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10.05.2012 16:39

Some 150 pilgrims and guests prayed at St. George Monastery in German Götschendorf

On May 6, 2012, the commemoration day of St. George the Victorious, celebrations were held on the occasion of the patronal festival at the St. George Monastery at Götschendorf 80 km away from Berlin.
10.05.2012 15:45

(Russian) В Венеции молитвенно отметили день памяти апостола Марка

(Russian) 8 мая 2012 года в Венеции в древней базилике святого Марка, где с 833 года почивают мощи апостола, было совершено православное богослужение.
10.05.2012 11:42

Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church convenes in Kiev

On 8 May 2012, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held its regular session in the Synodal Hall of the Kiev metropolia under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine.
09.05.2012 22:36

Metropolitan Hilarion addresses thousands on Poklonnaya Hill

On 9 May 2012, the Victory Day, the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev gave a concert on Poklonnaya Hill. Thousands of Muscovites and guests of the capital city, including the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, attended the event that completed the 11th Moscow Easter Festival.
09.05.2012 22:30

Members of the Russian Orthodox Holy Synod attend the Parade on the Red Square

On 9 May 2012, members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church: Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna; Metropolitan Varsonofiy of Saransk and Mordovia, chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended the military parade on…
08.05.2012 14:01

DECR chairman congratulates François Hollande on his election President of the French Republic

DECR chairman congratulates François Hollande on his election President of the French Republic Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greetings to François Hollande with his election President of the French Republic.
08.05.2012 13:50

Patriarch’s greetings to François Hollande with his election President of the French Republic

Patriarch’s greetings to François Hollande with his election President of the French Republic His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the greeting to Mr. François Hollande, President-elect of the French Republic.
07.05.2012 16:08

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates a prayer service in the Annunciation Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin on the day of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as President of Russian Federation

On 7 May 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated a prayer service on the occasion of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as President of the Russian Federation.
06.05.2012 21:38

(Russian) Митрополит Иларион: В войне между добром и злом невозможно сохранить нейтралитет

(Russian) В Неделю 4-ю по Пасхе, о расслабленном, и день памяти великомученика Георгия Победоносца, председатель ОВЦС митрополит Волоколамский Иларион совершил Божественную литургию в храме иконы Божией Матери «Всех скорбящих Радость» на Большой Ордынке.
06.05.2012 13:22

(Russian) Иерарх Русской Православной Церкви посетил Сербию в составе делегации Азербайджана

(Russian) 2-4 мая 2012 года епископ Бакинский и Азербайджанский Александр находился в Сербии в составе азербайджанской делегации, возглавляемой первым вице-премьером Республики Азербайджан Э. Эфендиевым.