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01.06.2016 10:23
The first ever dissertation council for theology established in Russia as part of Ministry of Education and Science system
Unprecedented in Russian history, this event is a follow-up of the long and hard work, which has been carried out by the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional religions since the 1990s to build the academic sphere of theology in a secular educational space.
30.05.2016 9:21
From May 27 to 29, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill made a pilgrimage to Holy Mount Athos
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was on a pilgrimage to Holy Mount Athos from May 27 to 29, 2016.
28.05.2016 22:25
President Putin visits Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery on Athos
On May 28, 2016, President Vladimir Putin visited Holy Mount Athos. The visit of the head of the Russian State was dated to the millennium of the Russian monasticism on the Holy Mount.
28.05.2016 16:07
Patriarch Kirill celebrates thanksgiving at Xilourgou hermitage on Mount Athos
On May 28, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, accompanied by a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, visited the Xilourgou hermitage dedicated to the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, historically the first Russian monastery to be found on Mount Athos. Restoration work…
28.05.2016 14:45
Patriarch Kirill consecrates a church and celebrates at Old Roussik monastery on Athos
On May 28, 2016, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, who is on a pilgrimage to Holy Mount Athos, visited the Old Roussik hermitage, the second monastery after Xilourgu to be founded by Russian monks on Athos.
28.05.2016 1:55
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s homily delivered after thanksgiving at Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon on Mt Athos
On 27 May 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated a thanksgiving at the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon on Mount Athos.
28.05.2016 1:47
Patriarch Kirill prays at vespers in the St. Panteleimon Monastery
On May 27, 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia prayed at Small Vespers at the cathedral of the St. Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos.
28.05.2016 1:37
Patriarch Kirill arrives in Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon on Athos
On May 27, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon on Athos.
28.05.2016 1:16
Patriarch Kirill meets with members of the Athonite Holy Kinot
On May 27, 2016, after the thanksgiving at the Protatis Cathedral of the Dormition, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with members of the Mount Athos Holy Kinot.
27.05.2016 17:14
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church has arrived in Athos
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia began his pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain of Athos on May 27, 2016.