Update: Working with What We’ve Got
Forgive NFTU’s, erm, appearance over the next couple of days. We took a hit we couldn’t easily recover from this time, and so while NFTU is working, it won’t be too pretty. Hopefully we will have this...
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LIVE FRIDAY 7 PM PST: Salutations to the Theotokos from Portland’s Nativity...
NFTU Radio, as we continue to focus on strengthening our multimedia focus, will be streaming a live broadcast of the Χαιρετισμοί (“Salutations”) to the Theotokos this Friday, April 6/19, at 7 PM PST....
View ArticleCHRIST IS RISEN!
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! Христос воскресе! Воистину воскресе! Χριστός ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ανέστη! We will be putting up the Paschal encyclicals for this year over the coming two or three days....
View ArticlePatriarch Kirill to Visit Mt. Athos
According to a May 30, 2012 report by Radio Voice of Russia Patriarch Kirill of the Moscow Patriarchate plans to make a visit to Mt. Athos (the report has been picked up and confirmed by other sites as...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood/Abortion Lobby Fails in El Salvador
June 1, 2013 Despite the best efforts of the abortion lobby and sympathetic media outlets, the El Salvadoran Supreme Court has refused to allow an anonymous El Salvadoran woman to procure an abortion...
View ArticleSt. Nicholas Convent (ROCOR-A) in New York Celebrates Patronal Feast
(Source: Internet Sobor) St. Nicholas Convent (New York, ROCOR) Patronal Festival was held in honor of St.. Nicholas. The holiday was moved from 9/22 to 13/26 of May, in connection with the convenience...
View ArticleSerbian Patriarchate Bishop Resigns Over Sexual Abuse
Originally reported on in April 22, 2013, the Serbian Patriarchate has had to accept the resignation of Bishop Vasilije Kacavenda, a prominent Serbian Patriarchate Bishop in Bosnia. The resignation...
View ArticleEcumenical and Antiochian Patriarchs Meet
This past Jun 1st, 2013, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Archontonis) received Antiochian Patriarch John (Yazigi) at Phanar residences. During the meetings, Patriarch Bartholomew discussed with...
View ArticleVideo of Funeral Service for Met. Cyprian of Synod in Resistance
June 07, 2013 Videos on youtube of the funeral services held by the Synod in Resistance for Met. Cyprian of Oropos and Phyle, are now available. (Here, here, and here.) As noted previously, Met....
View ArticleUS Formally Approves Aid to Syrian ‘Rebels’
(Source: Independent) The United States has signalled it is preparing to insert itself directly in the Syrian civil war by for the first time giving direct military support, including arms, to moderate...
View ArticleBulgarian Agent-Bishop Found Dead on Beach
(Source: sofiaecho.com) The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Varna, Kiril, has been found dead on a Black Sea beach, the Holy Synod said on July 9 2013, citing official confirmation from...
View ArticleROCOR-MP Suspends Western Rite
As reported on July 12, 2013, at the ROCOR-MP website Commentary: This is exactly what others and myself thought would happen. However, we believed it would transpire after the death of Met. Hilarion...
View ArticleMilan: Former Metropolitan Evloghios Puts on Mitre, Declares He’s Back
After deciding to abandon the Episcopate for over two years alongide Abundius of Como, causing a schism in the Milan Synod and attempting to place the parishes under the Moscow Patriarchate while...
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“New Milan Synod”: Official Letters of Renunciation Made Public
Just a week after an official announcement claiming the “return” of the Milan Synod, an anonymous source has sent NFTU copies of both the renunciations of Metropolitan Evloghios of Milan and Archbishop...
View ArticleEuropean Metropolia: Diocesan Meeting in Bergamo
On 25-26 July 2013, at the Bergamo-Malpensa parish, the Metropolis of Italy held the second conference of this year under the Chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufrie (Pop), Archbishop of...
View ArticleListen Live: Changes at NFTU – 11PM EST August 1, 2013 (NS)
Due to recent news events, we will be announcing changes to NFTU effective immediately tonight at 11 PM, EST. There will be limited availability for call-ins through the TalkShoe interface, but...
View ArticleItalian Archpriest Leaves Metr Anghelos’ TOC-PC for Gregory of Colorado
In another surprise move, Archpriest Ambrogio Ciotta, formerly of the Milan Synod, has left the TOC of the Patristic Calendar under Metropolitan Anghelos of Avlonos for the former ROAC Archbishop...
View ArticleMP Priest Who Criticized Pussy Riot Jailings Stabbed to Death
Pavel Adelgeim was considered a different kind of “dissident” priest in the MP: unlike those who pretended to emulate the True Orthodox in their protests, Adelgeim was a unique figure in MP clergy in...
View ArticleAncient Christian Syrian village taken by rebels; minority flees
View Larger Map - People are fleeing from one of the longest-established locations of the Christian religion, where the language of Jesus is still spoken and which is recognised as part of the world’s...
View ArticlePat. Kyrill Celebrates Consecration of Armenian Monophysite Cathedral
Sept. 18, 2013 (Source: Moscpat) On 17 September 2013, a solemn ceremony of the consecration of the church complex belonging to the Armenian Apostolic Church took place in Moscow, in Trifonovskaya...
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