Inter-Orthodox relations
29.11.2017 14:19
Patriarch Kirill: Continued attempts are made to impose on the Church a life according to the rules of this world
In his address to the Russian Orthodox Church Bishops’ Council, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia reminded its members of the principal calling of the Church to be the salt of this world (cf. Mt. 5:13), to bring people into unity with the Lord, to give them…
29.11.2017 14:10
THE FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH : THE MINISTRY OF THE BISHOP IS INEXTRIABLY LINKED TO THE ORTHODOX UNDERSTANDING OF CONCILIARITY
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia stressed that in the twenty first century, as in previous ages, the ministry of the bishops, in order to be truly conciliar, ought to combine the preservation of institutions defined by Tradition with a constant awareness to the conciliar voice of…
29.11.2017 14:07
HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL: THE LOCAL COUNCIL OF 1917-1918 WAS TRULY AN EXTRAORDINARY PEHNOMENON IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
In his report at the Episcopal Council, which opened in Moscow on 29th November 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia emphasized that the present Council is to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Patriarchal enthronement of St. Tikhon of Moscow.
29.11.2017 14:04
HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL: THE MAIN HERITAGE OF THE NEW MARTYRS IS THEIR LOVE OF CHRIST AND NEIGHBOUR, FOR WHOM THEY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
The hundredth anniversary of the beginning of persecution is inextricably linked to the sad anniversary of the 1917 Revolution and the beginning of the Russian civil war, His Holiness the Patriarch reminded his listeners, stressing that St. Tikhon of Moscow had prophetically heralded the main lesson of the tragic trials…
29.11.2017 14:01
Opening of the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
After the Divine Liturgy and a thanksgiving at the relics of St. Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church has begun its first plenary session at the Church Councils Hall of the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. It is chaired by…
20.11.2017 12:44
Primate of Orthodox Church in America leads celebrations marking 100th anniversary of election of St. Tikhon to the Moscow Patriarchal Throne and 115th anniversary of consecration of the Patriarchal cathedral in New York
On 19 November 2017, 24th Sunday after Pentecost, the clergy and parishioners of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral prayerfully celebrated the 100th anniversary of election of St. Tikhon (Bellavin) to the Moscow Patriarchal Throne and the 115th anniversary of consecration of the cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in New York.
20.11.2017 12:14
International Conference on veneration of St. Andrew the First-Called takes place in Greece
An international conference “The Voice of St. Andrew the First-Called in the Modern World” arranged by the St. Andrew Foundation and the Patras metropolis of the Orthodox Church of Greece took place in Patras on November 17-18, 2017.
20.11.2017 11:48
Thousands of Greeks in Patras meet a particle of relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov
On 16 November 2017, thousands of the residents of Patras, Greece, met the shrine with a particle of the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The event was timed to coincide with the opening of the conference “The Voice of St. Andrew the First-Calles in the Modern World.”
19.11.2017 14:21
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends greetings to His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania on the 45th anniversary of his episcopal consecration
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church on the anniversary of his archpastoral ministry.
19.11.2017 14:20
DECR chairman congratulates Primate of Albanian Orthodox Church on the 45th anniversary of his archpastoral ministry
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania with the 45th anniversary of his episcopal consecration.