The Far Abroad
24.09.2015 20:05
DECR chairman expresses condolences to Secretary General of Organization of the Islamic Cooperation over the tragedy in Mecca
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of condolences to Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, over the tragedy in Mecca, as the result of which hundreds of people had died and been…
24.09.2015 19:18
Patriarch Kirill meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
On September 24, 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, at the Peredelkino patriarchal residence.
09.09.2015 16:00
St. Petersburg Dialogue forum’s working group on Churches in Europe meet in Berlin
On September 8, 2015, the Churches in Europe working group of the St. Petersburg Dialogue forum met in Berlin for an organizational meeting.
01.09.2015 17:29
Bundestag member visits Orthodox monastery under construction in Goetschendorf
Jens Koeppen, member of the Bundestag (Christian Democratic Party) made a working visit to the St. George Monastery in Goetshcendorf, Germany.
27.08.2015 11:15
Anniversary of Archbishop Longin’s demise marked in church in Dusseldorf
August the 25th, 2015, marks the anniversary of the demise of Archbishop Longin (Talypin). On this day, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the church of the Protecting Veil in which His Eminence Longin was rector for many years.
18.08.2015 17:18
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with newly appointed Russia’s Ambassador to Austria
Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed Mr. Lyubinsky to the Synodal institution responsible for international contacts of the Russian Orthodox Church. He shared with the guest his recollections of the time when he had served in Vienna, having noted a high level of cooperation between the Russian Church and the Roman Catholic Church…
17.08.2015 15:34
Official cancellation of postcard depicting Orthodox church in the capital of DPRK takes place in Moscow
On 15 August 2015, a ceremony of the official cancellation of a postcard depicting the Moscow Patriarchate’s Church of the Holy Trinity in Pyongyang took place at the “Rossica” Philatelic Academic Club.
10.08.2015 12:29
A bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church visits Malaysia and Singapore
(Russian) 8–9 августа 2015 года по благословению Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла руководитель Административного секретариата Московской Патриархии епископ Солнечногорский Сергий посетил ряд стран Юго-Восточной Азии.
07.08.2015 8:48
Restoration completed at the Church of St Alexander Nevsky in Wuhan, China
On 6 August 2015, the House of Russia-China Cultural Exchange opened at the restored building of the Church of St Alexander Nevsky in the city of Wuhan, China’s Hubei Province. Among those who took part in the opening ceremony were Metropolitan Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas; Mr. Mikhail Babich,…
04.08.2015 13:16
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder visits Cathedral of Resurrection in Berlin
At the invitation of Hegumen Daniel (Irbits), abbot of the Monastery of St. George in Götschendorf, Mr. Gerhard Schröder, former Chancellor of Germany, visited the Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection in Berlin, Press Service of the Russian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Berlin and Germany reports.