The Far Abroad
30.10.2009 17:14
Patriarch Kirill meets with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa Delgado
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met on 30 October 2009 with President of the Republic of Ecuador Rafael Correa Delgado at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour. Before their meeting, the Ecuadorian delegation was taken on a tour of the cathedral.
29.10.2009 20:49
Archbishop Hilarion visits ruined and restored churches in Kosovo
The first church they saw was St. Elijah’s at the Vucitrn village, one of over 150 churches destroyed and defiled for the last ten years.
28.10.2009 17:01
DECR Deputy Chairman meets with the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska Mr. Igor Radojicic
Chairman Radojicic conveyed greetings from the leaders of the Republic of Srpska to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and told about the present difficult social and political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He noted a wish of the Muslim majority to build up a Unitarian state…
28.10.2009 17:00
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk begins his visit to Kosovo and Metochia
On 27 October 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk arrived in Kosovo and Metochia at the invitation of the Raska-Prizren diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
28.10.2009 13:02
Holy Trinity Parish in Ulan-Bator publishes booklets on Orthodox faith in Mongolian
The first booklet in Mongolian in the series ‘The Path of Orthodoxy: Everyone Can Become a Saint’ has come out, Rev. Alexiy Trubach, rector of the Parish of the Holy Trinity in Ulan-Bator, has reported to the DECR Communication Service.
28.10.2009 12:35
Primate of the Orthodox Church in America gives audience to president of the International Foundation of the Unity of Orthodox Nations
His Beatitude Jonah, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, received in audience on 26 October 2009, the president of the International Foundation of the Unity of Orthodox Nations, V. Alexeyev, and the Moscow Patriarchate representative to the Orthodox Church in America, Archimandrite Zacchaeus (Wood).
28.10.2009 12:21
Georgian and Ukrainian pilgrims venerate Orthodox shrines in Venice
They made a tour of Italy and came to Venice to venerate the Orthodox shrines of the city, the press-service of the Parish of the Myrrh-Bearing Women in Venice has reported. The Ukrainian part of the group included monks and benefactors of the Pochaev Monastery of the Dormition.
28.10.2009 12:07
Bishop Yelisey of Surozh visits the Moscow Patriarchate community in Swindon
Bishop Yelisey of Surozh made on 25 October 2009 a pastoral visit to the Eucharistic Community of Ss Peter and Paul in Swindon, Great Britain.
27.10.2009 12:44
Presentation of ‘The Light of Orthodoxy in Czechia and Slovakia’ book takes place in Prague
On 19 October 2009, a presentation of "The Light of Orthodoxy in Czechia and Slovakia" book by Yelena Filippovich published by 'The Russian Tradition" Publishing House took place in Prague, Czechia.
26.10.2009 18:21