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28.07.2010 11:24

Patriarch Kirill’s homily in Kiev Laura of Caves on the Baptism of Rus’ Day

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! With great joy and in the simplicity of our hearts we celebrate the Day of the Baptism of Rus’s, the day of the demise of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles through whose will and efforts…
27.07.2010 11:01

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Many signals are coming from the schism that people feel the need to re-unite with the Church

On July 26, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, answered questions from a correspondent of the Inter TV channel in Ukraine.
26.07.2010 18:40

Appeal of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod to Orthodox Christians in Ukraine who are out of unity with the Holy Church

For over twenty years now there have been continued disorders generated by the church schism in Ukraine. Discord and confusion, faction and grievance it has brought cannot but affect the life of Ukrainian Orthodoxy and the society as a whole.
19.07.2010 10:45

Patriarch Kirill answers questions from Ukrainian journalists in anticipation of his visit to Ukraine

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church had a discussion with representatives of the Ukrainian mass media on July 15, 2010, at his working residence in Chisty Pereulok. Before his visit to Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill answered questions from Ukrainian TV channels Inter, Ukraine, First National, and Era.
14.07.2010 9:22

Metropolitan Hilarion expresses condolences over death of Father Andre Louf

Don Andre Louf, honorary abbot of the Abbey of Mont des Cats, died on July 12, 2010.
13.07.2010 16:13

Metropolitan Hilarion: There is nothing humiliating in coming back from a schism

The Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, has given an interview to the DECR official website concerning the establishment of a Commission on Schisms
09.07.2010 15:25

(Russian) Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион направил поздравительный адрес Президенту Украины В.Ф.Януковичу в связи с 60-летием со дня рождения

(Russian) Председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион направил поздравительный адрес Президенту Республики Украина В.Ф.Януковичу в связи с 60-летием со дня рождения.
09.07.2010 11:51

Patriarch Kirill’s greeting message to Ukraine’s President Yanukovich

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following message of greeting to Ukraine’s President Victor Yanukovich on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
08.07.2010 17:01

Patriarch Kirill congratulates newly-elected Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a congratulatory message to the newly-elected President of the Republic of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski. Below is the text of the message.
08.07.2010 16:49

(Russian) Председатель ОВЦС поздравил Б.Коморовского с избранием на пост Президента Польши

(Russian) Председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион поздравил Бронислава Коморовского с избранием на пост Президента Польши