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16.10.2014 16:56
Prague’s Slavonic Library receives gift from Moscow Patriarchate
On 13 October 2014, archpriest Nikolai Lischenyuk, rector of the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Karlovy Vary, handed over to Dr. Lukáš Babka, director of the Slavonic Library, a set of 34 volumes of the Orthodox Encyclopedia. The books were presented to the Slavonic Library by His Holiness…
15.10.2014 2:11
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk begins his visit to Rome
During his visit, Metropolitan Hilarion will meet with Pope Francis, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Vatican’s Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Cardinal Kurt Koch, and will deliver a lecture at the opening of academic year at the Southern Italy Faculty of…
14.10.2014 21:56
Patriarch Kirill meets with Kazakhstan’s Senate Speaker K. Tokaev
His Holiness told the high guest about the celebrations held by the Russian Orthodox Church to mark the 700th birthday of St. Sergius of Radonezh and thanked Kazakhstan’s leaders for their assistance in opening a monument to the Abbot of the Russian Land in Astana.
14.10.2014 17:18
Patronal feast at the church of the Protecting Veil in Harbin
In Harbin, the capital of China’ Province of Heilongjiang, the faithful celebrated the patronal feast of the church of the Protecting Veil of the Theotokos, built in 1930.
13.10.2014 15:23
Patriarch Kirill sends letter to Iraq’s President concerning the situation of Christians in Iraq
In his message to the President of Iraq, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church also raises the problem of the fate of Iraq’s former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz (Michael John who) who has been imprisoned already for 11 years and in September 2014 appealed to the world community,…
10.10.2014 18:32
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill receives Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches
The participants in the meeting stated the importance of coordinating efforts of the Christian Churches and international Christian organizations for overcoming the crisis in Ukraine and conflict situations in other regions of the world.
10.10.2014 17:04
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with General Secretary of the World Council of Churches
Discussed were inter-Christian relations and the current international situation.
09.10.2014 16:04
Greetings of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada with his Name Day
09.10.2014 16:03
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk greets His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada with his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada
09.10.2014 15:06
Delegation of the Greek Orthodox Church visits Metropolis of Yekaterinburg
A delegation of the Greek Orthodox Church led by Metropolitan Nektarios of Kerkyra, Paxoi and the Transmarine Isles brought from the Island of Corfu to Yekaterinburg the right had of St. Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous.