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14.09.2019 19:51
Patriarch Kirill had a phone talk with Archbishop Ioann of Dubna
His Holiness told Archbishop Ioann that the Holy Synod considered his request to join the Moscow Patriarchate together with clergy and parishes who wish to follow him and informed him about the decision.
14.09.2019 15:02
The Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod integrates the head of the Archdiocese of the Western European Parishes of Russian Tradition as well as clergy and parishes who wish to follow him
Archbishop John also informed that an assembly of representatives of these parishes would take place in the nearest future to send their proposals on the canonical form of their organization to His Holiness the Patriarch and the Holy Synod.
14.09.2019 14:45
Holy Synod session minutes of September 14, 2019
On September 14, 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted the minutes published below after discussing it through remote connections.
13.09.2019 16:58
An Open Letter from Greek Clergy and Laity on the Ukrainian Issue
One hundred and seventy-nine clergymen, monks and laypeople sent an open letter to the Primate and episcopate of the Orthodox Church of Greece, expressing their concern and alarm over the uncanonical granting of autocephaly to the Ukrainian schismatics.
12.09.2019 21:35
Delegation of abbots and abbesses of the Coptic Church arrives in Russia
On 12th September 2019, at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Church, a delegation of abbots, abbesses and nuns from the Coptic Church’s monasteries and convents arrived in Moscow to begin…
12.09.2019 19:05
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Archbishop of Warsaw
On 12th September 2019, at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St. Daniel’s Stavropegic Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Warsaw, who had arrived in Moscow on an unofficial visit.
12.09.2019 15:09
DECR chairman greets Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and All Japan with his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of greetings to Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and All Japan on his Name Day.
11.09.2019 17:22
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Archbishop of Warsaw Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz
On September 11, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), met at the CMI with Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Archbishop of Warsaw, who is in Moscow on an unofficial…
10.09.2019 18:16
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at interfaith conference devoted to the protection of family values
On 10th September 2019, a conference on “The Family and Family Values in Traditional Religions of Russia.
10.09.2019 14:43
A monument to St. John of Kronstadt erected in the capital of the USA
A three-meter tall bronze monument to St. John of Kronstadt has been erected at the entrance to the church of St. John the Baptist in Washington, USA. The pastor is depicted clothed in liturgical while holding a chalice in his left hand with his right hand pointing to it.