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27.05.2014 15:27
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Assyrian Patriarch
Special attention was given to the situation of Christians in the Middle East.
27.05.2014 14:51
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Metropolitan Anthony of Mexico
On May 26, 2014, Metropolitan Anthony of Mexico (Patriarchate of Antioch), while on an unofficial visit to the Russian Church, visited the Church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya-Ordynka and met there with the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of…
27.05.2014 14:31
Choirs of the Sistine Chapel and Tretyakov Gallery execute Western and Eastern hymns
Among those who assembled in the hall were hierarchs of Local Orthodox Church. The concert was also attended by the Apostolic Nuncio in the Russian Federation, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, and the head of the Catholic Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi.
27.05.2014 13:50
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sends a message to Pyotr Poroshenko, President Elect of Ukraine
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27.05.2014 11:36
DECR chairman meets with delegation of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Hilarion warmly welcomed members of the delegation. The Bulgarian hierarchs told him about church life in their dioceses.
25.05.2014 22:13
Festive reception at Russia’s general consulate in New York on the occasion of 700th birthday of St. Sergius of Radonezh
It was the first event in the chain of festive activities to be held in the USA to celebrate St. Sergius’s birthday.
25.05.2014 20:52
Delegation of Bulgarian Orthodox Church visits Sretensky Monastery in Moscow
His Holiness and his large party were welcomed to the monastery by its father superior, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), who introduced his high guests to the history of the Sretensky Monastery. Then Patriarch Neophyte proceeded to the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Vladimir and venerated the relics of the Holy…
24.05.2014 23:29
Patriarch Kirill meets with a delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
The guests presented the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church with a gift from His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. It was an icon of St. Sophia (Hortokoridou), a newly-glorified Greek saint, a nun of the Kleisoura convent in northern Greece.
24.05.2014 18:09
Primates of the Russian and Bulgarian Orthodox Churches celebrate at the Church of Christ the Saviour on the commemoration day of Ss Cyril and Methodius
A congratulatory address of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was read by Metropolitan Onufriy of Chernovtsy and Bukovina, and several hierarchs were granted high church awards.
23.05.2014 11:48
Russian Orthodox Church aids flood victims in Serbia
On 22 May 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia received a delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate Synodal Department for Charity and Social Ministry that brought humanitarian aid for victims of the catastrophic flood. The aid was raised with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All…