Inter-Orthodox relations
12.11.2018 12:08
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church greets His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus with the anniversary of his enthronement and with his Name Day
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of New Justiniana and All Cyprus on the anniversary of his enthronement and on his Name Day.
12.11.2018 12:06
DECR chairman greets Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus with anniversary of enthronement and Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of greetings to His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of New Justiniana and All Cyprus on the anniversary of his Primatial ministry and the commemoration day of his heavenly patron, St. John Chrysostom.
12.11.2018 10:18
Divine services to be celebrated on regular basis at the historical church in the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul
During the Litany of Fervent Supplication, prayers were said for the preservation of the unity of Orthodoxy and for peace in Ukraine. To mark the centenary of the end of World War I, prayers were offered, commemorating the commanders and soldiers who had laid down their lives on the battlefields.
08.11.2018 15:50
Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate meets with Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus
His Eminence Varsonofy conveyed to His Beatitude a message of greetings from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and congratulated him on the 40th anniversary of the episcopal consecration, presenting him a holy pectoral icon.
06.11.2018 17:34
Interview given by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, to Italian news agency SIR
(Russian) В интервью итальянскому агентству SIR председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион рассказал о ситуации, которая сложилась в связи с антиканоническими шагами Константинопольского Патриархата, из-за которых Священный Синод Русской Православной Церкви признал невозможным продолжение евхаристического общения с ним.
06.11.2018 16:39
3rd Antonin Readings are held at St. Sergius Metochion in Jerusalem
On 4 November 2018, the feast day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the 3rd Antonin Readings dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the foundation of the Gorny Convent in Ein Kerem and the 150th anniversary of the Metochion of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission (REM) in Hebron…
03.11.2018 9:22
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church take part in international conference on Monasticism of Russia and Cyprus: Spiritual and Cultural Ties
The meeting is organized by the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Kykkos Monastery, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and St. Basil the Great Foundation.
31.10.2018 16:38
DECR chairman attends opening ceremony of the 6th World Congress of Compatriots Living Abroad
On 31 October 2018, an opening ceremony of the 6th World Congress of Compatriots Living Abroad under the motto “Russia and Compatriots. New Challenges and New Frontiers” was held at the World Trade Center in Moscow.
30.10.2018 15:22
Patriarch John X of Antioch meets with representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
On October 30, 2018, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East, met with the representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarchal Throne of Antioch, Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov).
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