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10.09.2018 14:52
Statement by the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad on the appointment of exarchs of the Constantinople Patriarchate to Kiev
This action, taken by His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew and his fellow archpastors, threatens the unity of Holy Orthodoxy.
08.09.2018 21:40
Metropolitan Hilarion: Patriarch Bartholomew will bear personal responsibility before the judgement of God and the judgement of history
On September 8, 2018, after his interview broadcast live on the Russia-24 TV channel, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, made the statement for the mass media.
08.09.2018 14:15
Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod Statement as of September 8, 2018
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church expresses its resolute protest against and deep indignation at the communique published on September 7, 2018, by the Chief Secretariat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople Holy Synod announcing the appointment of two hierarchs of this Church as ‘exarchs’ of the Patriarchate of…
07.09.2018 15:37
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of Supreme Church Council
On 7 September 2018, at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, the Supreme Church Council held its regular session under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
06.09.2018 22:31
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with hegumen of Hilandar Monastery
To conclude the meeting, Metropolitan Hilarion presented the Serbian guests with his six-volume book entitled ‘Jesus Christ. Life and Teaching,’ and Archimandrite Metodije handed over to the DECR chairman a replica of the Hilandar Icon of the Lord Almighty, painted in the abode.
06.09.2018 8:24
Patriarch Kirill meets with a delegation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
On September 5, 2018, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, met with Archbishop Tapio Luoma of Turku and All Finland and a delegation of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland at the St. Petersburg diocesan administration in the St. Alexander Nevsky Laura of the Holy Trinity.
06.09.2018 8:07
Patriarch Kirill celebrated Divine Liturgy at St. Alexander Nevsky Laura on 40th anniversary of demise of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov)
On September 5, 2018, the 40th anniversary of the demise of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Trinity Cathedral of the St. Alexander Nevsky Laura of the Holy Trinity.
05.09.2018 16:02
Group of Anglican priests and students visits Department for External Church Relations
The group arrived in Russia to attend a course of the Summer Institute organized by Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies.
05.09.2018 14:52
26th International Symposium on Orthodox Spirituality started at Bose
On September 5, 2018, the 26th International Symposium on Orthodox Spirituality was opened at the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration in Bose under the theme ‘Discernment and the Christian Life’.
Metropolitan Hilarion: Current situation creates a threat of schism for Universal Orthodoxy