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05.09.2018 14:30
Russian expert comments on US State Department’s 2017 report on religious freedom in the world, which points out cases of oppression of religious minorities in Russia
US Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued an annual report containing data on ‘violations of religious freedom in the world’.
05.09.2018 7:06
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill attends commemoration meeting marking the 40th anniversary of the death of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov)
On 4 September 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in St. Petersburg to lead the commemorative events timed to the 40th anniversary of the death of his teacher and spiritual guide, Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod (15 October 1929 – 5 September 1978).
04.09.2018 17:13
Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church attends enthronement of Bishop Kirill of Buenos Aires and South and Central America
On 2 September 2018, Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral, administrator of the diocese of Buenos Aires and South and Central America of the Serbian Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the rite of enthronement of Bishop Kirill of Buenos Aires and South and Central America at the…
04.09.2018 13:58
DECR secretary had a working meeting with the head of Republika Srbska representation in Russia
Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, secretary for the far abroad of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the head of the representation of Republika Srbska (part of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dusko Perovic, councillor of the president of Republika Srpska, at the DECR.
02.09.2018 18:52
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with chairman of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization
On 2 September 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, rector of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, met with Dr. Abouzar Ebrahimi Torkaman, head of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, who also acts as cochairman of the…
31.08.2018 22:39
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: It was a talk from heart to heart
During a meeting with journalists, which took place at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, the DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk told them about the meeting of the primates of the Church of Constantinople and the Russian Orthodox Church.
31.08.2018 20:10
Fraternal meeting of Primates of Church of Constantinople and Russian Orthodox Church
On August 31, 2018, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, arrived in Istanbul. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church visited the Patriarchate of Constantinople, where, accompanied by Metropolitans Emmanuel of France and Bartholomew of Smyrna, as well as Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow…
31.08.2018 14:29
Patriarch Kirill: It was a talk of Primates aware of their responsibility for the state of Universal Orthodoxy
Participating in the meeting were Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, DECR vice-chairman, and members of the Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
31.08.2018 12:33
Primates of Church of Constantinople and Russian Orthodox Church have begun their meeting
Patriarch Kirill visited the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Phanar. Then Patriarchs Bartholomew and Kirill began their meeting at the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Throne Hall.
Metropolitan Hilarion: We very much hope that the unity of unversal Orthodoxy will be preserved