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11.01.2010 14:43

Children celebrate Christmas at the Church of St. John of Kronstadt in Hamburg

According to the Very Revd. Sergei Baburin, rector of the church, the party began with prayers in the church, after which young parishioners presented poetry and musical compositions.
11.01.2010 9:56

Archbishop Hilarion: the ousting of religion from public sphere will end in tragedy

On 9 January 2010, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, greeted TV viewers with the Nativity of Christ and answered questions in the "Church and the World" programme on the feast.
10.01.2010 16:46

Archbishop Hilarion: the Nativity of Christ is a special feast perceived by the faithful as a winter Pascha as the same gracious joy comes to our hearts

On 10 January 2010, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the 'Joy to All the Afflicted" Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka str., Moscow. Concelebrating were the DECR deputy chairmen archpriest…
09.01.2010 18:59

Archbishop Hilarion admits a deacon into monastic vows at the Laura of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius

On 8 January 2010, the commemoration day of the apostle, Protomartyr and archdeacon Stephen, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, officiated at the All-Night Vigil at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Laura of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius.
05.01.2010 12:48

Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia, to the Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics and All Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church

On the radiant of the Nativity of Christ I cordially congratulate you on this great feast day.
01.01.2010 18:45

Patriarch Kirill: Our optimism comes from our trust in God’s good will

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia officiated at the prayer service on December 31 in the Church of Christ the Saviour, thanking the Lord for the past year and invoking God’s blessing upon the coming year 2010.
30.12.2009 13:28

Church Graduate School’s academic council sums up the 2009 term

The academic council of the Sts Cyril and Methodius Graduate and Doctoral School, at its meeting on December 29, chaired by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, summed up the School’s first term.
30.12.2009 11:13

Archbishop Hilarion: Human beings initiate ecological problems unless they see in environment a sphere of their responsibility

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, speaking in the Church and World program of the national Vesti TV network on December 26, said that man causes ecological problems ‘unless he sees in the environment a sphere of his responsibility’ and as long…
29.12.2009 17:17

Agreement on cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Academy of State Service is signed

On 29 December 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Russian Academy of State Service under the President of the Russian Federation (RASS), where he, together with the rector V. Yegorov, signed an agreement on cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the RASS.
29.12.2009 16:21

Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church addresses faculty and students of the Russian Academy of State Service under the President of the Russian Federation

On 29 December 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the leadership, faculty, and students of the Russian Academy of State Service under the President of the Russian Federation.