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02.12.2009 15:36
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02.12.2009 14:34
3d World Congress of Compatriots section meeting on ‘The role of the ROC and other traditional confessions in consolidation of united space of the Russian World’
The 3d World Congress of Compatriots section meeting on ‘The role of the ROC and other traditional confessions in consolidation of united space of the Russian World’ on Dec. 2 at the Danilovskaya Hotel discussed the experience of work with compatriots on diocesan and parochial levels, prospects of this work…
02.12.2009 13:49
English version of Archbishop Hilarion’s book “Christ the Conqueror of Hell. The Descent into Hades from an Orthodox Perspective” comes off the press
St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, New York, published an English version of the book "Christ the Conqueror of Hell. The Descent into Hades from an Orthodox Perspective" by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations.
02.12.2009 11:43
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with auditors of Higher Diplomatic Courses
On 1 December 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with a group of auditors of Higher Diplomatic Courses at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MID). The meeting took place at the Red Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
02.12.2009 11:37
Patriarch Kirill’s address to the 3d Congress of Compatriots
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia addressed the 3d World Congress of Compatriots living abroad at its opening on December 1, 2009, at the House of Unions Column Hall in Moscow. Distinguished Assembly, I cordially greet you all as you have come to Moscow for this representative…
01.12.2009 16:12
Patriarch Kirill attends the opening of the 3d Congress of Compatriots living abroad
The 3d World Congress of Compatriots living abroad began its work on Dec. 1 at the House of Unions Column Hall in Moscow.
01.12.2009 12:45
Second volume of Archbishop Hilarion’s Orthodoxy comes out in the Sretensky Monastery Publishers
‘At the same time, the book does not claim to be an exhaustive treatment of the themes it deals with. It is not an encyclopedia or a reference book. It is rather an attempt to reflect on Orthodoxy in its diversity through the prism of the author’s personal perception’, states…
30.11.2009 12:25
Archbishop Hilarion’s assessment of the 2009 State Department Religious Freedom Report
In his letter to US Ambassador to Russia, Mr John Beyrle, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, makes an assessment of the section on Russia in the US State Department Religious Freedom Report 2009. Below is the text of the letter.…
30.11.2009 10:24
Victims of mass starvation in 1930s in USSR and those who died in Neva Express crash commemorated in Damascus
The Office for the Dead was said on Nov. 29 at the Church of St. Ignatius the God-Bearer in the Moscow Patriarchate’s Representation to the Patriarch of Antioch in Damascus to commemorate victims of the mass starvation in the 1930s in the USSR.
30.11.2009 10:16