The Far Abroad
04.08.2014 13:32
In Belgrade Patriarch Irinej of Serbia participates in events marking First World War Centenary
On 1 August 2014, marking 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War, solemn events to commemorate the Russian soldiers, who had laid down their lives in the name of Serbia’s freedom, took place at the Russian Necropolis in Belgrade.
03.08.2014 10:05
Patriarchal condolences to President Xi Jinping over the tragedy in Kunshan
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following message of condolences to President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China over the explosion at a factory in the city of Kunshan, in which tens of people have been killed and injured
01.08.2014 12:40
Moscow Patriarchate’s parish opened in the centre of Mexico City
On 27 July 2014, Archbishop Justinian and Archbishop Alejo of Mexico City and All Mexico (Orthodox Church in America) celebrated the first Liturgy in the church.
21.07.2014 16:34
Construction of Orthodox chapel of St. Olaf begins in Stiklestad
On 16 July 2014, the foundation of the Orthodox chapel of St. Olaf, King of Norway, was laid in Stiklestad (100 km from Trondheim). The chapel is being built at the site of the death of “Norway’s Eternal King”. St. Olaf, the heavenly patron of Norway, died in 1030.
21.07.2014 16:25
Primate of Orthodox Church in America leads celebrations at Patriarchal cathedral in New York to mark 700th anniversary of the birth of St. Sergius of Radonezh
On 20 July 2014, a solemn Divine Service was celebrated at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York. Thus the Patriarchal parishes in the USA concluded the celebrations marking the 700th anniversary of the birth of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
19.07.2014 20:59
Moscow Patriarchate representative to Patriarch of Antioch meets with Syria’s Grand Mufti
They discussed the humanitarian aid to the Syrian people including organization of Russian holidays for children of servicemen who died in Syria in the course of the armed conflict and for inmates of the Orthodox orphanages in the Valley of Christians near Latakia and at the convent in the Maalula…
07.07.2014 15:04
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulates Martin Schulz on re-election as President of European Parliament
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message to Mr. Martin Schulz, congratulating him on re-election as President of the European Parliament. The election took place on the 1st of July 2014.
02.07.2014 12:49
Swiss authorities express gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for help in releasing OSCE observers
H.E. Pierre Helg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to the Russian Federation, sent a letter to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressing his gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for her concern over the fate of the Organization for Security…
30.06.2014 18:42
DECR chairman congratulates Thorbjorn Jagland on his re-election as Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Metropolitan Hilarion of Vlokolamskm chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to Thorbjorn Jagland.
26.06.2014 23:34
21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy opens at State Duma
June 26, 2014 – the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy has opened in the State Duma under the theme “Parliamentary Democracy – Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings”.