The Far Abroad
22.02.2016 5:33
On the last day of his visit to Latin America, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Liturgy at the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Sao Paulo
On 21 February 2016, Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Sao Paolo, in the archdiocese of Brazil of the Patriarchate of Antioch.
21.02.2016 2:33
Patriarch Kirill prays for persecuted Christians at the Statue of Christ the Redeemer and visits the church of St Zinaida the Martyr in Rio de Janeiro
During the prayer service, special petitions were brought to the Lord for Christians persecuted in the Middle East. The Gospel, petitions and prayers were said in Church Slavonic and Portuguese.
20.02.2016 8:36
Patriarch Kirill meets with President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil and visits Orthodox church in the capital city
On February 19, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia began his official visit to the Federative Republic of Brazil. His Holiness made this visit at the invitation of President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil.
19.02.2016 17:01
Patriarch Kirill flies out to the capital city of Brazil
The visit of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church to Brazil will be made at the invitation of President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil.
17.02.2016 2:53
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with the President of Paraguay
On 16 February 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of Paraguay, Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara, at the Lopez Presidential Palace in Asuncion.
16.02.2016 3:52
Patriarch Kirill honors memory of Russian volunteers who fell in Chaco War and meets with compatriots in Asuncion
On February 15, 2016, during his visit to the Republic of Paraguay’s capital Asuncion, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Russian plot at the central city Recoleta Cemetery, in which Russian émigrés, who joined as volunteers the Paraguayan Army and were killed in the Chaco…
15.02.2016 22:50
Primate of Russian Church celebrates Liturgy at the Church of Protecting Veil of the Mother of God in Asuncion
On 15 February 2016, the Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God in Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, in the diocese of…
15.02.2016 7:46
Patriarch Kirill arrives in Paraguay’s capital city
In the evening of February the 14th, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived from Havana, Cuba, to the Republic of Paraguay’s capital city of Asuncion.
14.02.2016 23:07
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Liturgy at the Church of Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Havana
On 14 February 2016, 37th Sunday after Pentecost, forefeast of the Meeting of the Lord, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Havana.
14.02.2016 14:00
Patriarch Kirill awarded the Cuban state Order of José Marti
(Russian) Орден, учрежденный в 1972 году, вручается кубинским и иностранным гражданам, главам государств и правительств «за большие достижения в деле обеспечения мира и гуманизма, за особый вклад в развитие образования, культуры, науки и спорта, а также за выдающиеся заслуги в созидательном труде».