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23.10.2014 15:30
Holy Synod meets for regular session in southern Russia
Before the beginning of the session, Patriarch Kirill congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine on his forthcoming 70th birthday and awarded him the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
23.10.2014 14:33
A new Eucharistic community formed in French Valance
The Sacrament of the Eucharist was celebrated in the Catholic church of St. Peter, the First Apostle, offered to the Orthodox community in Valance by the local Catholic diocese.
23.10.2014 14:25
Church of Holy Forefathers in Hebron celebrates its patronal feast
After the Liturgy the procession went to the oak of Mamre. According to a legend, under the canopy of this very oak Abraham offered hospitality to the three Angels who foretold him the birth of a son.
22.10.2014 13:56
Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch receives representative of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
On 21 October 2014, His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East received Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarchal See of Antioch, at his residence in Balamand, Lebanon.
21.10.2014 16:15
DECR representative attends Pope Paul VI beatification
On 19 October 2014, Pope Francis, two hundred and fifty Catholic hierarchs and many priest celebrated Mass for the closing of the 3rd Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops and Beatification of Pope Paul VI, who set up the Synod of Bishops as a regular advisory body some…
20.10.2014 16:06
Millennium of St Olav’s baptism celebrated in Norway
On October 16 and 17, 2014, the Parishes of St Anna of Novgorod and the Holy Princess Olga celebrated together the millennium of the baptism of St Olav, the King of Norway Equal-to-the-Apostles.
20.10.2014 15:56
Parishioners of Beirut Representation of Russian Orthodox Church worship in Tyre
On October 18, 2014, the parishioners of the Beirut Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church, led by the rector Hegumen Arseny, representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, made a trip to Tyre in southern Lebanon.
20.10.2014 15:05
Church of Dormition in Beijing celebrates 5th anniversary of its consecration
The place where the church stands today used to belong to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in China which contributed to the development of Russia-China relations for over 250 years.
19.10.2014 19:10
Metropolitan Hilarion: Our earthly life should be the striving after God
On 19 October 2014, 19th Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Moscow Church of the “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street. Concelebrating with him…
18.10.2014 13:05
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk delivers presentation at the opening of academic year at the Theological Faculty in Naples
On 17 October 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited Naples at the invitation of Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, in order to take part in the opening of the academic year at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy.