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25.07.2013 14:35
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church expresses condolences to the King of Spain over train accident near Santiago de Compostela
On July 24, over seventy people were killed and many injured in the train derailment near Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following message with condolences and support to the King of Spain.
25.07.2013 14:32
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expresses condolences to President of Spanish Episcopal Conference over victims of train derailment in Spain
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent the following message of condolences to Archbishop Antonio Maria Varela of Madrid over the train derailment near Santiago de Compostela.
23.07.2013 23:58
Patriarch Kirill’s message of condolences to Chairman of People’s Republic of China
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping over the destructive earthquake that happened on July 22 in Central PRC with a great death toll.
16.07.2013 20:01
Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to Archpastors, Priests, Monastics and the Laity on the Occasion of the 1025th Anniversary of the Baptism of Rus
The document was adopted at the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on July 16, 2013 (minutes 69).
10.07.2013 11:16
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav, hierarch of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte and the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church over the untimely death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav.
10.07.2013 11:15
DECR chairman expresses condolences to Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria over the death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, in which he expressed his condolences over the tragic death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav.
28.06.2013 22:14
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations Moscow Patriarchate “Church, Society and State in Russia: Ways of Cooperation”
(28 June 2013, Vienna, Austria)
25.06.2013 21:41
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s appeal regarding tragic events in Syria
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia made an appeal with regard to tragic events in Syria
13.06.2013 14:46
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church greets His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople with his Name Day
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following message to His Holiness Bartholomew, greeting him with his Name Day
13.06.2013 13:53
DECR chairman congratulates His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following congratulatory message to His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople