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25.05.2019 18:55
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill arrives in Strasbourg
On 25 May 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia began his visit to Strasbourg, France.
22.05.2019 23:15
DECR chairman meets with delegation of Palestinian Supreme Presidential Committee for Churches’ Affairs
On May 22, 2019, the Day of the Translation of the Relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra of Lycia to Bar, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), after the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our…
21.05.2019 17:19
The Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church calls the schism and actions of Constantinople “the greatest problem of the Orthodox Church today”
The Sacred Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church held its regular session on May 9-18, 2019.
20.05.2019 19:28
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church attends Paschal reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 20 May 2019, a solemn Paschal reception was held at the large mansion of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Attending the reception were religious leaders, heads of foreign diplomatic missions, Russian and foreign diplomats.
20.05.2019 13:20
Delegation of pilgrims from North American Archdiocese of Antioch on a visit to St. Petersburg
On May 19, 2019, the fourth Sunday after Pascha, Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in the St. Alexander Nevsky Laura.
19.05.2019 21:01
Metropolitan Hilarion: Jesus Christ’s miracle of healing the paralytic is a sign of omnipotence of God
On 19 May 2019, 4th Sunday after Pascha, of the Paralytic, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of ‘The Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street, Moscow.
18.05.2019 15:07
Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine meets with Primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
On 17 May 2019, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine, currently on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, met with His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem.
15.05.2019 16:17
Divine Liturgy celebrated outside the cathedral captured by schismatics in Vinnitsa
On May 14, 2019, the commemoration day of the Holy Martyr Macarius, Metropolitan of Kiev, Archbishop Varsonofy of Vinnitsa and Bar, assisted by the diocesan clergy, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the grave of Metropolitan Makary (Svistun), who was administrator of the diocese of Vinnitsa in the period from 1992-2007.
15.05.2019 14:09
Churches of the canonical Church have been attacked again in Rovno region in Ukraine
Supporters of the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” continue capturing churches in the Rovno diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. In the last two days, worship buildings have been attacked in four villages of the region.
14.05.2019 11:08
Delegation of Moscow Theological Schools visited Egypt
From May 6 to 13, 2019, with the blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and on the invitation of Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II, a delegation of the faculty, staff and students of Moscow Theological Academy visited Egypt to help develop inter-church cooperation in academic sphere…