Inter-Orthodox relations

14.12.2009 17:04

Archbishop Hilarion’s answers questions from Der Spiegel

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from Der Spiegel magazine. Below is the text of the talk His Eminence Hilarion had with the magazine’s correspondents. The interview is published in Der Spiegel’s issue No. 51, 2009. – How would you…
10.12.2009 16:50

Primate of the Orthodox Church in America completes his visit to Moscow

His Beatitude arrived in Moscow on December 5 on the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia for the celebrations to mark the 15th anniversary of the Orthodox Church in America Representation in Moscow.
10.12.2009 16:12

Russian Orthodox Church delegation led by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk takes part in an Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission meeting

The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission began its sessions on December 10 at the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Orthodox Center in Chambesy near Geneva, to continue its work on the agenda of a Holy and Great Council of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
09.12.2009 12:17

The Estonian version of the late Patriarch Alexy’s book ‘Orthodoxy in Estonia’ to be presented in Tallinn

The book is based on the Candidate’s dissertation ‘Esseys on the History of Orthodoxy in Estonia’ defended by the then Metropolitan Alexy of Tallinn in 1984 at the Leningrad Theological Academy, the news service of the Russian World foundation has reported.
07.12.2009 19:09

Primates of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church in America celebrate at St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Archbishop Jonah of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada celebrated the Divine Liturgy and prayer service at the Church of St. Catherine-in-the-Fields.
06.12.2009 16:16

Primate of the Orthodox Church in America arrives in Moscow

His Beatitude Jonah, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada, arrived in Moscow on December 5, 2009, at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, to take part in the celebrations devoted to the 15th anniversary of the OCA Representation Church in…
30.11.2009 10:24

Victims of mass starvation in 1930s in USSR and those who died in Neva Express crash commemorated in Damascus

The Office for the Dead was said on Nov. 29 at the Church of St. Ignatius the God-Bearer in the Moscow Patriarchate’s Representation to the Patriarch of Antioch in Damascus to commemorate victims of the mass starvation in the 1930s in the USSR.
29.11.2009 14:23

Appeal of the UOC Holy Synod to the Faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

All-Honourable Fathers, Brothers and Sisters Beloved in Christ: The division in Ukrainian Orthodoxy is a pain for the entire Orthodox Church. Our brothers and sisters of the same blood and faith have found themselves outside the saving fold of the Church. Some of these people have split consciously, separating themselves…
28.11.2009 1:01

Bishop of the Church of Cyprus visits DECR

Bishop Gregorios of Mesaoria, director of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus’s office for inter-church relations and European affairs, who is in Moscow for the 5th International Pilgrimage Conference, visited on November 26 the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations.
26.11.2009 13:45

Russian president congratulates Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and All Africa on the 5th anniversary of his enthronement

Mr. Medvedev noted the contribution made by Patriarch Theodore to ‘the cause of asserting Orthodox unity and broadening the constructive dialogue of Christian Churches” and stressed his appreciation of the patriarch’s concern for the development of fruitful cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church.