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22.06.2016 23:45
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s letter on the occasion of the terrorist attack in Qamishli
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following letter to His Holiness Mar Ignatios Aphrem II, Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, on the occasion of the terrorist attack at Al-Qamishli in Syria.
17.06.2016 12:00
Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to Primates and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches who have assembled in Crete
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a message to the Primates and representative of Local Orthodox Churches who have assembled in the Island of Crete.
14.06.2016 15:39
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on the occasion of his Name Day
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has greeted His Beatitude Heronymos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, on the occasion of his Name Day.
14.06.2016 15:38
DECR chairman sends a message of greetings to the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on the occasion of his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) greeted His Beatitude, Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece on the occasion of his Name Day.
13.06.2016 18:44
On the situation caused by the refusal of several Local Orthodox Churches to participate in the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church
Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
11.06.2016 10:41
DECR chairman congratulates His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on his Nameday
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople with his Nameday.
03.06.2016 21:34
Session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church 3 June 2016
Serious problems which have arisen in the course of preparations for the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church to take place from June 18 to 26, 2016, especially concerning the refusal of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to attend the Council if its date is not put off and…
02.06.2016 23:16
On the Protection of Unborn Children
Statement of the Interreligious Council in Russia
26.05.2016 16:52
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill extends condolences over terrorist attacks in Syria
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Bashar Al-Assad, over terrorist attacks in the cities of Jableh and Tartous, which had claimed the lives of over one hundred people.
21.05.2016 11:40
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expresses condolences over EgyptAir plane crash that claimed lives of 66 people
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent messages to French President François Hollande and to the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, expressing condolences over the death of people at the result of the crash of the EgyptAir plane en route from Paris to Cairo.