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05.10.2013 22:52
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill takes part in the meeting of Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Church with the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić
On 5 October 2013, the President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, gave an official lunch at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade for the Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches and representatives of the Catholic and Protestant Churches participating in the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict…
04.10.2013 21:49
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visits the Serbian Orthodox Church
On 4 October 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The visit to the Serbian Orthodox Church is timed for the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan.
03.10.2013 22:33
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with His Highness Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Prince Albert II is visiting Russia in the year that marks the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.
02.10.2013 12:14
Holy Synod meets for regular session under chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
On 2 October 2013, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church met for a regular session at the Synodal Hall of the official Patriarchal and Synodal residence in the St Daniel Monastery, Moscow.
01.10.2013 12:06
DECR chairman meets with Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles
On 30 September 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a hierarch of the Coptic Church, Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles.
30.09.2013 16:52
Exhibition dedicated to the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia opens in Rome
An exhibition marking the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia is being held at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Rome on 27 September – 4 October 2013.
28.09.2013 14:37
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends a meeting of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations
On September 26, 2013, the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations met for its regular session at the Moscow Kremlin. It was chaired by S. Ivanov, head of the Presidential Administration.
27.09.2013 18:05
Metropolitan Hilarion: We praise the Cross of Christ as the tool of death that has given life
On September 27, 2013, the Day of the Elevation of the Lord’s Honorable and Life-Giving Cross, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordanka, Moscow.
27.09.2013 12:08
Representative of the DECR attends the OSCE conference in Warsaw
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) held its annual conference on the human dimension implementation from September 23 to October 4, 2013, in Warsaw. It was attended by representatives of the OSCE region including the EU, the Holy See, USA, Russia and the CIS countries.
26.09.2013 16:38
DECR chairman expresses his condolence over terrorist attack at Christian church in Pakistan
Tens of people were killed and injured on September 22, as a result of the suicide bombing at the Church of All Saints in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan.