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12.11.2012 11:42
DECR chairman congratulates new Primate of the Coptic Church
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent his greetings to Bishop Theodore, elected Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Coptic Church, with his election the 118th Primate of the Coptic Church. The text is given below.
08.11.2012 19:33
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church congratulates Barack Obama on his re-election as President of the United States of America
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following message of greetings to Barack Obama on the occasion of his re-election as President of the United States of America. The text of the message is given below.
07.11.2012 19:59
(Russian) Приветствие председателя ОВЦС митрополита Волоколамского Илариона участникам и гостям VI Международного кинофестиваля «Русское Зарубежье»
07.11.2012 16:36
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expresses condolences over demise of His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria
His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria, the oldest Primate of a Local Orthodox Church, died at the age of ninety-eight on 6 November 2012. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the message of condolences to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church over the death…
07.11.2012 16:36
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expresses condolences over demise of the Primate of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his condolences to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church over the demise of His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria. The Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church passed away in the Lord at the…
04.11.2012 17:40
Patriarch Daniel of Romania expresses solidarity with the Russian Orthodox Church and supports its initiatives concerning the protection of the Gospel principles in society
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania sent a letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in which he expressed his support of the Moscow Patriarchate’s initiatives concerning the protection and promotion of the Gospel principles and of the Christian traditions in society. The text is given…
04.11.2012 14:16
(Russian) Приветственное послание Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла участникам VI Ассамблеи Русского мира
30.10.2012 10:15
(Russian) Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион поздравил главного раввина России А.С. Шаевича с 75-летием
(Russian) Председатель ОВЦС направил поздравительное послание главному раввину России А.С. Шаевичу.
29.10.2012 10:03
(Russian) Предстоятель Русской Православной Церкви поздравил Святейшего Патриарха Болгарского Максима с 98-летием со дня рождения
(Russian) Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл направил Святейшему Патриарху Болгарскому Максиму послание, в котором поздравил его с 98-летием со дня рождения и иными знаменательными датами, отмечаемыми ныне Болгарской Православной Церковью.
28.10.2012 10:26
Metropolitan Hilarion’s condolences to Patriarch Ignatius of Great Antioch and All the East over the murder of a cleric of the Church of Antioch
The Russian Orthodox Church has been grieved to hear the news about the kidnapping and brutal murder of Father Faddi al-Haddad, a cleric of the Holy Church of Antioch, rector of the church of St. Elias in Qatana.