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29.04.2015 22:58
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with the head of Armenian Catholic Church
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the head of the Armenian Catholic Church, Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia Nerses Bedros XIX.
29.04.2015 19:52
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Mr. Damir Mukhetdinov, deputy chairman of Muslim Spiritual Board of Russia
The meeting took place at the Department for External Church Relations.
29.04.2015 17:46
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to lead ceremony of reinterment of Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich Jr. and his wife
On 30 April 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk will lead the requiem Liturgy at the Common Military Cemetery in Moscow and the ceremony of reinterment of the remains of Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich Jr. and his wife.
29.04.2015 13:40
Session of the Supreme Council of the Russian Orthodox Church takes place under chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
On 29 April 2015, a regular session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church began its work at the Hall of the Supreme Church Council at the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
28.04.2015 17:22
US Ambassador John Tefft visits St Sergius’s Laura of the Trinity
The United States’ Ambassador to Russia John Tefft and his wife visited St Sergius’s Laura of the Holy Trinity.
27.04.2015 21:47
Representative of Moscow Patriarchate takes part in commemorative events of Armenian Catholic Church, marking centenary of Armenian genocide
On 26 April 2015, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Bishop Savva of Voskresensk, first deputy chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate, attended the commemorative events organized by the Armenian Catholic Church to mark the centenary of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
27.04.2015 19:28
DECR representatives meets with press counselors of the Embassies of Arab states in Moscow
On 27 April 2015, representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) met with press counselors of the Embassies of Arab states in Moscow.
26.04.2015 11:48
Joint DECR-American humanitarian action continues in Belgorod region
A working group of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR) and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association visited Belgorod as part of a large-scale charity project for aid to refugees from Ukraine.
25.04.2015 22:10
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolence over devastating earthquake in Nepal
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, over the devastating earthquake which had claimed many lives and caused severe damages in different regions of the country.
25.04.2015 15:40
Russian Orthodox Church delegation attends the commemoration of the Armenian genocide victims
The official ceremony of commemoration of the Armenian genocide victims took place in Yerevan. It was dated to the centenary of the massacre of Christian population in the Ottoman Empire.