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29.09.2020 18:22
Ukrainian police has begun investigating an OCU representative’s threats to a priest of the canonical Church
On September 26, 2020, the Pechera administration of the National Police Directorate in Kiev opened a criminal case and launched investigation into the threats coming from ‘OCU priest’ Petr Sokolovsky to a cleric of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
29.09.2020 14:18
Sixth International Conference on Orthodoxy in the Far East takes place in St. Petersburg
On 28th – 29th September 2020, the 6th International Research to Practice Conference on Orthodoxy in the Far East was held in St. Petersburg.
27.09.2020 21:35
Metropoplitan Hilarion: The cross which was an instrument of dishonourable execution becomes the symbol of salvation for millions of people
On 27th September 2020, feast of the Elevation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the “Joy of All Who Sorrow” Icon of the Mother of…
27.09.2020 18:59
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill is praying for the soonest peaceful resolution of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill is praying for the soonest peaceful resolution of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Mr. Vladimir Legoyda, acting head of the Press Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media, told journalists on…
27.09.2020 10:01
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends greetings to Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Gewargis III Sliwa, on 5th anniversary of the beginning of his Primatial ministry
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to His Holiness Mar Gewargis III Sliwa on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of his accession to the Throne of Primates of the Assyrian Church of the East.
27.09.2020 10:00
DECR chairman greets Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Gewargis III Sliwa with 5th anniversary of his accession to the Throne of Primates of the Assyrian Church of the East
In his letter to His Holiness Mar Gewargis III Sliwa, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated him on the 5th anniversary of his Primatial ministry.
26.09.2020 10:10
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church greets Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East on his name day
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has greeted the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch on the day of St. John the Theologian.
26.09.2020 10:09
Metropolitan Hilarion greets Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch on his name day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), has sent a message of greeting to His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East, on the occasion of his name day.
25.09.2020 13:24
DECR secretary for interreligious relations takes part in online interfaith conference
On 24th September 2020, an international online conference on “Religion in Changing World. Role of Education in Upbringing of Youth” took place on the platform of the TASS press centre in Moscow, bringing together eighty participants from twenty countries.
23.09.2020 13:01
DECR chairman meets with newly appointed Russia’s Ambassador to Lebanon
On 23rd September 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Alexander Rudakov, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Lebanese Republic.