The Far Abroad
29.10.2014 16:54
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with Primate of the Coptic Church
On 29 October 2014, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Church at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
28.10.2014 20:12
Patriarch Kirill meets with A. Forrest of Walk Free Foundation and V. Yakunin of the St. Andrew the-First-Called Foundation
On October 28, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Mr. Andrew Forrest, head of the Walk Free Foundation, an Australian non-governmental organization, and Mr. V. Yakunin, chairman of the board of guardians of the St. Andrew the-First-Called Foundation.
23.10.2014 14:33
A new Eucharistic community formed in French Valance
The Sacrament of the Eucharist was celebrated in the Catholic church of St. Peter, the First Apostle, offered to the Orthodox community in Valance by the local Catholic diocese.
20.10.2014 16:06
Millennium of St Olav’s baptism celebrated in Norway
On October 16 and 17, 2014, the Parishes of St Anna of Novgorod and the Holy Princess Olga celebrated together the millennium of the baptism of St Olav, the King of Norway Equal-to-the-Apostles.
17.10.2014 13:37
Parish of Holy Martyrs Valentine and Pasicratus in German city of Ulm celebrates its 20th anniversary
On 12 October 2014, celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Parish of the Holy Martyrs Valentine and Pasicratus in Ulm (Germany) took place at the Church of the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother God “Of the Sign”.
16.10.2014 16:56
Prague’s Slavonic Library receives gift from Moscow Patriarchate
On 13 October 2014, archpriest Nikolai Lischenyuk, rector of the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Karlovy Vary, handed over to Dr. Lukáš Babka, director of the Slavonic Library, a set of 34 volumes of the Orthodox Encyclopedia. The books were presented to the Slavonic Library by His Holiness…
13.10.2014 15:23
Patriarch Kirill sends letter to Iraq’s President concerning the situation of Christians in Iraq
In his message to the President of Iraq, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church also raises the problem of the fate of Iraq’s former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz (Michael John who) who has been imprisoned already for 11 years and in September 2014 appealed to the world community,…
06.10.2014 21:58
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with ambassador of People’s Democratic Republic of Korea
On October 6, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, received the recently appointed Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, Mr. Kim Hyong Jun.
03.10.2014 12:57
Russian Orthodox Church representative in Thailand meets Russia’s new-appointed ambassador
Father Oleg expressed satisfaction with the development of relations between the Church Representation and the Russian Embassy in Thailand.
03.10.2014 12:02
A new Eucharistic community formed in central Portugal
The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the rector of the Community of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg in Faro, Archpriest Ioann Gerovetsky, and Hegumen Petr (Prutyanu) at the old 16th century Catholic church of the Holy Spirit.