The Far Abroad
18.02.2015 19:00
An Orthodox religious education center to be built on Phuket Island
The construction of a religious education center in Thailand is more than vital since students from among local people, who are sent for theological training to Russia, find it difficult to get fully accustomed to new conditions.
16.02.2015 15:45
Ecclesial celebrations completed in Thailand
On 15 February 2015, the hierarchal Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Cathedral of St Nicholas in Bangkok to complete the ecclesial celebrations in the Kingdom of Thailand.
15.02.2015 18:50
Hierarch of Russian Orthodox Church visits Cambodia
On 13 February 2015, Archbishop Feofilakt of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk arrived in Cambodia, accompanied by Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Thailand, and Mr. Dmitry Petrovsky, a staff member of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
13.02.2015 12:57
Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh consecrated in Chang Island, Thailand
On February 12, 2015, the Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom, a church dedicated to St. Sergius of Radonezh was consecrated in Chang Island, Thailand, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
12.02.2015 16:57
9th Sretensky Readings in Finland
On February 9, 2015, the 9th International Educational Sretensky Readings held under the theme ‘Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles and Europe’s Christian Enlighteners.
11.02.2015 17:07
Litiya is celebrated at the tomb pf the last Consul General of Russia in Beirut
On February 10, the Diplomats’ Day, the Mayor’s office in Choueifat, a suburb southeast of Beirut, held a festive meeting.
10.02.2015 15:57
Foundation stone of Church of St Vladimir the Baptizer of Rus laid in Thailand
It will be the ninth Russian Orthodox church in the Kingdom of Thailand.
09.02.2015 18:03
Orthodox church consecrated in Hua Hin in Thailand
On 8 February 2015, when the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated the Synaxis of the new Russian martyrs and confessors, a Church of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers was consecrated in the town of Hua Hin, Kingdom of Thailand, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
08.02.2015 21:57
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Liturgy at St John the Baptist Monastery in Essex
On February 7, 2015, the commemoration day of St Gregory the Theologian, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, while in Great Britain with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the St John the Baptist Monastery,…
26.01.2015 14:47
Book on social ministry of the Church is presented in Padua
The presentation was timed to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and for peace in the world.