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13.11.2018 17:09
Working Group for Cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds its 23nd session
The participants discussed various aspects of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ministry during the period since the 22nd meeting of the group, including common efforts of the Church and the state for overcoming humanitarian crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic.
13.11.2018 11:02
Serbian Orthodox Church Bishops’ Council expresses its position on situation resulting from Patriarchate of Constantinople’s actions in Ukraine
The position taken by the Serbian Orthodox Church with regard to the church crisis in Ukraine caused by the recent decisions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople has been formulated by the Bishops’ Council which took place on November 6-7, 2018, in Belgrade.
12.11.2018 16:17
Medical doctors on humanitarian mission to Syria visit Damascus representation of Russian Orthodox Church
(Russian) Основная задача прибывших в Сирию российских врачей – отбор раненых в ходе военных действий в Сирии детей с ампутированными конечностями и их последующая отправка в российские медицинские учреждения для протезирования и оказания психологической помощи.
12.11.2018 14:04
Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Representation to the European Institutions meets with Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
On 10 November 2018, Bishop Viktor of Baryshevka, head of the Representation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to the European Institutions and International Organizations, met with His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine.
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 10:37
The first in the years of war wedding ceremony was held at the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Damascus
On 11 November 2018, the Divine Liturgy and the Sacrament of Marriage were celebrated at the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Damascus by Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East.
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.
10.11.2018 16:53
Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church speaks at the conference of compatriots living in Syria
On 9 November 2018, a conference of representatives of the organizations of compatriots living in Syria took place in Damascus.
09.11.2018 12:57
10th anniversary of consecration of Russian church in Havana celebrated in Cuba
On 1-6 November 2018, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Archbishop Antony of Vienna and Budapest, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, visited Cuba.