The Far Abroad
15.12.2015 12:09
Bishop of Coptic Church visits Representation of Moscow Patriarchate in the USA
On 12 December 2015, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA, met with Bishop David of New York and New England, the Coptic Church.
10.12.2015 18:57
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Japan’s Ambassador to Russia
On 10 December 2015, at the residence in Chisty Side Street, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia received H.E. Tikahito Harada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Russian Federation, who is completing his diplomatic service in Moscow.
10.12.2015 13:48
DECR chairman meets with members of Egyptian Parliament
On 9 December 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), received a delegation of the members of the new Egyptian Parliament: Coptic Christians Dr. Emad Gad and Dr. Hany Naguib, deputies from the ‘Free Egyptian Party’, and Mr. Emad Raouf, leader…
07.12.2015 23:44
The first-ever Orthodox Vesper service is celebrated at the Cologne Cathedral
Over one thousand worshippers from the Orthodox communities of Cologne and the neighboring cities attended.
07.12.2015 23:31
Orthodox Church of St Catherine in Rome celebrates its patronal feast
On 6 December 2015, Bishop Antony of Bogorodsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate’s parishes in Italy, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine in Rome.
07.12.2015 23:11
Exhibition of artist Vassily Nesterenko opens in Rome
The exhibition will be open until December 30.
05.12.2015 18:14
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk completes his working visit to Bulgaria
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, while on a working visit to Bulgaria with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited St Nicholas Church of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Metochion in Sofia, where he…
01.12.2015 18:42
Director of Moscow Patriarchate office for institutions abroad celebrates at the church of Russian seminary in France
On November 27, 2015, Bishop Nestor of Chersonese and Bishop Anthony of Bogorodsk, director of the Moscow Patriarchate office for institutions abroad, visited the residence of the Greek metropolitan in France to hold a working meeting with Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, Patriarchate of Constantinople.
26.11.2015 10:42
Russian compatriots are commemorated in the Philippines
The compatriots who found refuge on the Island of Tubabao in 1949-51 were commemorated in the Philippines on 15-18 November 2015. The Russian refugees came from China under the guidance of Bishop John of Shanghai.
25.11.2015 12:43
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church take part in WCC and UNECEF seminar
The seminar took place in the framework of partnership signed by the WCC and the UNICEF on September 18, 2015.