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16.12.2015 14:06
Consecration of the largest Orthodox church on the Southeast coast of the United States takes place in Miami
Hundreds of people were present at the consecration, the website of the parish reports.
16.12.2015 11:12
Administrator of Patriarchal parishes in the USA officiates at the oldest Orthodox cathedral in Philadelphia
Attending the divine service were Colonel Roman Bykhalov, air attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the USA, and Sergey Sadchikov, deputy naval attaché.
15.12.2015 12:09
Bishop of Coptic Church visits Representation of Moscow Patriarchate in the USA
On 12 December 2015, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA, met with Bishop David of New York and New England, the Coptic Church.
14.12.2015 22:49
Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia holds its concluding session in 2015
The meeting of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia took place at the Synodal residence of its First Hierarch in New York on 8-9 December 2015.
14.12.2015 10:21
Expert meeting on ecological activities of the Russian Orthodox Church takes place at the DECR
(Russian) Особое внимание в ходе встречи было уделено богословскому осмыслению современных экологических вызовов, опыту изучения и преподавания профильных тем в учебных заведениях Московского Патриархата.
13.12.2015 21:51
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Old Rite Liturgy at the Moscow Church of the Protecting Veil in Rubtsovo
On 13 December 2015, the 28th Sunday after Pentecost and the commemoration day of St. Andrew-the-First-Called, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) and chairman of the Commission on Old Belief parishes and cooperation with the Old Belief community, celebrated Divine Liturgy…
13.12.2015 21:36
Russian Orthodox Church and Evangelical Church in Germany hold joint conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II
In compliance with the decision of the Holy Synod, a delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate took part in a joint conference of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), which was held in Munich on 10-11 December 2015, and was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of…
10.12.2015 18:57
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Japan’s Ambassador to Russia
On 10 December 2015, at the residence in Chisty Side Street, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia received H.E. Tikahito Harada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Russian Federation, who is completing his diplomatic service in Moscow.
10.12.2015 13:48
DECR chairman meets with members of Egyptian Parliament
On 9 December 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), received a delegation of the members of the new Egyptian Parliament: Coptic Christians Dr. Emad Gad and Dr. Hany Naguib, deputies from the ‘Free Egyptian Party’, and Mr. Emad Raouf, leader…
10.12.2015 13:30
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with hierarchs of the Coptic Church
On 9 December 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a delegation of the Coptic Church in the parish house of the Church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” icon of the Mother of God.