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07.07.2014 23:12
His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine is buried in Kiev after burial service
On 7 July 2014, the feast day of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, the Divine Liturgy and the burial service for the deceased Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine were celebrated in the square before the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Laura of the Caves in…
07.07.2014 17:08
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s condolences over the demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev
The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, sent to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia the following telegram with condolences over the demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine.
07.07.2014 15:04
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulates Martin Schulz on re-election as President of European Parliament
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message to Mr. Martin Schulz, congratulating him on re-election as President of the European Parliament. The election took place on the 1st of July 2014.
06.07.2014 18:38
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church conducts litiya for His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev
On 6 July 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Divine Liturgy at Smolensk Cathedral of the Smolensk icon of the Mother of God in the Novodevichy Convent, offered special prayers for peace in Ukraine and the Litany for the newly departed Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev…
06.07.2014 18:22
Clergy and laypeople pay last respects to His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir
The worshippers continue to pay their last respects to the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, whose body had been brought into the Cathedral the day before.
05.07.2014 14:54
METROPOLITAN HILARION OF VOLOKOLAMSK EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEMISE OF PRIMATE OF UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his condolences to Metropolitan Onufry of Chernovtsy and Bukovina, Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan See of Kiev, over the demise of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
05.07.2014 14:39
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill lifts up prayer for the repose of soul of Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev
On 5 July 2014, at the home church of the Patriarchal residence in Peredelkino near Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducted the requiem service for the demised Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine.
05.07.2014 14:35
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s condolences over the demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine
The President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Putin, expressed his condolences to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, and bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church over the demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and…
05.07.2014 14:19
Patriarchal condolences over demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine
In the morning of July 5, His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, passed away in the Lord, aged 78. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to Metropolitan Onufry of Chernovtsy and Bukovina, Locum Tenens…
03.07.2014 15:02
Representative of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch meets with Syrian Catholic Patriarch
On 2 July 2014, Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, visited the Syrian Catholic monastery in the town of Harissa (Lebanon).