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23.04.2012 17:21

(Russian) Приветствие председателя ОВЦС участникам и гостям Международного молодежного форума соотечественников, проживающих за рубежом (23-24 апреля 2012 года, Москва)

(Russian) Форум посвящен 200-летию победы России в Отечественной войне 1812 года.
23.04.2012 16:19

His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev officiates at the canonization of Schema-Archbishop Anthony (Abashidze)

On St. Thomas Sunday, April 22, His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine officiated at the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the Church of Ss Anthony and Theodosius at the Dormition Laura of the Caves in Kiev.
23.04.2012 15:55

Prayer service for defence of faith celebrated at the Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem

Prayer service for defence of faith celebrated at the Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem After the Liturgy, prayer service for defence of faith, the profaned shrines, the Church and her good name was celebrated.
22.04.2012 23:40

Patriarch Kirill leads a prayer vigil in defence of faith, profaned shrines, the Church and her good name

Before the prayer service, the ark with a piece of the Lord’s Robe and a Nail from the Lord’s Cross was brought out of the church together with several shrines which had been subjected to profanation, including the veneration cross from the Cathedral of the Intercession in the city of…
22.04.2012 23:25

On the second Sunday of Easter, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates the Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and officiates at the consecration of Archimandrite Varnava (Baranov) as Bishop of Vyksa

On 22 April 2012, the Sunday of St Thomas, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
21.04.2012 21:02

Metropolitan Hilarion: Orthodox faithful see attacks against the Patriarch as attacks against themselves and the Church

Metropolitan Hilarion: Orthodox faithful see attacks against the Patriarch as attacks against themselves and the Church During the talk-show ‘The Church and the World’ aired on the Russia 24 TV network on April 21, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, spoke in particular about the prayer vigil in defence of faith, profaned shrines, the Church and her good name to…
21.04.2012 10:07

(Russian) Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: “На всех нас лежит задача по защите нашей Святой Церкви от незаслуженных, несправедливых и неожиданных нападок”

(Russian) В пятницу Светлой седмицы и день праздника иконы Божией Матери «Живоносный Источник» председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион совершил Божественную литургию в храме святителя Николая на Трех Горах.
20.04.2012 12:56

Reception of the occasion of Easter celebration is given at Russian Consulate General in New York

Reception of the occasion of Easter celebration is given at Russian Consulate General in New York Cultural programme included Russian romances and opera arias as well musical improvisations performed by singers of St. Nicholas Cathedral.
20.04.2012 2:41

(Russian) Митрополит Иларион: Мы должны сугубо молиться о нашем Предстоятеле и о нашей Святой Церкви

(Russian) 18-19 апреля 2012 года председатель ОВЦС по благословению Святейшего Патриарха Кирилла посетил Стефано-Махрищский монастырь.
19.04.2012 15:27

Paschal Liturgy in Church Slavonic is celebrated in Izmir

Paschal Liturgy in Church Slavonic is celebrated in Izmir On Bright Monday, 16 April 2012, Paschal Matins and Divine Liturgy in the Church Slavonic language were celebrated for the Russian-speaking community of Izmir, Turkey. One hundred natives of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and other countries attended, and half of them had taken Holy Communion.