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03.06.2014 19:44
Metropolitan Hilarion: In today’s society the voice of the Church often becomes a voice crying in the wilderness
Before the beginning of the 4th Orthodox-Catholic Forum on Religion and Cultural Diversity: Challenges for the Christian Churches in Europe to take place from June 2 to 5, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, answered questions from Byelorussian journalists.
03.06.2014 14:55
Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko meets with participants in 4th Orthodox-Catholic Forum
On June 3, 2014, Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko received in audience participants in the 4th Orthodox-Catholic Forum “Religion and Cultural Diversity: Challenges for Christian Churches in Europe”, which opened yesterday in Minsk. The meeting, which took place at the Palace of Independence, was attended by Orthodox and Catholic hierarchs and…
03.06.2014 11:20
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at the opening of the 4th European Orthodox-Catholic Forum in Minsk
On 2 June 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), arrived in Minsk with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the 4th European Orthodox-Catholic Forum.
03.06.2014 11:20
Metropolitan Hilarion: Actions of the Uniates have caused great damage not only to the Ukraine and her citizens, but also to the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue
Greetings by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the Participants of the 4th European Orthodox-Catholic Forum (Minsk, 2 – 6 June 2014)
30.05.2014 14:58
His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria completes his visit to the Russian Orthodox Church
The delegation that accompanied him included Metropolitans Dometian of Vidin, Gabriel of Lovech, Yoan of Varna and Velicky Preslav, Naum of Rousse, archimandrite Dionisiy (Mishev), archimandrite Feoktist (Dimitrov), representative of the Patriarch of Bulgaria to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
30.05.2014 13:22
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church meets for regular session in St. Petersburg
On 30 May 2014, the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was opened under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the historic building of the Sacred Governing Synod in St. Petersburg.
29.05.2014 22:47
Communiqué on the results of irenical visit of His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria to the Russian Orthodox Church
His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria paid an irenical visit to the Russian Orthodox Church from May 23 to 30, 2014. Among those accompanying His Holiness were the Most Reverend Metropolitans Dometian of Vidin, Gabriel of Lovech, Yoan of Velicky Preslav, and Naum of Rousse.
28.05.2014 6:54
Patriarch Kirill receives Metropolitan Anthony of Mexico
On May 27, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Metropolitan Anthony of Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and the Caribbean Island, a hierarch of the Patriarchate of Antioch.
28.05.2014 6:13
Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria arrives in St. Petersburg
On May 27, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, while on an official visit to the Russian Orthodox Church, arrived in St. Petersburg from Moscow. At the Moscow Railway Station, the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and his retinue were welcomed by Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and…
27.05.2014 22:04
Fraternal talk between Primates of the Russian and Bulgarian Orthodox Churches
On May, 2014, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, had a talk with His Holiness Neophyte, Patriarch of Bulgaria, who on an official visit to the Russian Orthodox Church, at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow.