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30.09.2018 12:29
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Primate of Romanian Orthodox Church with 11th anniversary of his elevation to the Patriarchal throne
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent a message to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania, greeting him with the 11th anniversary of enthronement.
30.09.2018 12:28
DECR chairman sends greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania on the 11th anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, greeted the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church with the 11th anniversary of his enthronement.
22.09.2018 19:14
Primates of the Church of Alexandria and Polish Orthodox Church issue appeal concerning the situation of Orthodoxy in Ukraine
On September 21, the feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Primates issued a joint appeal to the heads of the Local Orthodox Churches and the plenitude of the holy Orthodoxy, expressing, in the spirit of brotherly love, their deep alarm over the recent developments pertaining to…
14.09.2018 21:05
MINUTES of the Holy Synod’s held on 14 September 2018
On 14 September 2018, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held an extraordinary session.
12.09.2018 15:42
Statement of the Synod of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate) issued on 11 September 2018
In view of the uncanonical interference of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in the internal affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Synod of the Belarusian Orthodox Church decided...
27.08.2018 15:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the death of pilgrims in bus crash in Bulgaria
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences over the death of pilgrims in the bus accident in Bulgaria. As the result of the tragedy that occurred near the Iskar Gorge, not far from the town of Svoge, 16 people died and 27 were injured.
27.08.2018 15:00
Metropolitan Hilarion expresses condolences over the tragic death of Bulgarian pilgrims in bus accident
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of condolences to His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos, Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, over the bus crash that had claimed the lives of the pilgrims returning from the Monastery of Seven Altars.
06.08.2018 17:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends condolences over the death of people as the result of earthquake in Indonesia
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to the President of Indonesia, Mr. Joko Widodo, over the death of people as the result of the earthquake on Lombok island.
24.07.2018 18:58
Patriarch Kirill’s letters of condolences over the loss of lives as a result of fires in Greece
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has expressed condolences to Prime Minister of the Republic of Greece Alexis Tsipras and His Beatitude Jeronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, over the loss of lives in the fires in Greece. According to the latest reports, the number…
14.07.2018 17:50
Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Archpastors, Clergy, Monastics and Laypeople on the 1030th Anniversary of the Baptism of Russia
The document was adopted at the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on 14 July 2018 (Journal No 42).