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30.01.2017 14:07
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs meeting of Inter-Council Presence Presidium
On 30 January 2017, the Presidium of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church began its meeting at the Throne Hall of the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
27.01.2017 17:02
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosts annual Christmas dinner with participation of official church representatives
On January 27, 2017, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the traditional annual Christmas dinner at its Receptions House.
27.01.2017 16:47
Patriarch Kirill takes part in State Duma’s Parliamentary Christmas Meetings
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russian and the State Duma Chairman V. Volodin attended the opening of the 5th Parliamentary Christmas Meetings organized at the State Duma as part of the 25th International Christmas Educational Readings under the theme ‘1917-2017: Lessons of the Centenary’.
25.01.2017 12:00
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends greetings to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Poland with his Nameday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland on his Nameday
25.01.2017 11:59
DECR chairman congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland on his Nameday
Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Poland, His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland
25.01.2017 11:44
Staff members of Synodal departments meet with Dr. Moushira Khattab, candidate to the post of UNESCO Director-General
On 25 January 2017, staff members of the Synodal departments of the Russian Orthodox Church met with H. E. Dr. Moushira Khattab, Egypt’s nominee for the post of the Director-General of UNESCO.
24.01.2017 23:51
Inter-Council Presence meeting completes its work
On January 23-24, 2017, the plenary session of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church was held at the Church Councils Hall of the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. It was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
24.01.2017 11:27
Inter-Council Presence meeting begins its second day of work
On January 24, 2017, the plenary session of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church began its second day at the Church Councils Hall of the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. It is chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
23.01.2017 20:04
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society S. Stepashin
On January 20, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), met with the chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (IOPS) S. Stepashin, at the CMI.
23.01.2017 13:58
Patriarch Kirill opens a plenary session of the ROC Inter-Council Presence
On January 23, 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia opened a plenary session of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Inter-Council Presence, at the Church Councils Hall of the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.