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28.07.2010 17:15

Patriarch Kirill completes his visitation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia completed his primatial visitation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on July 28, 2010.
28.07.2010 15:30

‘It is easy to pray together with the Ukrainian people’ – Patriarch Kirill’s interview to Russia-24 TV channel

On July 2, 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia gave an interview to an observer of the Russian National Television and Radio Company, I. N. Semenov. Below is the full text of the interview, which came out on July 28, the Day of the Baptism of…
28.07.2010 15:00

Patriarch Kirill honours memory of Great Patriotic War soldiers and victims of mass starvation in the 30s

On July 28, 2009, in conclusion of his pastoral visitation of Ukraine, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Memorial of Glory in Kiev and the memorial to the victims of the 1930s mass starvation.
28.07.2010 14:50

Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Vladimir open an exposition on Heritage of Holy Prince Vladimir at Kiev Laura of Caves

On July 28, 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine took part in the opening of an exposition on the Heritage of the Holy Prince Vladimir organized by the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Tourism, National Historical…
28.07.2010 13:01

Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Vladimir celebrate Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Laura of the Caves in Kiev

The liturgy took place in the monastery’s square overcrowded with worshippers. The service was broadcast live by the Ukrainian television.
28.07.2010 11:24

Patriarch Kirill’s homily in Kiev Laura of Caves on the Baptism of Rus’ Day

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! With great joy and in the simplicity of our hearts we celebrate the Day of the Baptism of Rus’s, the day of the demise of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles through whose will and efforts…
27.07.2010 13:33

(Russian) Святейший Патриарх Кирилл и Блаженнейший митрополит Владимир совершили молебен у памятника Крестителю Руси на Владимирской горке в Киеве

(Russian) На торжестве, открывающем празднование Дня Крещения Руси, который отмечается 28 июля, присутствовали премьер-министр Украины Н.Я.Азаров, председатель Верховной Рады В.М.Литвин, вице-мэр Киева А.П.Попов, другие представители государственной власти Украины.
27.07.2010 11:01

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Many signals are coming from the schism that people feel the need to re-unite with the Church

On July 26, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, answered questions from a correspondent of the Inter TV channel in Ukraine.
26.07.2010 16:36

Participants in the sea cruise meet with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and representatives of the Greek Orthodox Church

Participants in the sea cruise devoted to the 90th anniversary of the exodus of Russian Army units and civil refugees from the Crimea met with representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches in jurisdiction of places to which Russian compatriots escaped in 1920, including Bizert under the Patriarchate of Alexandria, Athens…
26.07.2010 12:19

Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod meets in the Kiev Laura of Caves

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, began its meeting on July 26, 2010, at the Dormition Monastery of the Caves in Kiev.