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12.02.2018 18:41
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian ambassador to Austria
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), visited the Russian Federation embassy in Austria.
12.02.2018 17:57
Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch expressed gratitude to Patriarch Kirill in summary of his visit to Moscow
His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, has sent a message to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, expressing gratitude for the hospitality accorded him during his recent visit to Moscow last December.
12.02.2018 13:09
Late Russian diplomats commemorated in the Holy Land
On 9 February 2018, Diplomat’s Day was celebrated at the Holy Apostle Peter and Righteous Tabitha Metochion in Jaffa. At the grave of the Vice-Consul of the Russian Empire, Vladimir Timofeyev, buried behind the church’s sanctuary, Archimandrite Alexander (Yelisov), head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, celebrated requiem litiya…
12.02.2018 12:09
Administrator of the Diocese of Berlin and Germany meets with Ambassador of Russia to Germany
On February 9, 2018, Archbishop Tikhon of Podolsk, administrator of the Diocese of Berlin and Germany, met with H.E. Sergei Nechayev, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Germany.
12.02.2018 11:50
Russian Orthodox bishop attends meeting of the Lord Mayor of London with representatives of religious communities
The tradition of the Lord Mayor’s meetings with leaders of religious communities goes back to the 18th century. Representatives of many different religions are invited to these meetings in the capital of Great Britain.
12.02.2018 6:43
Patronal feast celebrated at the Russian Orthodox Church’s Representation in Damascus
Among those who prayed at the Liturgy was Bishop Moussa of Daraya, vicar of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch.
11.02.2018 23:20
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Liturgy at Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Vienna
On 11 February 2018, Sunday of the Last Judgment, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in the capital of Austria.
10.02.2018 10:00
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch with 5th anniversary of his enthronement
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Beatitude Patriarch John of Great Antioch and All the East on the 5th anniversary of his enthronement.
10.02.2018 10:00
DECR chairman congratulates Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch on 5th anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch John X of the Great Antioch and All the East on the 5th anniversary of his Primatial ministry.
09.02.2018 14:37
Interreligious working group completes unprecedented humanitarian action in Syria and Lebanon
On 9 February 2018, the delegation of the Interreligious working group of Russia’s Presidental Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations completed its visit to Syria and Lebanon.