DECR Chairman

09.10.2011 17:00

Patriarch Kirill honoured with Moldova’s highest award

On October 9, 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was presented with Moldova’s highest award, the Order of the Republic, in a solemn ceremony at the Palace of the Republic in Kishinev, the capital of Moldova.
09.10.2011 16:00

Patriarch Kirill honours memory of those who fell in action during Great Patriotic War for liberation of Moldova

On October 9, 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia came to the Eternitate Memorial in the Moldavian capital of Kishinev to lay a wreath in memory of the soldiers who died in action during the Great Patriotic War, struggling for the liberation of Moldova.
09.10.2011 15:34

Patriarch Kirill celebrates in central square in Kishinev

On October 9, 20111, the Day of the Repose of St. John the Theologian and the Commemoration Day of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the central square of Kishinev, the capital of Moldova.
09.10.2011 2:29

(Russian) Начался Первосвятительский визит Святейшего Патриарха Кирилла в Молдавию

(Russian) Из аэропорта Предстоятель Русской Православной Церкви направился в кишиневский кафедральный собор в честь Рождества Христова.
08.10.2011 16:37

Metropolitan Hilarion: We all are aboard one and the same ship called the Church of Christ

Metropolitan Hilarion: We all are aboard one and the same ship called the Church of Christ On October 8, the feast day, Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the same church together with Archbishop Guriy of Novogrudok and Lida, Bishop Guriy of Petropavlovsk and Bulayevo, Bishop Feofilakt of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk, and Bishop Iliya of Ruzayevka.
07.10.2011 14:06

Festival of Religious Music to be held at the Moscow Church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God on October 14 – November 6

Festival of Religious Music to be held at the Moscow Church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God on October 14 – November 6 The opening is timed to coincide with the feast that enjoys a special esteem in Russia and with the commemoration day of St. Romanos the Melodus, a patron of singers and of the art of religious music.
07.10.2011 9:29

The Holy Synod takes decisions on external church relations

At its session on 5-6 October 2011 chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church took decisions related to external church relations.
06.10.2011 21:47

(Russian) Журналы заседания Священного Синода от 5-6 октября 2011 года

(Russian) Журналы заседания Священного Синода от 5-6 октября 2011 года (Russian) Под председательством Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла состоялось первое заседание зимней сессии Священного Синода Русской Православной Церкви.
06.10.2011 0:04

Metropolitan Hilarion becomes chairman of Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission

Metropolitan Hilarion becomes chairman of Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission This decision was made by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church during the first day of the winter session on October 5, 2011.
05.10.2011 12:20

DECR chairman gives talk to Orthodox youth at Central House of Journalists

On October 4, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, read a lecture on the Eucharist as the Core of the Christian’s Life as part of the Public Orthodox Lectures given in the Central House of Journalists.