Inter-Orthodox relations
12.04.2013 23:15
Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia retires
On April 12, 2013, the Moscow Patriarchate received an official report about a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, which took place on the same day.
12.04.2013 19:41
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill receives H.E. Mahmoud Gamil Ahmed ElDieb, Ambassador of Arab Republic of Egypt to Russian Federation
On 12 April 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H.E. Mahmoud Gamil Ahmed ElDieb, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Russian Federation, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery. Taking part in the meeting was…
10.04.2013 21:31
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Bulgaria’s ex-president Georgi Parvanov
Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed the high guest on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and wished him success his in public service.
09.04.2013 13:27
Bishop Nestor of Chersonese leads patronal celebrations in the Church of the Annunciation in Barcelona
Bishop Nestor of Chersonese was on a pastoral visit to the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona, on April 6 and 7, 2013, timed for the patronal celebrations in the local Orthodox church of the Annunciation.
02.04.2013 15:48
Delegation of Bulgarian Orthodox Church visits Nizhniy Novgorod
On 28 March 2013, a delegation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church arrived in Nizhniy Novgorod with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
28.03.2013 19:46
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the meeting on the problems of Orthodoxy in Abkhazia
The participants exchanged opinions on the present situation of Orthodoxy in Abkhazia and prospects of development and shared their vision of the problems and their solution.
27.03.2013 14:52
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with delegation of the Church of Greece
On 27 March 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a delegation of the Orthodox Church of Greece, consisting of Metropolitan Basil of Elasson, chairman of the economic management, and Bishop Anthony of Salons, general director of the same…
27.03.2013 6:14
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill attend Sunday of Orthodoxy reception given by the Ambassador of Greece
On 26 March 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attended reception given by H.E. Michael Spinellis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic to the Russian Federation, on the occasion of the Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrated on the first Sunday in Lent.
26.03.2013 10:36
Traditional pan-Orthodox Vespers celebrated in London
According to the established procedure, this year the celebration was held at the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Church of St. Sophia.
24.03.2013 13:58
Primate of the Russian Church celebrates at Christ the Saviour Cathedral on the Sunday of Orthodoxy
At the Little Entrance, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church elevated Archbishops Iona of Astrakhan and Kamyziak and Rostislav of Tomsk and Asino to the rank of metropolitans in compliance with the decision of the Holy Synod of March 12 to establish the Astrakhan and Tomsk metropolitan areas.