Inter-Orthodox relations
07.07.2014 23:12
His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine is buried in Kiev after burial service
On 7 July 2014, the feast day of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, the Divine Liturgy and the burial service for the deceased Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine were celebrated in the square before the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Laura of the Caves in…
06.07.2014 18:22
Clergy and laypeople pay last respects to His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir
The worshippers continue to pay their last respects to the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, whose body had been brought into the Cathedral the day before.
26.06.2014 23:34
21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy opens at State Duma
June 26, 2014 – the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy has opened in the State Duma under the theme “Parliamentary Democracy – Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings”.
26.06.2014 23:33
Patriarch Kirill’s video-address to the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy
On June 26, the opening of the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy took place in the State Duma under the theme “Parliamentary Democracy – Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings”.
26.06.2014 23:32
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the 1st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy
On June 26, the opening of the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy took place in the State Duma under the theme “Parliamentary Democracy – Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings”. Below is the address to the Assembly by the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’ department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of…
24.06.2014 19:23
Patriarch Kirill extends condolences to Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria upon the flood
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following message of condolences to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria upon the flood in the country
24.06.2014 19:23
Metropolitan Hilarion sends condolences to Metropolitan John of Varna and Veliki Preslav over the flood in Bulgaria
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, has sent to Metropolitan John of Varna and Veliki Preslav the following message of condolences over the catastrophic flood in Bulgaria
22.06.2014 20:13
Metropolitan Hilarion: We pray to all saints in the Russian land for the spiritual unity of Holy Russia
On June 22, the commemoration day of All the Saints Who Shone in the Russian Land, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya-Ordynka, Moscow.
18.06.2014 9:21
Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church visit Department for External Church Relations
On 17 June 2014, archpriest Nikolai Balashov, vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Bishop Joanikije of Budimlje and Niksic, who is leading a group of Orthodox clerics and laymen from Montenegro in their pilgrimage to the Russian Orthodox Church.
10.06.2014 21:49
DECR chairman attends the conference on Astrakhan and the Bagrations: the History of Two Burials
The conference is attended by bishops and clergy of the Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches, as well as prominent scholars and experts from Russia and Georgia.