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23.11.2010 10:25

75th birthday of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev is solemnly celebrated in Kiev

Taking part in the celebration were bishops and clerics of the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches, delegations from the Local Orthodox Churches, and representatives of state authorities and public circles of Ukraine.
23.11.2010 2:57

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill arrives in Kiev to celebrate 75th birthday of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir

On 22 November 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Kiev to take part in the celebration of the 75th birthday of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine.
22.11.2010 10:12

(Russian) В московском храме в честь иконы Божией Матери «Всех скорбящих Радость» совершено поминовение жертв ДТП

(Russian) 21 ноября по благословению Святейшего Патриарха Кирилла в московских храмах совершались заупокойные литии по погибшим в дорожно-транспортных происшествиях. Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион за Божественной литургией в храме иконы Божией Матери «Всех скорбящих Радость» вознес молитвы о жертвах ДТП.
21.11.2010 20:46

Metropolitan Hilarion administers the rite of reuniting those to temporarily fell away from the Orthodox Church

On November 21, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, administered the rite of reuniting those who temporarily fell away from the Orthodox Church by diverting into schisms and sects, at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Ordynka.
21.11.2010 20:35

Metropolitan Hilarion: Angels of God watch over people’s life and help us in holy struggle against evil

Metropolitan Hilarion: Angels of God watch over people’s life and help us in holy struggle against evil On November 21, 2010, the Day of the Synaxis of Archangel Michael and Other Bodiless Powers, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy of All the Afflicted in Moscow.
20.11.2010 23:23

Metropolitan Hilarion: the Lord has given Muscovites special happiness to be subjects to pastoral authority of Patriarch Kirill not only as head of the Church but also bishop of Moscow

Metropolitan Hilarion: the Lord has given Muscovites special happiness to be subjects to pastoral authority of Patriarch Kirill not only as head of the Church but also bishop of Moscow In the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Ordynka, an ardent prayer was lifted up for His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.
19.11.2010 20:15

(Russian) Председатель ОВЦС встретился со старообрядческим митрополитом Московским и всея Руси Корнилием

(Russian) Участники встречи с удовлетворением отметили, что во многих сферах церковно-общественной жизни развивается сотрудничество старообрядческой митрополии с Русской Православной Церковью.
19.11.2010 20:02

(Russian) Состоялось очередное заседание комиссии по делам старообрядных приходов и по взаимодействию со старообрядчеством

(Russian) На заседании был рассмотрен проект Положения о старообрядных (единоверческих) приходах Русской Православной Церкви.
19.11.2010 19:01

(Russian) Иерархи Грузинской Православной Церкви сослужили митрополиту Илариону за Божественной литургией в храме во имя иконы «Всех скорбящих Радость»

(Russian) 19 ноября 2010 года, в день памяти преподобного Варлаама Хутынского, митрополит Иларион совершил Божественную литургию в храме иконы Божией Матери «Всех скорбящих Радость» на Большой Ордынке.
19.11.2010 13:38

Importance of Monasticism for Orthodoxy Today – paper presented by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the round table of 4th International Theological Conference

On November 18, 2010, the last day of the 4th International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church on Life in Christ: Christian Ethics, Ascetic Tradition of the Church and Modern Challenges, a round-table talk was held at the Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to discuss…