Patriarchal Ministry
07.07.2016 19:32
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends condolences to Primate of the Coptic Church over the murder of priest Rafael Moussa
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expressed his compassion and support to the relatives and spiritual children of Father Rafael.
29.06.2016 22:55
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expresses condolences over terrorist attack at Istanbul’s airport
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences over the terrorist attack in Istanbul. On June 28, two blasts hit Istanbul’s international airport. According to the latest reports, 41 people were killed and 239 injured.
22.06.2016 23:45
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s letter on the occasion of the terrorist attack in Qamishli
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following letter to His Holiness Mar Ignatios Aphrem II, Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, on the occasion of the terrorist attack at Al-Qamishli in Syria.
17.06.2016 12:00
Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to Primates and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches who have assembled in Crete
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a message to the Primates and representative of Local Orthodox Churches who have assembled in the Island of Crete.
16.06.2016 12:44
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of the Supreme Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 16 June 2016, a session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church began its work at the Hall of the Supreme Church Council at the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
14.06.2016 15:39
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on the occasion of his Name Day
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has greeted His Beatitude Heronymos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, on the occasion of his Name Day.
03.06.2016 21:34
Session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church 3 June 2016
Serious problems which have arisen in the course of preparations for the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church to take place from June 18 to 26, 2016, especially concerning the refusal of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to attend the Council if its date is not put off and…
30.05.2016 9:21
From May 27 to 29, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill made a pilgrimage to Holy Mount Athos
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was on a pilgrimage to Holy Mount Athos from May 27 to 29, 2016.
28.05.2016 22:25
President Putin visits Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery on Athos
On May 28, 2016, President Vladimir Putin visited Holy Mount Athos. The visit of the head of the Russian State was dated to the millennium of the Russian monasticism on the Holy Mount.
28.05.2016 16:07
Patriarch Kirill celebrates thanksgiving at Xilourgou hermitage on Mount Athos
On May 28, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, accompanied by a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, visited the Xilourgou hermitage dedicated to the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, historically the first Russian monastery to be found on Mount Athos. Restoration work…