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11.08.2010 12:33

Fund for Assistance to Russian Church Abroad collects funds in aid to victims of wildfires in Russia

On August 9, 2010, the Fund for Assistance to the Russian Church Outside Russia allocated 5000 dollars from its general funds for aid to the victims of wildfires in Russia, the official website of the Church Abroad has reported.
11.08.2010 10:58

‘We do not seek the defeat but the return of our brothers…’ – Interview by V. Legoida, head of the Synodal Information Department

The Appeal of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod ‘To Orthodox Christians in Ukraine who stay outside the unity with the Holy Church’ has provoked a lively public discussion in Ukraine. The Synod of the so-called Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kievan Patriarchate (UOC KP) issued immediately a counter statement…
09.08.2010 14:18

Orthodox Christians from Russia on pilgrimage to mark 40th anniversary of canonization of St. Herman of Alaska

August 7, 2010, a group of pilgrims from Russia led by Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, and pilgrims from the USA led by the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah came to Kodiak Island.
09.08.2010 12:29

Metropolitan Hilarion’s message to Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Athos on the occasion of St. Panteleimon’s Day

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, has sent the following message of greetings to the abbot of the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on holy Mount Athos on the occasion of the commemoration day of the holy protomartyr and healer Panteleimon
09.08.2010 12:00

Patriarch Kirill sends message of greetings to abbot of St. Panteleimon’s Monastery on occasion of its patron saint’s day

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a message of greetings to the abbot of the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on the occasion of its patron saint’s day
07.08.2010 17:41

An icon for War Memorial in Port Arthur in China consecrated in Moscow

The Russian Memorial in Port Arthur is the largest burial place for Russian citizens outside Russia. According to various data, from 15 to 50 thousand soldiers and civilians are buried there. It has an area of 4,8 hectares. The Memorial includes 1720 monuments, obelisks and sculptures. In September 2010, the…
06.08.2010 14:04

Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk meets with participants in 3d International Congress of Fellowship of Orthodox Youth

Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk met with participants in the 3d International Congress of the Fellowship of Orthodox Youth on August 5, 2010, at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Minsk, the official website of the Byelorussian Orthodox Church has reported.
04.08.2010 14:47

Russian schoolchildren visit the church of Russian Orthodox Mission in Beijing

On July 31, 2010, some 500 schoolchildren from Russia arrived in China on the invitation of PRC chairman Hu Jintao.
04.08.2010 14:41

Prayer service for rain and end to fires in Russia held in Jerusalem

On August 3, 2010, Archimandrite Isidore, head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, held a prayer service for rain and end to the fires which have become a real national disaster in Russia.
04.08.2010 13:35

St. Gregory the Theologian’s Charity Foundation launches its website

It gives information about the founders and leaders of the Foundation, its everyday work and the projects it carries out.