Inter-Orthodox relations
04.09.2013 17:14
Metropolitan Hilarion sends message of greetings to participants in 21st International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality
On 4 September 2013, the 21st International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality on the theme “the Ages of the Spiritual Life” began its work in the Monastery of Bose, Italy.
02.09.2013 15:52
Syrian Church Representative in US Calls for End to Bloodshed
A Syrian Christian church representative in New York called on Friday for the world community to peacefully resolve the “endless war” in Syria, amid US talks of military intervention in the two-year civil war.
23.08.2013 14:13
Patriarch of Antioch thanks Russian Church for defending Christians in Middle East
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East sent a message to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in which he expressed his gratitude for the efforts that the Russian Orthodox Church makes to defend Christians in the Middle East.
23.08.2013 14:07
Head of Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America expresses gratitude to the Russian Church for her concern for 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 message to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, which reads, in particular: “We monitor with gratitude your tireless efforts in support of the…
20.08.2013 16:21
Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus: Rich is he who has Christ in his heart
The celebrations marking the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were over in the end of July. Among the witnesses to and participants in the celebrations was His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus. His interview has been published by…
20.08.2013 15:35
Primate of Serbian Church thanks Patriarch Kirill for hospitality during his peace visit and celebration marking 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’
His Holiness Patriarch Irenaios of Serbia, after his visit to the Russian Orthodox Church in July 2013, sent a letter of thanks to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
19.08.2013 22:10
Metropolitan Hilarion: Through participation in church sacraments, we partake of the Divine light
On August 19, 2013, the Day of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the rite of the blessing of fruit at the Moscow Church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-at-Bolshaya-Ordynka.
18.08.2013 8:27
Delegation of Russian Church completes its pilgrimage to Mount Athos
The delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent by the Holy Synod to take part in the celebrations on the occasion of the patronal feast of the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon, completed its pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain.
13.08.2013 17:37
Primate of Polish Orthodox Church thanks Patriarch Kirill for brotherly hospitality accorded during celebrations marking 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’
Metropolitan Sava of Poland also noted that the solemn celebration devoted to the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ had ‘a tremendous importance in a broad religious-public sense for all the Slavic nations’ and for the whole Orthodox world.
13.08.2013 15:32
Russian Orthodox Church delegation meets with Protos of the Holy Mountain
A delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, which arrived in the Holy Mount Athos to take part in the celebration of the patronal feast of the Monastery of St. Panteleimon, made a pilgrimage to the Athonite monasteries and visited its administrative centre.