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08.09.2014 18:48
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at Pangarati Monastery
On September 7, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is on pilgrimage to Romania, led the faithful in celebrating the Divine Liturgy at the Pangarati Monastery of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
08.09.2014 11:41
Primate of Russian Church leads celebrations marking 800th anniversary of Vladimir diocese
On 7 September 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived for a one-day visit to the city of Vladimir to lead the celebrations marking the 800th anniversary of the Vladimir diocese.
07.09.2014 23:41
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk continues his pilgrimage to Romania
On 6 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, while on pilgrimage to Romania, visited a number of abodes of the Metropolitan See of Moldova and Bucovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
06.09.2014 11:33
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania
On 5 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, began his pilgrimage to Romania with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
04.09.2014 17:36
DECR chairman greets 22nd International Symposium on Orthodox Spirituality in Bose
The DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, sent the following message of greetings to the organizers and participants of the symposium
04.09.2014 14:35
Russia’s diplomatic mission and Moscow Patriarchate’s parish in Madrid raise aid for refugees from Ukraine
The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Spain and the church of St Mary Magdalene in Madrid, through joint efforts, have already collected 700 kilograms of clothes in aid to refugees who have found themselves in Russia as a result of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.
04.09.2014 11:32
Representative of Russian Orthodox Church meets with Melkite Patriarch Gregory III Laham
On 27 August 2014, Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East, met with the Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Gregory III Laham.
03.09.2014 18:08
Organizing Committee for celebrating the 1000th anniversary of St. Vladimir’s demise holds its session
On 3 September 2014, a session of the Organizing Committee for celebrating the 1000th anniversary of the demise of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles took place at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR).
02.09.2014 19:17
A wooden church of Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women consecrated in Hamburg
The wooden church together with the whole church compound including a park, a large reverence cross, a carved gate and a children’s playground, was blessed by Archbishop Feofan of Berlin and Germany. Participating in the celebrations was Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin), spiritual father of the Optina Hermitage.
02.09.2014 17:46
Patriarch Kirill meets Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
On September 2, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Archbishop Kari Mäkinenn of Turku and Finland. The meeting took place at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence at the St. Daniel Monastery, Moscow.