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10.12.2009 16:53
DECR Chairman expounds position of the Russian Orthodox Church on the prospects of dialogue with the Evangelical Church in Germany in his letter to the ECG leadership
Archbishop Hilarion recalls an opinion expressed by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the ordination of women. There were no objections against any decision of this matter in the confessions that do not recognize ordination as a sacrament, and the ordained women in the ECG had not…
10.12.2009 16:50
Primate of the Orthodox Church in America completes his visit to Moscow
His Beatitude arrived in Moscow on December 5 on the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia for the celebrations to mark the 15th anniversary of the Orthodox Church in America Representation in Moscow.
10.12.2009 16:12
Russian Orthodox Church delegation led by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk takes part in an Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission meeting
The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission began its sessions on December 10 at the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Orthodox Center in Chambesy near Geneva, to continue its work on the agenda of a Holy and Great Council of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
10.12.2009 14:16
Archbishop Hilarion’s letter to Chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany Dr. Margot Kassmann and Head of the Department for ecumenical relations and ministries abroad of the Evangelical Church in Germany Bishop Martin Schindehutte
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, sent the following letter to the chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany Dr. Margot Kassmann and the head of the Department for ecumenical relations and ministries abroad of the Evangelical Church in…
10.12.2009 13:53
Recital in memory of Archimandrite Matthews Mormyl to be given in London
A recital in memory of Archimandrite Matthews Mormyl (d. September 15, 2009) will be given on December 10 at St. Peter’s Church, within the Sourozh Musical Evenings in London series.
10.12.2009 11:18
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Mass Media ignore the genocide of Serbs in Kosovo
On 5 December 2009, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk told the viewers of "The Church and the World" TV programme about the difficulties experienced by Orthodox Serbs in Kosovo.
09.12.2009 12:17
The Estonian version of the late Patriarch Alexy’s book ‘Orthodoxy in Estonia’ to be presented in Tallinn
The book is based on the Candidate’s dissertation ‘Esseys on the History of Orthodoxy in Estonia’ defended by the then Metropolitan Alexy of Tallinn in 1984 at the Leningrad Theological Academy, the news service of the Russian World foundation has reported.
08.12.2009 17:41
Russian Orthodox Church Biblical-Theological Commission meets for a plenary session at the Department for External Church Relations
The participants considered the tasks raised by the transformation of the Synodal Theological Commission into the Biblical-Theological Commission, the situation in Bible studies and training of specialists in Biblical theology.
08.12.2009 16:41
‘Tied by fate and faith’ – interview by Archbishop Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, to the Time of Union web-newspaper
On the eve of the festive date – the 10th anniversary of the signing of a Union Treaty between Russia and Belarus, Archbishop Hilarion gave an interview to the Time of Union web-newspaper. – Your Eminence, what are, in your view, the most important projects of inter-state cooperation patronized today…
08.12.2009 15:52