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16.12.2016 15:36
PATRIARCH KIRILL CONGRATULATES ARCHBISHOP LEO ON THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ENTHRONEMENT
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland on the fifteenth anniversary of his enthronement.
16.12.2016 15:35
DECR chairman greets Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland with 15th anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message to Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland, congratulating him on the 15th anniversary of his elevation to the see of archbishops.
15.12.2016 21:03
Metropolitan Hilarion awards DECR deputy chairman archpriest Nikolai Balashov with Medal of St. Mark of Ephesus
On 15 December 2016, Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, deputy chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), was congratulated on his 60th birthday.
15.12.2016 16:57
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Columbia to the Russian Federation
Metropolitan Hilarion warmly greeted the guest at the Synodal institution in charge of the relations of the Russian Orthodox Church with the world.
15.12.2016 15:49
Prince of Wales visits Dormition Cathedral of Sourozh diocese
After the Divine liturgy Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh consecrated the belfry after the renovations. The bells were consecrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill during his visit to Great Britain.
14.12.2016 0:02
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker
On 13 December 2016, commemoration day of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, while in Italy on a working visit, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Bari in the crypt of the Basilica of St Nicholas the…
13.12.2016 23:51
(Russian) Заместителя председателя ОВЦС протоиерея Николая Балашова поздравили с 60-летием со дня рождения
(Russian) 13 декабря 2016 года, в день памяти апостола Андрея Первозванного, руководитель Управления Московской Патриархии по зарубежным учреждениям епископ Богородский Антоний совершил Божественную литургию в московском храме Воскресения Словущего на Успенском вражке.
13.12.2016 23:26
Metropolitan Hilarion pays working visit to Bari
On 12 December 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, while in Italy upon the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the city of Bari.
12.12.2016 21:14
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople over terror action in Istanbul
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople his condolences over the explosions in Istanbul killing over forty people.
12.12.2016 20:56
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over terrorist attack in Cairo
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expressed condolences to the Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II over the death of people as a result of an explosion near a Coptic cathedral in Cairo. On Sunday, December 11, a huge blast hit the Abbassia district in Cairo, where several Christian churches are located. According to…