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14.03.2019 19:43
In Ukrainian Polesye one more church building of the canonical Church is seized with assistance of local officials
On March 13, 2019, in Selets village, Dubrovitsa district, Rovno region, Ukraine, the OCU supporters cut locks off the doors of the Church of St. Nicholas of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
14.03.2019 13:14
Delegation of Greek Orthodox Church visits Moscow
In connection with the 26th annual Travel and Tourism Exhibition, MITT-2019, a delegation from Greece led by Archimandrite Spyridon (Katramados), secretary of the Synodal Office of the Greek Orthodox Church, visited Moscow.
14.03.2019 13:03
Aggravation of the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ascertained in the UN
The situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has considerably worsened with the granting of ‘autocephaly’ to ‘the Orthodox Church in Ukraine’, states the report on Civic Space and Fundamental Freedoms Ahead of the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Elections in Ukraine in 2019-2020, published by UN Office of the High Commissioner…
13.03.2019 16:35
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Chairman of Slovenia-Russia Friendship Association
On March 13, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Chairman of Slovenia-Russia Friendship Association and the first ambassador of Slovenia to the Russian Federation Saša Geržina.
12.03.2019 20:21
Schismatics capture more churches of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in dioceses of Vinnitsa, Volyn, Chernigov and Chernovtsy
On March 9 and 10, 2019, supporters of the schismatic ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’ captured churches in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s dioceses of Vinnitsa, Volyn, Chernigov and Chernovtsy-Bukovina, the portal patriarchia.ru.ru reports with reference to pravlife.org.
12.03.2019 17:06
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with chairman of Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia
On 12 March 2019, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, met with Mufti Albir Krganov, chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia.
11.03.2019 15:01
Old monuments of literature from Moscow Theological Academy library restored in Cyprus
On March 7, 2019, an old manuscript and a book published in the early 18th century in Russia from the library of Moscow Theological Academy, which have been restored in Cyprus by specialists of the Kykkos monastery specialists, were handed over in a ceremony to the Russian side in the…
09.03.2019 23:56
Albanian Church refuses to recognize “Orthodox church of Ukraine” created by Patriarchate of Constantinople
In compliance with the decision taken by the Holy Synod of the Albanian Orthodox Church at its session on the 4th of January 2019, the Albanian Church refused to recognize “the Orthodox church of Ukraine,” recently created by the Patriarchate of Constantinople. It is stated in the letter sent by…
07.03.2019 13:36
Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore visits Thailand
On March 2, 2019, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia, Patriarchal Exarch for South-East Asia, acting administrator of the diocese of Thailand, began his visit to the Kingdom of Thailand.
05.03.2019 23:55
Prime Minister of Russian Federation meets with Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria
On 5 March 2019, while on a visit to Bulgaria, Mr. Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, met with His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria at the residence of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.