The solar eclipse of January 6, 2019 was a partial solar eclipse that was visible in East Asia and the North Pacific.
The maximal phase (71%) of the partial eclipse was recorded in Sakha Republic (Russia).
The eclipse was observed in Japan, the Russian Far East, North and South Korea, eastern China, eastern Mongolia and northwest Alaska.
Ukrainian Orthodox Christians Formally Break From Russia
ISTANBUL — The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide recognized the independence of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in a four-hour ceremony in Istanbul on Sunday, formalizing a split with the Russian church to which it had been tied for more than four centuries.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader, handed a Tomos of Autocephaly containing a decree of independence to the newly appointed Metropolitan Epiphanius of Ukraine, cleaving millions of Ukrainians from the Russian Orthodox Church.
The independence effort outraged political and religious leaders in Russia. But for President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine, who stood before an elevated throne throughout the ceremony in Istanbul, the occasion was an affirmation of independence from Russian influence in his embattled country and a boost ahead of elections in March.
Church split on a day with a partial solar eclipse that could be seen from Russia.
Partial Solar Eclipse, Orthodox split, Orthodox Christmas
Interesting that the partial solar eclipse yesterday over Russia coincided with Orthodox Christmas and the break away of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from Russia.
Yesterday's Solar Eclipse Was First of Six Eclipses In 2019 With 'Super Wolf Blood Moon' Up Next
"Super Wolf Blood Moon" = 1440 (English Sumerian)
Orthodox Christmas mass in Moscow
New Ukrainian Orthodox Church holds first Christmas mass in Kiev |
Pope met the Kirill in Cuba on February 12th 2016
The meeting in Havana took place on 12 February 2016 in a VIP room at José Martí International Airport near Havana, Cuba
Speaking to news media several days after the meeting, Patriarch Kirill said, citing as the reason ″powerful forces″ opposing such meeting (apart from the fearful Orthodox faithful), that the meeting had had to be prepared in strict secrecy; he also stressed that not a single theological issue had been discussed.
After the meeting with Pope Francis, Patriarch Kirill went to Antarctica.
The meeting in Havana took place on 12 February 2016 in a VIP room at José Martí International Airport near Havana, Cuba
Havana, Cuba, Feb 12, 2016 / 14:51 pm ( 14*60+51 = 891st minute of the day)
Queen Elizabeth meets with Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on 10/18/2016
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, had a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London on October 18. During the meeting, Patriarch Kirill and Queen Elizabeth II discussed the situation, in which Christians find themselves in today's Europe.
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