Inter-Orthodox relations
03.08.2017 20:10
Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy expresses concern for oppression of canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine
The conference was attended by delegations from 25 parliaments and parliamentary groups in various countries of the world.
02.08.2017 16:06
International procession with the cross arrived in Lutsk, Ukraine
The journey begins in Poland, goes through Belarus to Ukraine and ends at Pochaev Lavra of the Holy Assumption. Taking part in it are Poles, Byelorussians, Ukrainians, Hungarians, Georgians, Italians, Russians and other Orthodox Christians.
02.08.2017 11:01
DECR chairman greets His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia with his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, on his Name Day.
31.07.2017 19:45
Delegation of Russian Orthodox Church attends annual ceremony in commemoration of Russian prisoners of war who died in Slovenia during World War I
On 27-31 July 2017, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, led by Metropolitan Pavel of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut, visited the Republic of Slovenia.
29.07.2017 15:00
Primate of Bulgarian Church meets with delegation of Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mt Athos
On 27 July 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria received a delegation of the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos at his Patriarchal residence in Sofia. The delegation brought to Bulgaria the honourable head of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon.
28.07.2017 17:37
A hierarch of the Polish Orthodox Church visits the community of a church captured by schismatics in Ugrinov village
On July 24, 2017, Archbishop George of Wroclaw and Szczecin, Polish Orthodox Church, and Bishop Nafanail of Volyn and Lutsk visited the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s community of the Elevations of the Cross at the village of Ugrinov, Volyn Region.
26.07.2017 23:16
Festive divine service at the Moscow Representation of the Church of Antioch
July 26, 2017 – On the Day of the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, led the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at…
25.07.2017 11:00
Hierarchs of Local Orthodox Churches express support for canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Support for the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its Primate, His Beatitude Onufry, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, has been expressed by representatives of Local Orthodox Churches who came on July 23, 2017, to Kiev.
20.07.2017 13:55
St. Sergius Metochion opened in Jerusalem
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Bishop Antony of Bogorodsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, arrived in Jerusalem to take part in the opening ceremony.
12.07.2017 23:08
Patronal feast celebrated at the Moscow Representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Niphon of Philippopolis, representative of the Patriarchate of Antioch to the Moscow Patriarchate, officiated at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of Ss. Peter and Paul on Yauza.