The Far Abroad

26.10.2009 9:40

Orthodox Theological catechetical courses to be opened in Hamburg

The graduates, except auditors, will get the certificate that would allow them to teach Orthodoxy in the schools in the German land that adopted legislation on such studies.
24.10.2009 14:23

Archbishop Hilarion venerates old shrines in Cyprus

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, visited the Stavrovouni Monastery of the Honorable and Life-giving Cross of Our Lord, the oldest monastery in Cyprus founded in the 4th century by the Holy Queen Helen Equal-to-the-Apostles.
24.10.2009 0:10

The session of the Orthodox-Catholic theological dialogue completed its work

The Joint Orthodox-Catholic International Commission for Theological Dialogue completed its session on 23 October in Paphos, Cyprus. The Orthodox side included representatives of the Patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Moscow, Serbia, Romania, Georgia and the Orthodox Churches of Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Albania and the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
23.10.2009 11:15

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus

On 22 October 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus. Taking part in the meeting that took place in Paphos, Cyprus, was Metropolitan Isaiah (Kykkotis) of Tamassos.
22.10.2009 10:44

Archbishop Innokenty of Korsun consecrates an Orthodox church in Ravenna

In the course of his pastoral visitation to Italy, Archbishop Innokenty of Korsun, administrator of the Russian Orthodox parishes in that country performed on October 18 the Lesser Consecration of the church of the Intercession in Ravenna.
22.10.2009 10:01

The choir of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow on tour in Greece

The choir consists mainly of the Sretensky seminarians and graduates of the Moscow Seminary and Academy. Among its members are also students and graduates of the Moscow Academy of Choral Singing, Moscow Conservatoire and the Gnessin Academy of Music.
22.10.2009 9:55

Patriarch of Jerusalem meets with Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk

Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch for All Belarus, in the course of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, met on October 19 with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine.
21.10.2009 17:37

Patriarch Kirill’s message to the international conference on the Russian Palestine: Russia in the Holy Land

(Russian) Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл обратился с приветственным посланием к участникам открывшейся 21 октября в Москве международной научной конференции «Русская Палестина: Россия в Святой Земле».
21.10.2009 15:36

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarded by the Serbian Orthodox Church

On 20 October 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was awarded the Order of St. Savva, 1st class, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia.
21.10.2009 12:29

(Russian) Представитель Патриарха Московского и всея Руси при Антиохийском Патриархе совершил в городе Сайда Божественную литургию для русскоязычной православной диаспоры на юге Ливана

(Russian) Архимандрит Александр поздравил с 80-летием старейшую прихожанку русской общины в Бейруте И.А.Жабр, которая к этой дате награждена Благословенной Патриаршей грамотой.