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13.02.2013 19:48
Diplomats and church representatives attend Christmas dinner at Russian Foreign Ministry’s Reception House
The participants in the meeting discussed various issues of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
12.02.2013 22:19
Metropolitan Hilarion presides over the working group drafting the Russian Orthodox Church’s up-to-day catechesis
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk chaired a meeting of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission’s working group for drafting the ROC’s up-to-date Catechesis.
12.02.2013 22:18
(Russian) Делегация Санкт-Петербургской епархии приняла участие в церковных торжествах в Болгарии
(Russian) 8 февраля 2013 года по благословению Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла в Болгарию прибыла делегация Санкт-Петербургской епархии для передачи в дар Варненской митрополии образа святых Царственных страстотерпцев.
12.02.2013 21:10
Metropolitan Hilarion chairs a meeting of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission’s presidium
February 13, 2013 – the presidium of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church met at the conference hall of the Department for External Church Relations.
12.02.2013 16:12
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia leads celebrations marking the 4th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
Celebrations on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took place at the church of the Holy Trinity of the Belgrade Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church.
11.02.2013 18:04
Serbian politician visits DECR
On 7 February 2013, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, archpriest Nikolai Balashov, DECR vice-chairman, met with Mr. Dušan Bajatović, vice-chairman of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
11.02.2013 18:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk comments on reports about Pope Benedict XVI’s retirement
On February 11, 2013, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, made comments to ITAR-TASS news agency concerning that coming reports about the retirement of the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI.
11.02.2013 17:28
Enthronement celebrations begin in Damascus
On 10 February 2013 in Damascus, there took place the enthronement of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of the Great Antioch and All the East, elected to the Patriarchal See of the Orthodox Church of Antioch on 17 December 2012.
11.02.2013 15:44
St. Mary Magdalene Church under construction in Madrid has its cupola and cross blessed
On February 7, 2013, Bishop Nestor of Chersonese blessed the first cupola and the cross for St. Mary Magdalene church under construction in Madrid, the website of the Diocese of Chersonese reports.
11.02.2013 12:48
(Russian) Святейший Патриарх Кирилл поздравил министра иностранных дел России С.В. Лаврова с Днем дипломатического работника
(Russian) Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл направил главе Министерства иностранных дел С.В. Лаврову поздравительное послание по случаю Дня дипломатического работника, который отмечается в России 10 февраля.