Inter-Orthodox relations
25.12.2015 12:07
DECR chairman sends congratulatory message to Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the occasion of his Name Day
In his message to His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, greeted him on the occasion of the commemoration day of his heavenly patron saint – God’s Holy Prophet Daniel
25.12.2015 11:48
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulations to Primate of the Georgian Orthodox Church
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory message to His Holiness and Beatitude Patriarch-Catholicos Iliya II on the occasion of the anniversary of his enthronement
25.12.2015 11:47
DECR chairman’s congratulations to Primate of the Georgian Orthodox Church
The chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, has sent the following congratulatory message to His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia on the occasion of the anniversary of this primatial ministry
23.12.2015 14:15
Patriarch of Serbia expresses concern for discrimination against canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church
In his message to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church expresses concern for the new facts of violations of the human tights of the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
18.12.2015 18:55
Special inter-Orthodox commission for preparing Pan-Orthodox Council completes its session
On December 18, 2015, the Special Inter-Orthodox Commission for Preparing the Pan-Orthodox Council completed its session in Athens.
18.12.2015 18:28
Bishop Tikhon of Podolsk on pastoral visit to dioceses of Vienna and Austria and Hungary
On November 28, 2015, Bishop Tikhon of Podolsk, administrator of the dioceses of Vienna and Austria and Hungary, arrived in Austria.
18.12.2015 13:07
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens
The participants in the meeting, which was held at the premises of the Archdiocese of Athens, discussed various issues on pan-Orthodox agenda.
16.12.2015 23:52
Bulgarian Patriarchate expresses its concern over numerous violations of the rights of the Ukrainian Orthodox faithful
On 15 December 2015, the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church sent an appeal to the President of Ukraine, Mr. Petro Poroshenko, asking him to take all necessary measures to safeguard the rights of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, preventing seizures of her churches and defending her from other…
16.12.2015 16:50
Special Inter-Orthodox Committee for the Preparation of the Pan-Orthodox Council begins its work in Athens
The Committee is to draw up draft procedure rules of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church.
10.12.2015 13:13
25th anniversary of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry’s episcopal ministry is celebrated in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
On 9 December 2015, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Kievan Laura of the Caves to mark the 25th anniversary of the episcopal ministry of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine.