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09.10.2020 14:27
Parish of St. Sergius church on Chang Island in Thailand marks its patron saint’s day
On October 8, 2020, the day of the passing of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the Orthodox community on Koh Chang Island (Trat Province, Thailand) marked its patron saint’s day.
09.10.2020 10:53
The Chinese Metochion community greets the parish of a church in Moscow Region on the commemoration day of St. Sergius and its patron saint’s feast
On October 8, 2020, the day of the passing away of St. Sergius the Abbot of Radonezh, the Chinese Patriarchal Metochion community visited the church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Lycia at the Zdekhovo village, Moscow Region (Patriarchal Metochion) to participate in the Divine Liturgy. One of the side-altars…
05.10.2020 17:40
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassadors of Italy, France, Great Britain, Greece, Brazil, Serbia, Bulgaria and Lebanon
On 5th October 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the residence of the Ambassador of the Italian Republic to the Russian Federation, where he met with the heads of diplomatic missions from eight countries.
02.10.2020 14:20
Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia holds a regular session
On September 29, 2020, the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Church Outside of Russia held an online session chaired by Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York.
02.10.2020 11:12
DECR secretary for interreligious relations attends international conference for commemorating Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri
On October 1, 2020, Iran’s embassy in Moscow held an off-online conference dated to the forty days since the demise of Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri (1944-2020), a renowned Islamic spiritual leader, former chairman of the Supreme Council of the World Assembly for the Proximity of Islamic Schools, and adviser to…
30.09.2020 15:10
Priest and parishioners of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Zolochiv, Lvov region, continue to suffer from persecutions
On 28th September 2020, two young men covered with offensive slogans the fence around the house belonging to Rev. Maxim Yoyenko, a cleric of the Lvov diocese, and threw paint at the trailer which the faithful use as a place of worship.
30.09.2020 12:30
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania with anniversary of enthronement
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the anniversary of his enthronement.
30.09.2020 12:29
DECR chairman congratulates Primate of Romanian Orthodox Church on anniversary of enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a letter to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania, greeting him with the 13th anniversary of enthronement.
30.09.2020 9:39
Parishioners of the canonical Church at Belichi village in Western Ukraine have to worship under rain outside their sealed church
On September 26, 2020, at the Belichi village, Ivanovichi district, Volyn Region, some OCU activists, using housebreaking instruments, tried to seize the St Michael church of a religious community of the canonical Church.
29.09.2020 18:25
Bishop Pitirim of Jakarta meets with the head of Indonesian diplomatic mission in Moscow
On 29th September 2020, Bishop Pitirim of Jakarta, vicar of the Singapore diocese, met with Mr. Azis Nurwahyudi, Charge d'affaires of the Republic of Indonesia to the Russian Federation.