Inter-Orthodox relations
07.10.2013 10:45
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
On 6 October 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in Podgorica. The Primates have arrived in Montenegro to participate in the blessing of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica.
07.10.2013 1:06
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Mr. Milo Dukanović, Prime Minister of Montenegro
On 6 October 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Mr. Milo Dukanović.
06.10.2013 22:04
Primates of Local Orthodox Churches celebrate Divine liturgy in the birthtown of St Constantine the Great
On 6 October 2013, the commemoration day of the conception of St. John the Baptist, the main event of the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan took place.
05.10.2013 22:52
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill takes part in the meeting of Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Church with the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić
On 5 October 2013, the President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, gave an official lunch at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade for the Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches and representatives of the Catholic and Protestant Churches participating in the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict…
04.10.2013 21:49
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visits the Serbian Orthodox Church
On 4 October 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The visit to the Serbian Orthodox Church is timed for the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan.
24.09.2013 7:50
DECR chairman speaks at International Conference ‘Monasteries and Monasticism: Traditions and Modernity’
On 23 September 2013, the International Conference ‘Monasteries and Monasticism: Traditions and Modernity’ opened at the Moscow Theological Academy. Taking part in the forum, organized by the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism, are archpastors, abbots and abbesses, monastics and theologians from Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Poland and Serbia.
18.09.2013 17:34
Chairperson of the Council of Federation meets with Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church
During her official visit to Greece, Ms. Valentina Matviyenko, chairperson of the Council of the Federation, met with His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece.
18.09.2013 13:38
Head of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America thanks DECR chairman for supporting Christians in Syria
His Eminence Philip (Saliba), Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America, head of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, sent a letter to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations.
17.09.2013 17:10
New Russian bells to be installed at the belfry of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
On 14 September 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine met with hegumen Feofan (Lukianov), acting head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem.
06.09.2013 14:50
Metropolitan Philip Urges Faithful to Contact Congress on Syria Vote
Metropolitan Philip expresses his concern that if the United States initiate a bomb attack on Syria, it can lead to total extermination of the Christian presence in the Middle East.