Inter-Orthodox relations

28.04.2010 14:53

Code on Holy Sites presented in Istanbul

On 28 April 2010, Code on Holy Sites was presented at the session of the European Council of Religious Leaders. The document, compiled on the initiative of representatives of religious communities and expert circles from different countries, was adopted at the Conference in Trondheim in 2009. It was prepared with…
27.04.2010 17:21

(Russian) Святейший и Блаженнейший Католикос-Патриарх всея Грузии Илия II посетил Подворье Русской Православной Церкви в Карловых Варах

(Russian) 18 апреля 2010 года, в неделю третью по Пасхе, святых жен-мироносиц, и день памяти благоверной Тамары, царицы Грузинской, Святейший и Блаженнейший Католикос-Патриарх всея Грузии Илия II, находящийся на лечении в Карловых Варах, посетил храм святых первоверховных апостолов Петра и Павла — Подворье Русской Православной Церкви.
27.04.2010 11:49

(Russian) На Подворье Русской Православной Церкви в Софии была совершена панихида по всем погибшим в результате аварии на Чернобыльской АЭС

(Russian) 26 апреля 2010 года на Подворье Русской Православной Церкви в Софии была совершена панихида по всем погибшим в результате аварии на Чернобыльской АЭС. По благословению Святейшего Патриарха Болгарского Максима панихиду возглавил епископ Величкий Иоанн, викарий Софийской митрополии, в сослужении клириков Подворья.
26.04.2010 23:52

Meeting of the European Council of Religious Leaders opens in Istanbul

The annual meeting of the European Council of Religious Leaders (ECRL) opened in Istanbul on 26 April 2010. The Council is comprised of thirty representatives of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrism from European countries. The ECRL objective is to promote peaceful coexistence of the communities of different…
26.04.2010 23:37

Baku Declaration on the results of the trilateral meeting between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshuqur Pasha-zade

A joint declaration was adopted on the results of the trilateral meeting between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshuqur Pasha-zade that took place in Baku on 26 April 2010.
26.04.2010 18:20

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the Georgian Orthodox hierarchs

They discussed topical problems on the agenda of the Inter-Orthodox dialogue, including preparations for the next session of the Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference in Chambesy and prospects of relations between the Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches.
21.04.2010 14:15

(Russian) Архиепископ Гайновский Мирон погребен в Супрасльском Благовещенском монастыре

(Russian) 19 апреля 2010 года в Варшаве в кафедральном соборе во имя святой Марии Магдалины состоялось прощание с православным ординарием Войска Польского архиепископом Гайновским Мироном, трагически погибшим в авиакатастрофе под Смоленском.
19.04.2010 16:55

A hierarch of the Georgian Church visits DECR MP

Metropolitan Nicholas of Ahalkalaki and Kumurdo, deputy head of the Georgian Orthodox Church’s department for mission and evangelism, who is on a visit to Moscow for academic studies, visited the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations on 16 April 2010. He met with Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, DECR vice-chairman.
15.04.2010 20:44

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk receives delegation of religious workers from Sweden

As the group of religious workers from Sweden continues their pilgrimage to Russia, the DECR head, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met with them on April 15, 2010.
13.04.2010 14:57

Orthodox bishops from Sweden concelebrate with Patriarch Kirill the Divine Liturgy at Moscow Kremlin’s Cathedral of Archangel Michael

A pilgrim group of religious workers in Sweden came to Moscow on April 12, 2010. The delegation includes Bishop Dosifej of Britain and Scandinavia (Serbian Orthodox Church), Bishop Makarios of Northern Europe (Romanian Orthodox Church) as well as bishops of the Syrian and Coptic Churches in Sweden, representatives of Oriental…