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20.08.2013 13:49
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Spain’s ambassador to Russia
During the meeting, which was held in a friendly atmosphere, Metropolitan Hilarion told his guest about the ministry of the Russian Orthodox Church in Spain and her pastoral care of compatriots living there.
19.08.2013 22:10
Metropolitan Hilarion: Through participation in church sacraments, we partake of the Divine light
On August 19, 2013, the Day of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the rite of the blessing of fruit at the Moscow Church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-at-Bolshaya-Ordynka.
18.08.2013 8:27
Delegation of Russian Church completes its pilgrimage to Mount Athos
The delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent by the Holy Synod to take part in the celebrations on the occasion of the patronal feast of the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon, completed its pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain.
13.08.2013 17:37
Primate of Polish Orthodox Church thanks Patriarch Kirill for brotherly hospitality accorded during celebrations marking 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’
Metropolitan Sava of Poland also noted that the solemn celebration devoted to the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ had ‘a tremendous importance in a broad religious-public sense for all the Slavic nations’ and for the whole Orthodox world.
13.08.2013 15:32
Russian Orthodox Church delegation meets with Protos of the Holy Mountain
A delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, which arrived in the Holy Mount Athos to take part in the celebration of the patronal feast of the Monastery of St. Panteleimon, made a pilgrimage to the Athonite monasteries and visited its administrative centre.
11.08.2013 9:28
Patronal feast celebrated in Russian monastery on Mount Athos
Among the participants in the celebrations was a Russian Orthodox delegation led by Metropolitan Rostislav of Tomsk and Asino. The delegation included Archbishop Onufry of Kharkov and Bogodukhov, Bishop Veniamin of Borisovka, and Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), a DECR staff member.
09.08.2013 21:53
Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church arrives on Mount Athos
A delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent by the Holy Synod to take part in the celebrations on the occasion of the patronal feast of the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon, arrived on Mount Athos.
09.08.2013 12:11
DECR chairman sends greeting on the occasion of patronal feast of Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message to Archimandrite Jeremiah, hegumen of the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos, greeting him, the brethren of the monastery and pilgrims with the commemoration day of St Panteleimon.
08.08.2013 10:56
Celebration commemorating St Mary Magdalene takes place in Magdala
On 4 August 2013, the commemoration day of St Mary Magdalene, the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission’s Metochion in Magdala celebrated its patronal feast.
07.08.2013 11:40
Russian Orthodox Church sends money to Patriarchate of Antioch to help people affected by armed conflict in Syria
The Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for Church Charity and Social Service transferred 1,320,407 $ to the bank account of the Patriarchate of Antioch in the beginning of August 2013.