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24.10.2015 20:07
Patriarch Kirill celebrates liturgy at Shamordino Hermitage of Our Lady of Kazan and leads consecration of Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) as Bishop of Yegoryevsk
On October 24, 2015, the Day of the Synaxis of the Optina Starets, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the St. Ambrose Hermitage of Our Lady of Kazan at Shamordino.
24.10.2015 13:42
St. Petersburg Dialogue forum meets for its regular session
(Russian) 22-24 октября 2015 года в городе Потсдам состоялось XIV заседание Форума гражданских обществ России и Германии «Петербургский диалог». В мероприятии приняла участие делегация Русской Православной Церкви.
23.10.2015 23:49
Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) nominated to be bishop of Yegoryevsk and Archimandrite Anthony (Sevryuk) to be bishop of Bogorodsk
On October 23, 2015, after All-Night Vigil celebrated on the eve of the Synaxis of the Optina Starets, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led the congregation in nominating Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) to be bishop of Yegoryevsk, Patriarchal Vicar, and Archimandrite Anthony (Sevryuk) to be bishop of…
23.10.2015 22:54
Primate of Russian Church celebrates All-Night Vigil at Optina Hermitage on the eve of the commemoration day of Synaxis of Optina Elders
On 23 October 2015, the eve of the commemoration day of the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of Optina, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Stavropegic Monastery of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple, Optina Hermitage.
23.10.2015 21:22
Orthodoxy-Judaism Academic Consultations in Greece
On October 20-21, 2015, the 9th Orthodoxy-Judaism Academic Consultation took place in Athens, Greece. The conference was organized by the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and dated to the 25th anniversary of the Greece-Israel diplomatic relations.
23.10.2015 21:15
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk’s message of greetings to 9th Orthodoxy-Judaism Academic Consultation on Centers and Diasporas
On behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, I would like to greet the participants in the 9th Orthodoxy-Judaism Academic Consultation.
23.10.2015 16:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at the opening of International Conference on the Centennial of Armenian Genocide
On 23 October 2015, an international conference on ‘Genocide as a moral-psychological crime against humanity’ opened at the Moscow church complex of the Novo-Nakhichevan and Russia diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
23.10.2015 10:44
Holy Synod takes a number of decisions concerning external church relations
During the session which took place on 22 October 2015 under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church considered a number of issues pertaining to the sphere of external church relations.
23.10.2015 9:30
Statement by DECR Communication Service
The Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate expresses its strong protest against the claims made by the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, in an interview with Austria’s Kathpress agency.
22.10.2015 23:40
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill extends condolences to Primate of Orthodox Church in America over the demise of Archpriest Sergei Garklavs
In the evening of 19 October 2015, Archpriest Sergei Garklavs, Dean Emeritus of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Chicago, guardian of the Tikvin Icon of the Mother God, died at a Chicago hospital at the age of 87.