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23.09.2014 17:39
Metropolitan Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas meets with delegation of Chinese specialists from Hubei Province and city of Wuhan
On 22 September 2014, Metropolitan Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas met with a delegation of specialists from Hubei Province and the city of Wuhan, who have been carrying out restoration work at the Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Wuhan, the oldest Orthodox construction in China at the…
23.09.2014 11:10
13 plenary session of Orthodox-Catholic theological dialogue completes its work
The meeting was attended by twenty three delegates from the Catholic side and representatives of the Orthodox Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Russia, Georgia, Serbia, Romania, Cyprus, Poland, Albania and the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
23.09.2014 9:00
Metropolitan Hilarion: all wars begin in people’s minds
On September 20, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, host of the Church and the World talk-show on Vesti-24 TV network, had as his guest Russia’s People’s Artist Vladimir Khotinenko, a filmmaker, actor and script writer.
22.09.2014 11:30
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Liturgy at the place of Christ’s Baptism on feast day of Nativity of Most Holy Theotokos
On 21 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who is in Jordan to participate in a plenary session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches, visited the Russian Pilgrims’ House at the…
21.09.2014 14:09
7th International Conference on Religions and Destructive Cults takes place in St. Petersburg
Discussed at the sessions and meetings were the ways to escape the influence of totalitarian organizations.
19.09.2014 19:55
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Cardinal Sandri, Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Discussed at the meeting was a worsening in relations between the Orthodox and the Greek Catholics caused by recent developments in Ukraine.
19.09.2014 17:48
Synod of Estonian Orthodox Church holds its regular session
On 16 September 2014, a regular session of the Synod of the Estonian Orthodox Church took place in Tallinn under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Kornily of Tallinn and All Estonia.
19.09.2014 16:08
5th Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America takes place in Dallas
On 15-18 September 2014, the 5th Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America took place in Dallas, Texas, the website of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA reports. Taking part in the Assembly were thirty-eight archpastors from various jurisdictions that have their parishes in the USA.
19.09.2014 12:10
Patriarchal message of greetings to international academic-public conference on “The Great War and the Beginning of a New World: Topical Agenda for Humankind”
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following message of greetings to the international academic-public conference on “The Great War and the Beginning of a New World: Topical Agenda for Humankind”(16 – 18 September 2014, Belgrade, Serbia)
19.09.2014 12:09
Commemorative events in Belgrade to mark centenary of beginning of World War I
From September 16-18, 2014, events marking the centenary of World War I were held in Belgrade, Serbia. Leading Russian, Serbian, European and world historians, public leaders and statesmen, academic and cultural figures, and journalists from leading mass media from 15 countries attended.