His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia meets with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on July 6, 2009, in Ankara. The head of the Turkish Government expressed satisfaction at Patriarch Kirill’s visit and the fact that he visited not only Istanbul but also the Turkish capital city of Ankara. The…

A long-abandoned Orthodox church consecrated at the Russian Consulate’s summer residence in Buyukdere near Istanbul

The Primates of the Orthodox Churches of Constantinople and Russian conducted the lesser consecration of Sts Constantine and Helen Church at the Russian General Consulate’s summer residence in Buyukdere near Istanbul on July 6, 2009. The choir of Moscow’s Sretensky Monastery sang during the service. The lesser consecration of this…

(Russian) В ходе визита Предстоятеля Русской Православной Церкви в Константинопольский Патриархат в храме святой Ирины состоялось выступление хора московского Сретенского монастыря

(Russian) 5 июля 2009 года в ходе визита Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла в Константинопольский Патриархат в концертном зале собора Агиа Ирини (Святого Божия Мира) выступил хор Сретенского ставропигиального мужского монастыря города Москвы. Выступление прославленного коллектива пришли послушать Святейший Патриарх Константинопольский Варфоломей и Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея…

Primates of the Orthodox Churches of Constantinople and Russia celebrate Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St George

On 5 July 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George. Concelebrating with the Patriarch were Metropolitan Michael of Austria, Metropolitan John of Pergamon (Patriarchate of Constantinople), the Chairman of the…

Talks between Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

During the official visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, after a prayer at the Cathedral of St. George, a fraternal meeting of the Patriarchs at the Throne Hall, an exchange of speeches and a fraternal repast on July 4, 2009,…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: Negotiations between Primates of the Orthodox Churches of Constantinople and Russia were held in a constructive spirit

Responding to questions from journalists at the end of negotiations between the Primates of the Orthodox Churches of Constantinople and Russia on July 4, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said in particular, ‘Today we have considered all the items on the agenda of our bilateral…

(Russian) С 4 по 6 июля состоится визит Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла в Константинопольский Патриархат

(Russian) В программу визита включены также посещение исторического храма святой Софии, встречи со светскими и религиозными лидерами Турции, а также общение с проживающими на территории этой страны соотечественниками.