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16.07.2013 13:26

Holy Synod meets for regular session under chairmanship of Patriarch Kirill

Holy Synod meets for regular session under chairmanship of Patriarch Kirill July 16, 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.
15.07.2013 15:30

Grand Chamber of the Strasbourg Court rules in favour of Romania and Romanian Orthodox Church

Grand Chamber of the Strasbourg Court rules in favour of Romania and Romanian Orthodox Church The new decision recognizes the right of a state to deny legal registration to anti-canonical structures within a canonical Church.
14.07.2013 23:28

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia meets with Russian Orthodox children spending their vacation in Serbia

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia meets with Russian Orthodox children spending their vacation in Serbia Among those visiting the summer camp were also President of the Republika Srpska Mr. Milorad Dodik and Serbia’s Prime-Minister Mr. Ivica Dačić.
11.07.2013 12:47

Members of Churches in Europe working group of St. Petersburg Dialogue forum met with Landtag of Bavaria vice-president

Members of Churches in Europe working group of St. Petersburg Dialogue forum met with Landtag of Bavaria vice-president On July 10, 2013, Russian Orthodox members of the Churches in Europe working group of the St. Petersburg Dialogue forum met with the vice-president of the Landtag of Bavaria, Mr. Rienhold Bocklet.
11.07.2013 12:46

Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church visits St. Job of Pochayev Monastery in Munich

Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church visits St. Job of Pochayev Monastery in Munich The members of the Churches in Europe working group were warmly greeted by Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany.
10.07.2013 11:16

Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav, hierarch of Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav, hierarch of Bulgarian Orthodox Church His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte and the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church over the untimely death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav.
10.07.2013 11:15

DECR chairman expresses condolences to Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria over the death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav

DECR chairman expresses condolences to Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria over the death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, in which he expressed his condolences over the tragic death of Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav.
09.07.2013 13:13

The Cross of St Andrew the First Called to be brought to the Russian Orthodox Church

The Cross of St Andrew the First Called to be brought to the Russian Orthodox Church The Cross on which the apostle was crucified is kept in St. Andrew’s in Patras on Peloponnesus Peninsular, Greece. It is a shrine important for the whole Christendom.
05.07.2013 14:11

Society of St. Silouan of Athens makes pilgrimage to holy places in the Russian North

Under the spiritual patronage of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex, Great Britain, the society unites Orthodox believers in Western European countries including England, France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.
04.07.2013 16:15

DECR vice-chairman meets with a delegation of the Catholic Church in Hungary

On July 3, 2013, Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), a vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met at the DECR with a delegation of the Catholic Church in Hungary who came to Moscow at the invitation of the Peace and Peacemakers Association.