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25.12.2016 12:39
Patriarch Kirill sends Christmas greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent Christmas greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches. Among the addressees are Pope Francis of Rome, the head of the Anglican Communion Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the president of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany Bishop Heinrich…
25.12.2016 12:38
DECR chairman sends Christmas greeting to the heads of non-Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent Christmas greeting to Pope Francis, Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strom, chairman of the Council of the EKD, and heads of other non-Orthodox Churches.
25.12.2016 10:51
Primate of Russian Church greets His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania with his Name Day
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church on his Name Day.
25.12.2016 10:50
DECR chairman greets Primate of Romanian Orthodox Church with his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message to His Beatitude Daniel, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Patriarch of Romania, greeting him with his Name Day.
25.12.2016 9:45
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to Primate of Georgian Orthodox Church
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a congratulatory message for His Holiness and Beatitude Patriarch-Catholicos Iliya II on the occasion of the anniversary of his enthronement.
25.12.2016 9:42
DECR chairman greets Primate of Georgian Church with the anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of greetings to His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of Georgia on the occasion of the anniversary of his enthronement.
21.12.2016 12:52
Patriarchate of Constantinople issues statement regarding the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey
After the assassination of Mr. Andrei Karlov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Turkey, in Ankara on 19 December 2016, the Patriarchate of Constantinople released a statement, expressing its deep grief over the tragedy.
20.12.2016 17:56
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over terrorist attack in Berlin
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, expressing his condolences over a terrorist attack in Berlin. In the evening of 19 December 2016, a truck ploughed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the centre of the…
19.12.2016 22:50
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the death of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey
On 19 December 2016, as the result of a terrorist attack, Mr. Andrei Karlov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Turkey, was assassinated in Ankara. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to his relatives and friends and to the…
19.12.2016 22:49
DECR chairman expresses condolences over assassination of Andrei Karlov, Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey
In his letter to Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed condolences over the death of Mr. Andrei Karlov, Russian Ambassador to Turkey.