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13.05.2014 14:13
On Victory Day, Russian Orthodox Church parishioners abroad prayed for Great Patriotic War soldiers
On the day of the 69th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War, the faithful of the Moscow Patriarchate in various countries and various continents honoured the memory of soldiers who defeated Fascism.
12.05.2014 20:14
Statement by Moscow Patriarchate Synodal Information Department on Ukraine’s entry ban for Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk
The Synodal Information Department of the Moscow Patriarchate has issued an official statement on Ukraine's entry ban for Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations.
12.05.2014 11:34
Orthodox politician from Montenegro prays at Patriarchal service in Butovo
On 10 May 2014, Mr. Srđan Milić, president of the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro, who had come to Moscow to attend the Victory Day celebrations, prayed at the Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Butovo firing range.
10.05.2014 22:07
(Russian) В столице Черногории совершили молитву о погибших в Великой Отечественной войне
(Russian) 9 мая 2014 года, в 69-ю годовщину Победы в Великой Отечественной войне, в Подгорице прошло памятное мероприятие, в котором приняла участие делегация Санкт-Петербургской духовной академии.
10.05.2014 18:26
High Patriarchal award is presented to Metropolitan Iriney of Dnepropetrovsk at the border control point of Dnepropetrovsk airport
At the border control, Metropolitan Hilarion was detained. The DECR chairman was kept waiting for a long time and then got an official notification which forbade him from entering Ukraine. No reasons were given for such ban.
06.05.2014 13:40
Russia’s State Duma deputies visit Belgrade Representation of Russian Orthodox Church
(Russian) В Свято-Троицком храме Подворья протоиерей Виталий Тарасьев совершил заупокойную литию о российских воинах, погибших в Первой мировой войне.
06.05.2014 13:16
Message from Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan See of Kiev, Metropolitan Onufry of Chernovsty and Bukovina, on the recent events in Ukraine
Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan See of Kiev, Metropolitan Onufry of Chernovtsy and Bukovina, has issued the following message on the recent tragic events in Ukraine
03.05.2014 23:23
St Gregory the Theologian Foundation to transfer three hundred thousand roubles to victims of clashes in Odessa
According to the latest data, forty-six people died during the clashes and the fire in the House of Trade Unions, and at least two hundred people sought medical aid.
03.05.2014 17:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expresses his condolences to Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa and Izmail over tragedy in Odessa, which claimed lives of dozens of people
The message reads, in particular: “the horrific news about the people, burnt to death in the House of Trade Unions in Odessa, has most strongly affected me and pierced my soul with the deepest pain. A terrible crime, which neither heart nor mind can put up with has been committed…
03.05.2014 17:02
Patriarchal condolences to acting mayor of Odessa, Mr. Oleg Bryndak, over the tragedy, occurred in that city
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to the Acting Mayor of Odessa, in which he expressed his condolences to the relatives and friends of those who had died a terrible death in the burning House of Trade Unions.