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27.12.2016 13:08
His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates requiem service for those killed in plane crash over the Black Sea
On 26 December 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia visited the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity – Metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Belgrade.
27.12.2016 12:22
Patriarch Kirill chairs a session of the Holy Synod
On December 27, 2016, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held its last session this year, at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow. The session was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
27.12.2016 12:09
Members of the ROC Holy Synod pray for victims of the crash of TU-154 plane of the Russian Defense Ministry
On 27 December 2016, a session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, opened at St. Daniel’s monastery in Moscow.
25.12.2016 14:46
Metropolitan Hilarion prays for victims of plane crash over Black Sea
On December 25, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), commemorated those who died that day in a plane crash over the Black Sea, during the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted in Moscow.
25.12.2016 13:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expresses condolences over plane crash in Black Sea
In the morning of December 25, the Russian Defense Ministry’s TU-154 aircraft crashed into the Black Sea. Eight crew members and 84 passengers died.
25.12.2016 12:39
Patriarch Kirill sends Christmas greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent Christmas greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches. Among the addressees are Pope Francis of Rome, the head of the Anglican Communion Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the president of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany Bishop Heinrich…
25.12.2016 12:38
DECR chairman sends Christmas greeting to the heads of non-Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent Christmas greeting to Pope Francis, Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strom, chairman of the Council of the EKD, and heads of other non-Orthodox Churches.
25.12.2016 10:51
Primate of Russian Church greets His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania with his Name Day
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church on his Name Day.
25.12.2016 10:50
DECR chairman greets Primate of Romanian Orthodox Church with his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message to His Beatitude Daniel, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Patriarch of Romania, greeting him with his Name Day.
25.12.2016 9:45
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to Primate of Georgian Orthodox Church
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a congratulatory message for His Holiness and Beatitude Patriarch-Catholicos Iliya II on the occasion of the anniversary of his enthronement.