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17.03.2017 13:01
Patriarch Kirill meets with Moldova’s President Igor Dodon
On March 16, 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with President Igor Dodon of the Republic of Moldova, at the patriarchal residence in Peredelkino near Moscow.
14.03.2017 11:04
Metropolitan Hilarion’s pilgrimage to Holy Mount Athos
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, was on a visit to Holy Mount Athos from March 11 to 13, 2017.
13.03.2017 17:31
Orthodox Bishops’ Assembly in Germany completes its spring session
The Spring Session of the Orthodox Bishops’ Assembly in Germany took place from March 5 to 7, 2017, in Munich.
12.03.2017 7:14
Russian Orthodox Church’s representative meets with Metropolitan George of Mount Lebanon
On 10 March 2017, an oldest hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, Metropolitan George of Mount Lebanon, received in his Brummana residence hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East.
10.03.2017 20:40
The oldest cleric of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church is buried in Shanghai
On 9 March 2017, the funeral service was conducted for Protodeacon Evangel Lu Yafu, 90, in Shanghai. The oldest cleric of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church has reposed in the Lord on March 5.
10.03.2017 20:03
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Ambassador of the Netherlands to Russia
On 10 March 2017, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H.E. Ms Renée Jones-Bos, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Russian Federation.
10.03.2017 16:03
Patriarch Kirill meets with Colombia’s ambassador to Russia
On March 10, 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Colombia’s Ambassador to Russia H. E. Alfonso Lopez Caballero, at the Patriarchal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery.
09.03.2017 13:35
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 9 March 2017, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began its regular session under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
09.03.2017 12:31
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the head of Protestant Agency for Diakonia
On 9 March 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Dr. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, head of the Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development (PADD) in Germany, who has arrived in Russia to look at the social service projects carried out…
08.03.2017 12:45
DECR chairman meets with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
On 7 March 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary on his initiative.