The Far Abroad
27.06.2012 16:44
Bishop Nestor of Chersonese celebrates Divine Liturgy in Porto, Portugal
On June 24, 2012, Bishop Nestor of Chersonese made his first archpastoral visit to Porto, the northern capital of Portugal.
27.06.2012 16:26
President Putin attends the opening of a Pilgrims House near the Jordan River
On June 26, 2012, during his visit to Jordan, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the inauguration of a Pilgrims House for Russian pilgrims in the territory of the religious and archaeological preserve ‘The Place of the Baptism of Jesus Christ on the Jordan River’.
27.06.2012 13:12
President Putin thanks Israeli authorities for assistance in restoring historical rights of Russia for St. Sergius Metochion
In the course of his visit to the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the shrines and places of interest in the Holy Land. During the night of June 26, he visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and in the morning – the ancient Church of the Nativity…
27.06.2012 12:02
(Russian) Представитель Русской Православной Церкви принял участие в работе VI ежегодной конференции российских соотечественников в Италии
(Russian) 22 и 23 июня 2012 года в итальянском городе Тренто прошла VI ежегодная конференция российских соотечественников/
26.06.2012 17:00
DECR chairman meets with Polish Ambassador Wojciech Zajonczkowski
Discussed was the upcoming official visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Poland.
26.06.2012 15:44
(Russian) В Веймаре состоялась международная конференция, посвященная Святой горе Афон
(Russian) 23-26 июня 2012 года в Веймаре (Германия) прошла Международная конференция «Афон - уникальное духовное и культурное достояние современного мира».
25.06.2012 5:20
Hierarchical Liturgy celebrated at the Church of the Intercession in Harbin for the first time in fifty years
The hierarchical Liturgy was celebrated at the Church of the Intercession for the first time in fifty years. Since Rev. Grigoriy Zhu, rector of the Church, died in 2001 the Divine Liturgy was celebrated there only once – at Easter in 2010.
25.06.2012 5:17
(Russian) Председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата прибыл в Харбин
(Russian) Глава ОВЦС совершает визит в Китай по благословению Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла и по приглашению Государственного управления КНР по делам религий (ГУДР).
22.06.2012 19:32
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian Consul General in Shanghai
On 22 June 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a visit to China with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of the Chinese State Administration for Religious Affairs,…
22.06.2012 14:24