Patriarchal Ministry
25.07.2014 13:42
Holy Synod members pray for the late Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine
The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine, 79, passed away in the Lord on July 5, 2014.
21.07.2014 10:28
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolence to Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mr. Najib Tun Razak
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to Mr. Mohd. Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, in which he expressed his condolences over a Malaysian airliner crash in the airspace over eastern Ukraine.
19.07.2014 12:38
President Putin meets with Patriarch Kirill, Holy Synod permanent members and heads of delegations from Local Orthodox Churches
On July 18, 2014, President Vladimir Putin met with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, permanent members of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod and heads of the Local Orthodox Churches’ delegations who came to St. Sergius of Radonezh’s 700th birthday celebrations.
18.07.2014 17:50
Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy on St. Sergius of Radonezh commemoration day at St. Sergius’s Laura of the Trinity
Observed annually on July the 18th, the day of the founding of the honourable relics of St. Sergius, the Abbot of Radonezh (1422), has become this year the culmination of the celebrations devoted to the 700th birthday of the great Russian ascetic.
15.07.2014 19:38
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with head of China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs
On 15 July 2014, at the Patriarchal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia received a delegation of the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) of the People’s Republic of China, led by its director, Mr. Wang Zuoan.
08.07.2014 11:47
Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, in which he informed him of the measures taken by the Russian Orthodox Church to help those affected by the flood in Serbia and expressed his solidarity with the Serbian people.
05.07.2014 14:39
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill lifts up prayer for the repose of soul of Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev
On 5 July 2014, at the home church of the Patriarchal residence in Peredelkino near Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducted the requiem service for the demised Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine.
05.07.2014 14:19
Patriarchal condolences over demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine
In the morning of July 5, His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, passed away in the Lord, aged 78. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to Metropolitan Onufry of Chernovtsy and Bukovina, Locum Tenens…
02.07.2014 12:49
Swiss authorities express gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for help in releasing OSCE observers
H.E. Pierre Helg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to the Russian Federation, sent a letter to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressing his gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for her concern over the fate of the Organization for Security…
30.06.2014 16:12
Second group of OSCE observers is released in south east Ukraine
The second and last group of the OSCE observers, including a citizen of the Russian Federation, S. Sidorov, were released in the southwest of Ukraine on 28 June 2014.