Inter-Orthodox relations

11.11.2013 12:47

Metropolitan Hilarion completes his visit to Lebanon

Metropolitan Hilarion completes his visit to Lebanon On 10 November 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), who visited Lebanon in connection with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of consecration of Archbishop Nifon of Philippopolis, representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East to the…
10.11.2013 12:31

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch On 9 November 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a visit to Lebanon with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Balamand, where…
05.11.2013 23:44

A round table held in Moscow on the situation of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa

On November 5, 2013, a round table on “The situation of Christians: new threats and the humanitarian missions of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society” was held in Moscow as part of the 12th church-public exhibition-forum “Orthodox Rus’ – Towards the Day of People’s Unity”. It was organized by the IOPS…
21.10.2013 16:11

3d advanced courses for newly-installed bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church

3d advanced courses for newly-installed bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church 21 October 2013 – With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the 3d two-day advanced course for newly-installed bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church opened at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies.
18.10.2013 13:34

Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh takes part in the 7th meeting of Pan-Orthodox Episcopal Assembly for Britain and Ireland

Bishops of the Greek, Russian and Romanian Orthodox Churches discussed a range of subjects including educational leaflets on Baptism and Marriage, coordination of Orthodox prison ministry and pastoral recommendations on partaking of Holy Communion, website of the Sourozh diocese reports.
18.10.2013 13:24

Georgian Patriarch opens in Tbilisi exhibition of Russian icons

Georgian Patriarch opens in Tbilisi exhibition of Russian icons On 15 October 2013, an exhibition “The ‘Measured Icon’: Its History and Its Present”, organized by the Russian Club of Orthodox Maecenases, was presented at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi. Opening the exhibition was His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia. Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), a DECR staff…
16.10.2013 13:49

Metropolitan Varsonofy of Saransk and Mordovia celebrates Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

On 12 October 2013, Metropolitan Varsonofy of Saransk and Mordovia, chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate, arrived in the Holy Land. That same day he met with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine.
16.10.2013 13:18

DECR representative takes part in the celebration in Georgia

DECR representative takes part in the celebration in Georgia On 14 October 2013, the Georgian Orthodox Church celebrated the feast of Mtskhetoba-Svetitsokhoveli dedicated to the great shrines of the Life-Creating Pillar and the Chiton of the Lord, which was brought to Georgia in the 1st century. The feast is celebrated in Mtskheta, the ancient capital and spiritual centre of…
16.10.2013 12:04

Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with Bulgarian deputy minister of economy and energy

Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with Bulgarian deputy minister of economy and energy On 15 October 2013, archimandrite Filipp (Vasiltsev), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Bulgarian Patriarchate, met with Mr. Botev, deputy minister of economy, energy and tourism of Bulgaria.
15.10.2013 16:15

Icon of St Innocent of Irkutsk presented to Orthodox parish in Hong Kong

On 14 October 2013, the feast day of the Intercession of the Mother of God, an icon of St Innocent of Irkutsk, the heavenly patron of the Orthodox Church in China, was presented to the Orthodox parish of Ss Peter and Paul in Hong Kong with the blessing of Metropolitan…