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10.12.2015 13:23
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chairs regular session of the Supreme Church Council
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church opened the meeting and delivered an introductory address, in which he spoke about the Regulations of the Church commission for church art, architecture and restoration.
10.12.2015 13:13
25th anniversary of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry’s episcopal ministry is celebrated in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
On 9 December 2015, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Kievan Laura of the Caves to mark the 25th anniversary of the episcopal ministry of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine.
07.12.2015 23:51
Bishop Antony of Bogorodsk meets with President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
On 7 December 2015, Bishop Antony of Bogorodsk, administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate’s parishes in Italy, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, met with Kurt Cardinal Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
07.12.2015 23:44
The first-ever Orthodox Vesper service is celebrated at the Cologne Cathedral
Over one thousand worshippers from the Orthodox communities of Cologne and the neighboring cities attended.
07.12.2015 23:31
Orthodox Church of St Catherine in Rome celebrates its patronal feast
On 6 December 2015, Bishop Antony of Bogorodsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate’s parishes in Italy, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine in Rome.
07.12.2015 23:11
Exhibition of artist Vassily Nesterenko opens in Rome
The exhibition will be open until December 30.
07.12.2015 16:23
DECR chairman meets with Slovenia’s Ambassador to Russia and president of Slovenia-Russia Friendship Association
On 7 December 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with H.E. Primož Šeligo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to the Russian Federation, and Mr. Saša Geržina, president of Slovenia-Russia Friendship Association, fist Slovenia’s Ambassador…
06.12.2015 23:44
Closing ceremony of the 6th “Golden Knight” Slavic Arts Forum takes place in Moscow
On 6 December 2015, the closing ceremony of the 6th “Golden Knight” Slavic Arts Forum took place at the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
05.12.2015 18:14
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk completes his working visit to Bulgaria
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, while on a working visit to Bulgaria with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited St Nicholas Church of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Metochion in Sofia, where he…
05.12.2015 11:57
Commission on canonization of Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev) meets in the capital of Bulgaria
On 3-4 December 2015, the joint commission of the Russian and the Bulgarian Orthodox Churches on the canonization of Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev, 1881-1950) of Boguchar held its session in Sofia.