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05.11.2015 11:26
Head of the State and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church open ‘Orthodox Russia’ exhibition in Moscow
On 4 November 2015, the feast day of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God and the Day of National Unity, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led the opening of the 14th Public Forum and Exhibition this…
04.11.2015 19:46
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Divine liturgy at the Assumption Cathedral in Moscow Kremlin on the feasts of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God
On 4 November 2015, the feast of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God marking the liberation of Moscow and Russia from the Poles in 1612, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin.…
03.11.2015 14:21
9th Assembly of the ‘Russian World’ takes place in Suzdal
The 9th Russian World Assembly organized by the Russian World Foundation and the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature took place in Suzdal on November 3-4, 2015.
03.11.2015 13:10
Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians’ condolences to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church over the death of people in air crash in Egypt
In a message to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church expressed condolences over the death of the passengers and crew of the Russian airliner which crashed on Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
03.11.2015 1:48
Metropolitan Hilarion attends exhibition ‘Moscow – the Holy Land of Prince Sergey Alexandrovich and Princess Elizabeth Feodorovna’
On November 2, 2015, a large-scale exhibition ‘Moscow – the Holy Land of Prince Sergey Alexandrovich and Princess Elizabeth Feodorovna’ was opened at the State Museum of History. It is timed to the end of the year marking the 150th birthday of Princess Elizabeth Feodorovna and the 110th anniversary of…
01.11.2015 21:44
Primate of Russian Church consecrates Church of Beheading of St John the Baptist in Moscow and celebrates Liturgy in newly consecrated church
On 1 November 2015, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia administered the rite of consecration of the Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist in-the-Woods, which is a part of the complex of the Patriarchal Metochion of the Chernigov Wonderworkers in…
30.10.2015 15:21
Patriarch Kirill meets with US ambassador to Russia
On October 30, 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H. E. John F. Tefft, United States ambassador to Russia, at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow.
29.10.2015 20:18
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk chairs plenary session of the Religion and Peace international forum
On October 26, 2015, the 3d Moscow International forum ‘Religion and Peace’ took place under the theme ‘The Role of Religion in the Modern World’. It was organized by the Moscow Government and the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations.
29.10.2015 20:17
The Christian and peace. Address by rev. Franklin Graham, President of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, at International Conference on Religion and Peace (Moscow, 29 October, 2015)
The forum was attended by representatives of the traditional religions in Russia, experts, governmental officials, public figures, representatives of legislative and executive bodies, leading scholars and representatives of the mass media.
29.10.2015 16:36
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with chairman of Caucasus Muslim Board, Sheikh ul-Islam Haji Allahshükür Hummat Pashazade
On 29 October 2015, on the sidelines of the 3rd International Forum on Religion and Peace, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with the chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, Sheikh ul-Islam Haji Allahshükür Hummat Pashazade, and Azerbaijan’s Ambassador…