Patriarchal Ministry
07.01.2017 23:54
On the Feast of the Nativity of Christ Primate of Russian Church celebrates Grand Compline at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
In the evening on 7 January 2016, Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Grand Compline at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
07.01.2017 10:01
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches on the Nativity of Christ
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following greeting with the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches
29.12.2016 14:15
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 29 December 2016, a regular session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, last in 2016, took place at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
28.12.2016 11:03
Holy Synod makes decisions concerning external church relations
At its session on December 27, 2016, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church considered in particular some matters concerning external church relations.
27.12.2016 12:22
Patriarch Kirill chairs a session of the Holy Synod
On December 27, 2016, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held its last session this year, at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow. The session was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
27.12.2016 12:09
Members of the ROC Holy Synod pray for victims of the crash of TU-154 plane of the Russian Defense Ministry
On 27 December 2016, a session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, opened at St. Daniel’s monastery in Moscow.
25.12.2016 12:39
Patriarch Kirill sends Christmas greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent Christmas greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches. Among the addressees are Pope Francis of Rome, the head of the Anglican Communion Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the president of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany Bishop Heinrich…
25.12.2016 10:51
Primate of Russian Church greets His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania with his Name Day
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church on his Name Day.
25.12.2016 9:45
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to Primate of Georgian Orthodox Church
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a congratulatory message for His Holiness and Beatitude Patriarch-Catholicos Iliya II on the occasion of the anniversary of his enthronement.
22.12.2016 15:53
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates funeral service for Andrei Karlov, Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey
On 22 December 2016, at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the funeral service for Andrei Karlov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Turkey, killed by a terrorist in Ankara on December 19.