The Far Abroad
25.05.2015 19:31
Patriarch Kirill meets with Palestinian ambassador to Russia
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, met with the Palestinian Ambassador to Russia, H. E. Fayed Mustafa.
25.05.2015 14:38
Thanksgiving said in Rome, at the relics of St Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles, on the Name Day of the Primate of Russian Church
On 24 May 2015, Name Day of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a thanksgiving was said at the holy relics of St Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Teacher of the Slavs, in the Basilica of St Clement in Rome.
19.05.2015 14:09
OSCE conference on discrimination and intolerance towards Christians
A conference took place in Vienna on ‘Enhancing Efforts to Prevent and Combat Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, Focusing on Hate Crimes, Exclusion, Marginalization and Denial of Rights’.
14.05.2015 22:10
Round table with participation of representatives of traditional religions of Russia and China takes place in Beijing
The Chinese and Russian participants spoke at length about the importance of contacts in religious sphere for consolidation of relations between Russia and China and for friendship between the people of the two countries which was mentioned by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and President Xi…
14.05.2015 20:47
DECR chairman meets with the head of PRC State Administration for Religious Affairs
On 14 May 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Mr. Wang Zuoan, secretary of the PRC State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA).
10.05.2015 13:18
Patriarch Kirill meets with Macedonian President George Ivanov
On May 9, 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Macedonia’s President George Ivanov, who had come to Moscow for the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of Victory.
08.05.2015 23:06
Patriarch Kirill meets with President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro Rus
On May 8, 2015, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with the President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro Rus, at the Patriarchate Chambers in the Moscow Kremlin.
08.05.2015 20:48
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
On 8 May 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, in the Moscow Kremlin.
07.05.2015 21:12
Cross-monument is blessed in the Orthodox monastery in Gotschendorf on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory
On 6 May 2015, the dedication day of the Monastery of St. George in Gotschendorf, Germany, Archbishop Feofan of Berlin and Germany officiated at the Divine Liturgy in concelebration with Archbishop Alexander of Baku and Azerbaijan.
06.05.2015 21:03
Celebrations marking 70th anniversary of liberation of Dachau concentration camp take place in Germany
On 3 May 2015, the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp took place in the territory of the former concentration camp. The commemorative events are traditionally held on the first Sunday after April 29.