The Far Abroad
28.01.2010 17:33
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the USA Ambassador to Russia John R. Beyrle
Archbishop Hilarion told the USA Ambassador about Church-State relations in Russia at present, and about social ministry of the Russian Orthodox Church.
27.01.2010 18:44
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian National Authority
On 27 January 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met at his working residence in Chisty side street with the President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas.
26.01.2010 16:44
Message of Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department to the participants in the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Session of 2010, first part on 25-29 January 2010)
Dear delegates: The PACE current session will consider discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, an issue having a serious ethical aspect. The overwhelming majority of European Christians, Muslims, and Jews have common vision of this problem. It is obvious that the draft Resolution and draft Recommendation cast…
26.01.2010 16:17
Archbishop Hilarion: Building up of a democratic Europe cannot be accompanied by persecution of believers who strive to live in harmony with their conscience and according to the commandments of God
A session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is taking place on 25 through 29 January 2010. Themes under discussion include discrimination on ground of sexual orientation or gender identity.
24.01.2010 11:59
Archbishop Hilarion meets with dean and chancellor of St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary
On 23 January 2010, a delegation from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological seminary (New York, USA) took part in the All-Night Vigil at the Church of the "Joy to All Afflicted" Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Str., Moscow. Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate…
22.01.2010 17:07
New Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church is elected
Bishop Irinej of Nis has become the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch.
22.01.2010 16:01
Archbishop Hilarion chairs a meeting on the preparation of the “International Law and Religious Traditions. Potential for Cooperation” seminar
On 21 January 2010, a meeting on the preparation of the "International Law and Religious Traditions. Potential for Cooperation" seminar took place at the Department for external church relations. The seminar is planned to be held in Hamburg next autumn.
22.01.2010 10:20
Awards of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations are presented at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
On 21 January 2010, the 10th annual awarding ceremony of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations (IFUOCN) took place in the Hall of Church Council in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
15.01.2010 16:18
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church offers condolences over the earthquake in Haiti
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to the President of the Republic of Haiti René Garcia Préval expressing his condolences over the catastrophic earthquake that struck the country and brought numerous victims. The text is give below.
13.01.2010 16:33