Patriarchal Ministry
05.09.2010 22:31
On Synaxis of Moscow Saints Day, Primates of Alexandrian and Russian Churches celebrate Divine Liturgy at Church of Christ the Saviour
On September 5, 2010, the Day of the Synaxis of Moscow Saints, His Beatitude Theodore II, Patriarch of Alexandria and All African and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour.
01.09.2010 15:20
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church expresses his condolences over tragedy in Slovakia
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed the following condolences to the President of Slovakia Ivan Gašparovič upon the tragic death of innocent people in Bratislava on 30 August 2010.
30.08.2010 15:03
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with representatives of the Russian museum community
On 29 August 2010, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the cathedral square of St. Andronik's Monastery, which houses the Andrei Rublev Central Museum of Old Russian Culture and Art and marks its 650th anniversary this year.
28.08.2010 7:55
Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia and hieromonk Gabriel (Bunge) concelebrate All-Night Vigil with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God
On 27 August 2010, the eve of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk officiate at the All-Night Vigil at the church of the "Joy to All the Afflicted" Icon in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow.
24.08.2010 11:49
Patriarch Kirill greeting Ukraine’s President Yanukovich on Independence Day
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church has sent the following message of greetings to Ukraine’s President Yanukovich on the occasion of the Independence Day
22.08.2010 15:00
Patriarch Kirill marks the Day of Solovki Saints’ Assembly with Divine Liturgy at Cathedral of Transfiguration in Solovki monastery
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy on August 22, the Day of the Assembly of the Solovki Saints, at the Cathedral of the Holy Transfiguration in the Solovki Stauropegial Monastery.
19.08.2010 23:15
Patriarch Kirill begins his visit to Solovki monastery of Transfiguration
On August 19, 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived for a primatial visitation to the Solovki Islands.
16.08.2010 13:09
Heads of Russian Orthodox Church Synodal departments hold their first meeting
On August 16, 2010, the heads of the Russian Orthodox Church Synodal departments assembled for their first meeting at the patriarchal working residence in Chisty Pereulok, Moscow. The meeting was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.
11.08.2010 10:58
‘We do not seek the defeat but the return of our brothers…’ – Interview by V. Legoida, head of the Synodal Information Department
The Appeal of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod ‘To Orthodox Christians in Ukraine who stay outside the unity with the Holy Church’ has provoked a lively public discussion in Ukraine. The Synod of the so-called Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kievan Patriarchate (UOC KP) issued immediately a counter statement…
09.08.2010 12:00