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03.06.2013 18:32
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill attends grand meeting of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece
On June 3, after the prayer service at the Petraki Monastery, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church attended a grand meeting of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece. The members of the official delegation accompanying him also attended.
03.06.2013 2:45
Primates of the Orthodox Churches of Greece and Russia visit “Apostoli” Charity
On 2 June 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and All Greece visited the “Apostoli” (“Mission”) charity organization run by the Archbishopric of Athens.
02.06.2013 23:48
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visits Russian church of the Holy Trinity in Athens
On 2 June 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and All Greece visited the Russian church of the Holy Trinity in Athens.
02.06.2013 18:30
Primates of the Orthodox Churches of Greece and Russia celebrate Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Panteleimon in Athens
On 2 June 2013, the fifth Sunday after Pascha, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and All Greece celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Chu5ch of St. Panteleimon in Athens.
01.06.2013 21:00
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill begins official visit to the Orthodox Church of Greece
On 1 June 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Greece at the invitation of His Beatitude Hieronymus II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, and the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece.
29.05.2013 20:24
Regular session of the Holy Synod is completed in St. Petersburg
The Holy Synod resolved to establish new metropolitan area of Bryansk, Karelia and Lipetsk, named their heads and appointed ruling bishops of the new dioceses within metropolitan areas.
29.05.2013 16:13
Conference on Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich opens at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
On 29 May 2013, an inter-regional conference, “Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in the service to Moscow and the Fatherland” opened at the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. A litiya was celebrated at the tomb of the Grand Duke in the Church of St. Romanos…
29.05.2013 13:22
Regular session of the Holy Synod opens in St Petersburg under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
On 29 May 2013, the regular session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ad All Russia, opened in St Petersburg, in the historical building of the Sacred Governing Synod.
28.05.2013 19:00
On May 28, 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and All Palestine and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia consecrated the Naval Cathedral of St Nicholas in Kronstadt after its extensive restoration and celebrated the Divine Liturgy in it.
28.05.2013 16:24
U.S. Secretary of State thanks Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk for words of sympathy and support following terrorist attacks in Boston
H.E. Mr. John F. Kerry, the Secretary of State of the United States of America, sent a message to the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, in which he thanked Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamk for condolences over the terrorist attacks at the Boston Marathon.