Patriarchal Ministry
10.06.2014 14:30
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates President Elect of the Arab Republic of Egypt
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following greeting to President Elect of the ARE
06.06.2014 21:32
DECR chairman meets with Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church
On 6 June 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Syrian Catholic Church, Mor Ignatius Joseph III Younan, who was on a visit to St. Petersburg and Moscow together…
30.05.2014 13:22
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church meets for regular session in St. Petersburg
On 30 May 2014, the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was opened under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the historic building of the Sacred Governing Synod in St. Petersburg.
29.05.2014 22:47
Communiqué on the results of irenical visit of His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria to the Russian Orthodox Church
His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria paid an irenical visit to the Russian Orthodox Church from May 23 to 30, 2014. Among those accompanying His Holiness were the Most Reverend Metropolitans Dometian of Vidin, Gabriel of Lovech, Yoan of Velicky Preslav, and Naum of Rousse.
28.05.2014 6:54
Patriarch Kirill receives Metropolitan Anthony of Mexico
On May 27, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Metropolitan Anthony of Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and the Caribbean Island, a hierarch of the Patriarchate of Antioch.
27.05.2014 22:04
Fraternal talk between Primates of the Russian and Bulgarian Orthodox Churches
On May, 2014, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, had a talk with His Holiness Neophyte, Patriarch of Bulgaria, who on an official visit to the Russian Orthodox Church, at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow.
27.05.2014 13:50
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sends a message to Pyotr Poroshenko, President Elect of Ukraine
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24.05.2014 23:29
Patriarch Kirill meets with a delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
The guests presented the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church with a gift from His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. It was an icon of St. Sophia (Hortokoridou), a newly-glorified Greek saint, a nun of the Kleisoura convent in northern Greece.
24.05.2014 18:09
Primates of the Russian and Bulgarian Orthodox Churches celebrate at the Church of Christ the Saviour on the commemoration day of Ss Cyril and Methodius
A congratulatory address of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was read by Metropolitan Onufriy of Chernovtsy and Bukovina, and several hierarchs were granted high church awards.
12.05.2014 11:34
Orthodox politician from Montenegro prays at Patriarchal service in Butovo
On 10 May 2014, Mr. Srđan Milić, president of the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro, who had come to Moscow to attend the Victory Day celebrations, prayed at the Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Butovo firing range.