The Far Abroad
11.08.2010 12:33
Fund for Assistance to Russian Church Abroad collects funds in aid to victims of wildfires in Russia
On August 9, 2010, the Fund for Assistance to the Russian Church Outside Russia allocated 5000 dollars from its general funds for aid to the victims of wildfires in Russia, the official website of the Church Abroad has reported.
09.08.2010 14:18
Orthodox Christians from Russia on pilgrimage to mark 40th anniversary of canonization of St. Herman of Alaska
August 7, 2010, a group of pilgrims from Russia led by Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, and pilgrims from the USA led by the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah came to Kodiak Island.
04.08.2010 14:47
Russian schoolchildren visit the church of Russian Orthodox Mission in Beijing
On July 31, 2010, some 500 schoolchildren from Russia arrived in China on the invitation of PRC chairman Hu Jintao.
04.08.2010 14:41
Prayer service for rain and end to fires in Russia held in Jerusalem
On August 3, 2010, Archimandrite Isidore, head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, held a prayer service for rain and end to the fires which have become a real national disaster in Russia.
04.08.2010 11:43
Thanksgiving to commemorate Righteous Admiral Fyodor Ushakov’s victory over Ottoman Fleet
On July 31, 2010, an anniversary of the heroic victory of the Righteous Admiral Fyodor Ushakov over the Ottoman Fleet, Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Bolgarevo village near Kaliakra Cape.
30.07.2010 19:17
DECR chairman meets with Iranian ambassador in Russia
On July 30, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the Iranian Ambassador to the Russian Federation, H. E. Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi.
26.07.2010 16:36
Participants in the sea cruise meet with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and representatives of the Greek Orthodox Church
Participants in the sea cruise devoted to the 90th anniversary of the exodus of Russian Army units and civil refugees from the Crimea met with representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches in jurisdiction of places to which Russian compatriots escaped in 1920, including Bizert under the Patriarchate of Alexandria, Athens…
19.07.2010 11:48
Holy Venerable Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Barbara are commemorated at the Garden of Gethsemane
On 17 July 2010, the eve of the commemoration day of the invention of the precious relics of St. Sergius, Hegumen of Radonezh, Archimandrite Isidor (Minayev), head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem officiated at the All-Night Vigil in the Russian Convent of St. Mary Magdalene in the Garden…
16.07.2010 13:00
Memorial Service for the Group of Explorers who found Alaska on the 269th Anniversary of the Founding of Russian America
On July 15, 2010, the day which marks the 269th Anniversary of the Founding of Russian America, or present day Alaska, Archimandrite Zacchaeus, Representative of the Orthodox Church in America to the Moscow Patriarchate celebrated a memorial service (panikhida) at Holy Trinity Church “in Listakh” for the group of explorers…
16.07.2010 12:46