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15.09.2020 20:00
Anniversaries of Orthodoxy in Japan marked in Tokyo
In 2020 the Japanese Orthodox Church celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Mission in Japan, 50th anniversary of the autonomous life of the Japanese Orthodox Church as part of the Moscow Patriarchate and 50th anniversary of the canonization of Nicholas of Japan Equal-to-the-Apostles.
13.09.2020 21:00
Metropolitan Hilarion: Eucharist is the wedding feast, to which Lord Jesus Christ invites each of us
On 13th September 2020, 14th Sunday after Pentecost, feast day of the Placing of the Precious Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokamsk, 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”…
12.09.2020 17:15
Patriarch Kirill visits Department for External Church Relations
On September 12, 2020, after the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Trinity in St. Daniel Stauropegial Monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
12.09.2020 10:38
DECR chairman greets Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo on his name day
The Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, has sent a message of greetings to Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and All Japan on the occasion of his name day.
11.09.2020 15:00
Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with Russian ambassador of Cambodia
On September 11, 2020, with the blessing of the Patriarchal Exarch for South-East Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia, the acting dean of the District of Cambodia of the Diocese of Thailand and rector of the St. George Church in Phnom Penh Hieromonk Paisiy (Opate) met with the…
11.09.2020 14:15
On the anniversary of the terrorist attack in New York a service for the repose of the souls was held at the Moscow Church of St. Catherine in-the-Fields
On September 11, 2020, the Day of the Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John and the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attack in the USA with the death toll of about three thousand, the Divine Liturgy and the Office for the Dead for innocent people killed by terrorists were held at the…
08.09.2020 19:21
Negotiations between Patriarchal Exarch for South-East Asia and Singapore’s minister for foreign affairs
On September 8, 2020, a videoconference was held between Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia, Patriarchate Exarch for South-East Asia, and Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, minister for foreign affairs of the Republic of Singapore.
08.09.2020 16:22
Archbishop Theophanes of Korea meets with Korea’s ambassador to Russia
On September 8, 2020, Archbishop Theophanes of Korea met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Lee Sok-bae of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation.
07.09.2020 19:36
Metropolitan Hilarion: Đukanović paid no heed to the voice of the people
On 5th September 2020, in the Church and the World TV programme, which is broadcast by Russia-24 news channel on Saturdays and Sundays, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, answered questions from its host Yekaterina Gracheva.
07.09.2020 13:31
On commemoration day of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada celebrate 50th anniversary of their foundation
On September 5-6, 2020, the clergy and faithful of the Patriarchal parishes in the United States, Canada and Mexico prayerfully marked the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the special union of parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate on the North American continent, website of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Patriarchal parishes in…