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19.09.2016 11:02
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Liturgy at the Moscow Patriarchate’s church in Pescara, Italy
After the Litany of Fervent Supplication, Metropolitan Hilarion said a prayer for peace in Ukraine.
17.09.2016 11:44
Metropolitan Hilarion: Unia remains the major stumbling block to Orthodox-Catholic dialogue
On 16 September 2016, the 14th plenary session of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church began its work in Chieti, Italy.
15.09.2016 16:37
Meeting between DECR chairman and Secretary of State of the Holy See takes places in Vatican
On 15 September 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Pietro Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See.
15.09.2016 16:18
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Pope Francis of Rome
On September 15, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR) met with Pope Francis of Rome at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
13.09.2016 18:25
A ROC hierarch attends events marking the anniversary of the Jasenovac tragedy
Metropolitan Aristarkh of Kemerovo and Prokopyevsk, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Serbian Orthodox Church and took part in events marking the 75th anniversary of the tragedy in Jasenovac.
13.09.2016 16:58
Russian Church Abroad raises funds in aid to refugees who found asylum at Svyatogorsk Monastery
Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York has appealed to his flock to help people who have become refugees as a result of the confrontation in southeast Ukraine ad have found refuge at the Svyatogorsk Monastery.
13.09.2016 11:53
Victims of 9/11 terrorist attack commemorated at Moscow Representation of the Orthodox Church in America
At the conclusion of the service, when the bells tolled 15 times, those present in the church observed a minute of silence to commemorate the victims of the terror attacks, the official website of the Russian Orthodox Church reports.
12.09.2016 18:48
Primate of Bulgarian Orthodox Church receives pilgrims from Voronezh metropolia
On 10 September 2016, a group of pilgrims from the Voronezh metropolia visited the holy sites in Sofia and met with His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria. The Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church received at his residence Metropolitan Sergy of Voronezh and Liski, Bishop Andrei of Rossosh and Ostrogozhsk,…
12.09.2016 14:34
Archbishop Feofan of Berlin and Germany meets with President of German Catholic Bishops’ Conference Cardinal Reinhard Marx
On September 7, 2016, Archbishop Feofan of Berlin and Germany met with the President of the German Bishops’ Conference Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, in Munich.
08.09.2016 21:06
Representative of Russian Orthodox Church takes part in international theological congress in Bucharest
On 3-7 September 2016, within the framework of the Year of Religious Education of the Christian Orthodox Youth, declared by the Romanian Orthodox Church, a theological congress was held in Bucharest.