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27.10.2009 14:13
Old Believers’ Council completed its work in Moscow
The annual Council of the Russian Orthodox Old Belief Church completed its three-day work on 22 October 2009 at the restored Church of the Resurrection in the Rogozhsky Cemetery in Moscow.
27.10.2009 12:44
Presentation of ‘The Light of Orthodoxy in Czechia and Slovakia’ book takes place in Prague
On 19 October 2009, a presentation of "The Light of Orthodoxy in Czechia and Slovakia" book by Yelena Filippovich published by 'The Russian Tradition" Publishing House took place in Prague, Czechia.
26.10.2009 18:21
The UN Human Rights Council takes a stand for a better understanding of traditional values of humankind
The UN Human Rights Council at its 12th session closed in Geneva on 2 October 2009 adopted a resolution on "Promoting Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms through a Better Understanding of Traditional Values of Humankind."
26.10.2009 11:30
Presentation of Archbishop Hilarion’s book ‘The Sacrament of the Faith’ in the Ukrainian language takes place in Kiev
Academy, and the Kiev-Mogilyanskaya Academy. "The Sacrament of the Faith" was first published in 1996, reprinted several times, and translated into many languages, including English, French, German, Polish, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Serbian, and Macedonian.
26.10.2009 9:40
Orthodox Theological catechetical courses to be opened in Hamburg
The graduates, except auditors, will get the certificate that would allow them to teach Orthodoxy in the schools in the German land that adopted legislation on such studies.
24.10.2009 14:23
Archbishop Hilarion venerates old shrines in Cyprus
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, visited the Stavrovouni Monastery of the Honorable and Life-giving Cross of Our Lord, the oldest monastery in Cyprus founded in the 4th century by the Holy Queen Helen Equal-to-the-Apostles.
24.10.2009 0:10
The session of the Orthodox-Catholic theological dialogue completed its work
The Joint Orthodox-Catholic International Commission for Theological Dialogue completed its session on 23 October in Paphos, Cyprus. The Orthodox side included representatives of the Patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Moscow, Serbia, Romania, Georgia and the Orthodox Churches of Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Albania and the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
23.10.2009 11:15
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus
On 22 October 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus. Taking part in the meeting that took place in Paphos, Cyprus, was Metropolitan Isaiah (Kykkotis) of Tamassos.
22.10.2009 10:44
Archbishop Innokenty of Korsun consecrates an Orthodox church in Ravenna
In the course of his pastoral visitation to Italy, Archbishop Innokenty of Korsun, administrator of the Russian Orthodox parishes in that country performed on October 18 the Lesser Consecration of the church of the Intercession in Ravenna.
22.10.2009 10:01