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29.01.2020 13:40
First round of consultations between Russian Orthodox Church and Coptic Church held in Netherlands
On 20-24 January 2020, with a blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II, the first round of bilateral theological consultations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church took place at the administrative center of the Coptic Church Diocese of Netherlands and…
29.01.2020 13:15
Metropolitan Hilarion chairs session of the Chinese Patriarchal Metochion Board of Trustees
At present Divine liturgies are celebrated in Chinese every Sunday; and liturgies in the Church Slavonic and Chinese – every Saturday and on the days of great feasts.
28.01.2020 17:15
Round Table on World War Two in Humanitarian Dimension: Experience of the Past and Modernity takes place at Federation Council
On 28th January 2020, a round table meeting on World War Two in Humanitarian Dimension: Experience of the Past and Modernity was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation within the framework of the 28th International Christmas Educational Readings.
28.01.2020 12:30
DECR representative attends an event timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 January 2020, a memorial ceremony took place at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow dated for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
27.01.2020 10:53
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada with anniversary of his enthronement
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the greeting to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada
27.01.2020 10:53
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk greets His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada with the anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada on the anniversary of his enthronement.
25.01.2020 12:01
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulated Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church on his Nameday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland with his Nameday
25.01.2020 12:00
DECR chairman greets His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland with his Nameday
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Poland, on the commemoration day of his heavenly patron, St. Sava of Serbia.
23.01.2020 20:30
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends Fifth World Holocaust Forum
On 23 January 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, attended the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, which took place at the Yad Vashem remembrance center in Jerusalem. The forum was held under the motto “Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism”.
23.01.2020 20:15
Patriarch Kirill meets with Germany’s ambassador to Russia
On 23 January 2020, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, met with Germany’s Ambassador to Russia, H. E. Dr Géza Andreas von Geyr, at the patriarchal and synodal residence at the St. Daniel Monastery.