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29.11.2019 8:54
Head of Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad meets with Primate of Orthodox Church of Cyprus
On 28th November 2019, a meeting between Metropolitan Antony of Korsun and Western Europe, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, and His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of New Justiniana and All Cyprus took place in Nicosia.
28.11.2019 20:23
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Cardinal Péter Erdő
On 28 November 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest Péter Cardinal Erdő at the parish house of the Cathedral of the Dormition in Budapest.
28.11.2019 19:15
Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary attends presentation of Metropolitan Hilarion’s book
On 27 November 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion’s book ‘Catechism. A Short Guide to the Orthodox Faith’ in the Hungarian language was presented at the Russian Cultural Centre in Budapest, Hungary.
28.11.2019 19:04
Monastic delegation of Russian Church venerates Orthodox shrines of Cyprus
The pilgrims prayed at the relics of the Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and Martyr Justina, venerated other shrines of the church and visited its guesthouse.
28.11.2019 15:39
Delegation of Russian Orthodox monks and nuns arrives in Cyprus to attend International Conference on Monasticism and Today’s World
On 26th November 2019, a delegation consisting of hierarchs, abbots, hegumens, hegumennesses, monks and nuns of the Russian Orthodox Church from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and other countries arrived in Cyprus to take part in the International Conference on Monasticism and Today’s World.
28.11.2019 12:02
DECR Chairman presided over round-table conference on cooperation between Russian Church and compatriots living in countries of Middle East and Africa
The round table was organized by the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the DECR with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture and the Russian World foundation.
27.11.2019 18:55
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over deaths caused by earthquake in Albania
On the night of November 26, 2019, an earthquake, the largest in the last 40 years, happened near the Albanian capital city of Tirana. According to the latest reports, over 32 people were killed and 658 were injured.
27.11.2019 16:37
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the murder of two priests of the Armenian Catholic community in Syria
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences over the murder, committed by terrorists, of Rev. Hovsep Bedoyan, rector of the Armenian Catholic community in the city of Qamishli, and of his father, Rev. Hanna Bedoyan.
26.11.2019 12:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of the Supreme Church Council
On 26 November 2019, a regular session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church took place at the Supreme Church Council’s Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour under chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
25.11.2019 23:07
Statement of the Interreligious Council in Russia on protection of religious holy places in the Middle East
The Statement was adopted at the ICR meeting that took place on November 25, 2019, at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies.