The Far Abroad
15.12.2009 23:21
Archbishop Hilarion visits Russian Diplomatic Mission in Geneva
Archbishop Hilarion and members of the delegation had a talk with the permanent Russian representative Ambassador Valery Loshcinin. They discussed cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the dialogue with world community on the meaning of traditional values in the life of the…
15.12.2009 16:52
Patriarch Kirill’s letter to Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following letter to the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland: Dear Mr. Jagland, Kindly accept my cordial congratulations on your election to the important post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Your long-standing experience of state…
15.12.2009 11:40
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Liturgy at the cathedral of the Russian Church Outside Russia in Geneva
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who are in Switzerland for a meeting of the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission for a Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on December 13, 2009, the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Elevation…
14.12.2009 17:04
Archbishop Hilarion’s answers questions from Der Spiegel
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from Der Spiegel magazine. Below is the text of the talk His Eminence Hilarion had with the magazine’s correspondents. The interview is published in Der Spiegel’s issue No. 51, 2009. – How would you…
14.12.2009 12:30
Vandalism committed against the Russian Church Representation in Jerusalem
During the night of December 11, 2009, the walls of the Cathedral of the Trinity in the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission were defiled with graffiti in Hebrew ‘Death’, ‘Death to Christians’. A statement was lodged with the police.
10.12.2009 16:53
DECR Chairman expounds position of the Russian Orthodox Church on the prospects of dialogue with the Evangelical Church in Germany in his letter to the ECG leadership
Archbishop Hilarion recalls an opinion expressed by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the ordination of women. There were no objections against any decision of this matter in the confessions that do not recognize ordination as a sacrament, and the ordained women in the ECG had not…
10.12.2009 13:53
Recital in memory of Archimandrite Matthews Mormyl to be given in London
A recital in memory of Archimandrite Matthews Mormyl (d. September 15, 2009) will be given on December 10 at St. Peter’s Church, within the Sourozh Musical Evenings in London series.
10.12.2009 11:18
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Mass Media ignore the genocide of Serbs in Kosovo
On 5 December 2009, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk told the viewers of "The Church and the World" TV programme about the difficulties experienced by Orthodox Serbs in Kosovo.
08.12.2009 13:19
Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk visits France
Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, visited France on November 27 to December 4, 2009. He arrived in Lyon at the invitation of the Primate of the Catholic Church in France, archbishop Philippe Barbarin, the official portal of the Belarus Orthodox Church reports.
02.12.2009 14:34