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07.01.2015 11:28
Metropolitan Hilarion: Having come to this world, Christ always remains with us
On the Christmas night, January the 7th, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the festive Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-on-Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow.
07.01.2015 10:01
Patriarch Kirill’s Christmas greetings to heads of states
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following Christmas greetings to heads of states belonging to the Orthodox tradition in far abroad. He greeted in particular Presidents Rosen Plevneliev of Bulgaria, Nicos Anastasiadis of Cyprus, Gjogre Ivanov of Macedonia, Klaus Iohannis of Romania, Tomislav Nicolic…
07.01.2015 10:00
DECR chairman sends Christmas and New Year greetings to heads of foreign states, foreign public figures and statesmen
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent greetings to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; King Felipe VI of Spain; Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein; Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, President of Colombia; Mr. Bronisław…
07.01.2015 0:02
Patriarch Kirill’s greetings to primates of Local Orthodox Churches on the occasion of the Day of the Nativity of Christ
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent Christmas greetings to the following Primates of Local Orthodox Churches: His Holiness Bartholomew, Patriarch of Constantinople; His Beatitude Theodore II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria; His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem;…
07.01.2015 0:01
DECR chairman sends Christmas greetings to Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent the following Christmas greetings to the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches
05.01.2015 23:28
Christmas Message of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus Kirill
to the Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics and All the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church.
28.12.2014 21:32
Metropolitan Hilarion: the Lord calls all of us to apostolic service
After the Litany of Fervent Supplication Metropolitan Hilarion said a prayer for peace in Ukraine.
25.12.2014 20:11
Meeting of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
On December 23, 2014, the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met for its last session in 2014, at the Synodal Hall of the Kiev Laura of the Dormition. The session was chaired by His Beatitude Onufry, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine.
25.12.2014 12:41
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church congratulates Patriarch Daniel of Romania
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory message to His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, on the occasion of the commemoration day of his patron saint
25.12.2014 12:40
Metropolitan Hilarion’s congratulations to Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, has congratulated His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, on his Name Day