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20.07.2018 13:23
The Royal Passion-Bearers commemorated in Slovakia
On 15 July 2018, at the invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia and with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Sergy of Barnaul and Altai visited Slovakia and concelebrated with His Beatitude Rastislav the Divine Liturgy in…
20.07.2018 12:04
Commemoration day of the Russian Royal Passion-Bearers celebrated in Belgrade
Officiating at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Trinity (Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Belgrade) was His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia.
15.07.2018 20:24
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visits Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Alapayevsk
On 15 July 2018, on their way from the Convent of St. Elizabeth in Alapayevsk, Sverdlovsk Region, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the permanent members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, accompanied by Metropolitan Kirill of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye and Bishop Mefody…
15.07.2018 17:40
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill consecrates Church of Venerable Martyr Elizabeth in St. Elizabeth Convent in Alapayevsk
The convent was founded in 1998 near the schoolhouse where Grand Duchess Elizabeth and several members of the Romanov House had been held prisoners from 20 May 1918.
15.07.2018 14:55
Primate of Russian Church consecrates Church of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God in Alapayevsk
On 15 July 2018, 7th Sunday after Pentecost, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the permanent members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church arrived in the town of Alapayevsk, Sverdlovsk Region, to commemorate the centenary of the martyrdom of Grand Duchess Elizabeth and…
14.07.2018 23:49
Serbian church representation in Moscow celebrates its patron saint’s day
On July 12, 2018, the commemoration day of Ss Peter and Paul, the Moscow representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church celebrated its patron saint’s day at the St. Peter Church-on-the Yauza River.
14.07.2018 17:50
Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Archpastors, Clergy, Monastics and Laypeople on the 1030th Anniversary of the Baptism of Russia
The document was adopted at the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on 14 July 2018 (Journal No 42).
14.07.2018 10:04
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill opens first session of the Holy Synod in Yekaterinburg
On 14 July 2018, at the ‘Tsarsky’ Religious and Educational Centre in Yekaterinburg near the Memorial Church on-the-Blood in honour of All the Saints Who Shone Forth in the Russian Land, a session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch…
12.07.2018 21:58
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over floods in Japan
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences over the death of people as a result of floods and landslides in Japan. According to the latest information, the death toll has mounted to 200 people.
12.07.2018 20:00
DECR chairman meets with Albanian ambassador to Russia
On July 12, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-graduate Studies (CMI), had a meeting at the CMI with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to…