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10.11.2015 21:51
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church
On 10 November 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II.
10.11.2015 20:03
DECR chairman meets with Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church
On 10 November 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II.
10.11.2015 17:34
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Yazidi leaders
On 10 November 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with the Yazidi community leaders. The meeting took place at the DECR premises.
09.11.2015 16:44
Victims of the plane crash in Egypt remembered in prayer in the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Antioch in the USA
On November 7, the day of St. Raphael of Brooklyn, the head of the Archdiocese of Antioch in the USA, Metropolitan Joseph, celebrated matins and the Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocese’s cathedral in Brooklyn.
09.11.2015 9:12
Head of Syriac Orthodox Church arrives in Russia
(Russian) Его Святейшество посещает пределы Русской Православной Церкви впервые после своего избрания на Патриарший престол в марте 2014 года.
08.11.2015 12:03
Film about His Holiness Patriarch Kirill is presented at International Belgrade Book Fair
Film of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, ‘A Pastor’s Way’, about life path of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was presented at the 60th International Belgrade Book Fair held in Belgrade on October 25-November 1.
06.11.2015 20:06
DECR vice-chairman meets with Swiss diplomats
The participants discussed the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, the problem of refugees fleeing to Europe from countries of the region, and the role of states, civil societies and religious communities in a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria.
05.11.2015 19:28
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill speaks at the opening of the 5th World Congress of Compatriots
(Russian) В форуме, который в год 70-летия Великой Победы проходит под девизом «Помним и гордимся!», принимают участие около 400 делегатов из 97 стран мира.
05.11.2015 15:33
Russian Orthodox Church representatives attend Global Christian Forum on persecution against Christians
On November 2-4, 2015, the forum was held in Tirana, Albania, under the theme ‘Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom: Following Christ Together.’
05.11.2015 12:55
Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church visits Mt. Athos
On 4 November 2015, the feast day of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine arrived in the Russian monastery of St. Panteleimon on the Holy Mountain of Athos.