointed to the Full…
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Mihail Comanoiu
Mihail Comanoiu successfully defended his doctoral thesis in Romania
28.07.2023
The Romanian Orthodox theologian Mihail Comanoiu, Co-Director of the Study Centre for Eastern Churches, obtained the PhD degree in theology at the Faculty for Orthodox Theology, University of Bucharest,…
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Alexandria
New document of the International Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue Commission
10.06.2023
At the end of its plenary meeting in Alexandria/Egypt (1-7.6.2023), the Commission adopted a document entitled "Synodality and Primacy in the Second Millennium and Today". The document touches on such…
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Pope Francis in Hungary
Metropolitan Hilarion met with Pope Francis at the Nunciature in Budapest
29.04.2023
Pope Francis met Metropolitan Hilarion at the Nunciature on the second day of his trip to Hungary. Contents of the conversation were not made public. Vatican NEWS reports.
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Nunciature
The "ecumenical" task of an Apostolic Nuncio is the focus of a visit by Fribourg students
28.04.2023
The Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, Archbishop Mons. Dr Martin Krebs, receives a group of students from the Fribourg Faculty of Theology to speak about the "ecumenical" dimension of his ministry. The…
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Dialogue with the CPCE
Continuation of the dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE)
22.04.2023
The Commission met in Paris from 19 to 21 April 2023. The theme of the dialogue, which began in April 2022, is unity, holiness, catholicity and apostolicity as marks of the church and criteria of ecclesial…
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Kiev Theological Academy
The tradition-steeped Kiev Theological Academy is threatened with closure. An appeal
27.03.2023
The Ukrainian government has ordered the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to leave the famous Kiev Monastery of the Caves by 29 March. The church's Theological Academy is also located on this territory. Monks,…
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