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30.08.2010 11:48
Patriarch Kirill sends wishes of many happy returns to Belarus’s President Lukashenko
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill has sent the following message of greeting to President Lukashenko of the Republic of Belarus on the occasion of his birthday
28.08.2010 9:04
(Russian) Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион направил Предстоятелю Сербской Православной Церкви поздравительное послание по случаю 80-летия со дня рождения
(Russian) В послании Святейшему Патриарху Сербскому Павлу председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион поздравил его с 80-летием со дня рождения.
24.08.2010 11:49
Patriarch Kirill greeting Ukraine’s President Yanukovich on Independence Day
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church has sent the following message of greetings to Ukraine’s President Yanukovich on the occasion of the Independence Day
18.08.2010 14:55
Chairman of Synodal Information Department on journalists’ assessment of Patriarch Kirill’s work
Nezavisimaya gazeta published on 18 August 2010 an article by V. Legoida, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Information Department, entitled ‘Why to Cipher the Patriarch?’ The text of the article is given below. The activity of Patriarch Kirill expressed in his speeches and trips to dioceses has sometimes provoked…
11.08.2010 10:58
‘We do not seek the defeat but the return of our brothers…’ – Interview by V. Legoida, head of the Synodal Information Department
The Appeal of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod ‘To Orthodox Christians in Ukraine who stay outside the unity with the Holy Church’ has provoked a lively public discussion in Ukraine. The Synod of the so-called Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kievan Patriarchate (UOC KP) issued immediately a counter statement…
09.08.2010 12:29
Metropolitan Hilarion’s message to Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Athos on the occasion of St. Panteleimon’s Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, has sent the following message of greetings to the abbot of the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on holy Mount Athos on the occasion of the commemoration day of the holy protomartyr and healer Panteleimon
09.08.2010 12:00
Patriarch Kirill sends message of greetings to abbot of St. Panteleimon’s Monastery on occasion of its patron saint’s day
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a message of greetings to the abbot of the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on the occasion of its patron saint’s day
01.08.2010 14:45
Patriarchal Appeal Concerning the Drought and Forest Fires in Russia
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has addressed the following appeal to all the faithful of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the natural disasters – the drought and large-scale forest fires.
30.07.2010 11:44
Metropolitan Hilarion’s condolences over explosion in church of Protecting Veil in Zaporozhie
An explosion went off during vespers on July 28, 2010, in the church of the Protecting Veil in Zaporozhie. Nine people were injured and Sister Liudmila Donets died of the wounds. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, expressed condolences over the tragedy.
30.07.2010 11:42