The Far Abroad
03.10.2013 22:33
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with His Highness Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Prince Albert II is visiting Russia in the year that marks the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.
30.09.2013 16:52
Exhibition dedicated to the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia opens in Rome
An exhibition marking the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia is being held at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Rome on 27 September – 4 October 2013.
27.09.2013 12:08
Representative of the DECR attends the OSCE conference in Warsaw
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) held its annual conference on the human dimension implementation from September 23 to October 4, 2013, in Warsaw. It was attended by representatives of the OSCE region including the EU, the Holy See, USA, Russia and the CIS countries.
26.09.2013 16:38
DECR chairman expresses his condolence over terrorist attack at Christian church in Pakistan
Tens of people were killed and injured on September 22, as a result of the suicide bombing at the Church of All Saints in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan.
25.09.2013 21:09
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
On 25 September 2013, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, and Arcbishop Elisey of Sourozh attended the episcopal ordination of Canon Jonathan Goodall which took place in the main Cathedral of Westminster…
24.09.2013 17:20
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in North and Central America
Before the meeting, the archpastors prayed at the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Theotokos (ROCOR) during the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Bishop Peter of Cleveland, chancellor of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid- America, the website of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA has reported.
24.09.2013 14:47
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill receives Archpriest Samuel Gümüs, special representative of the Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church
On 24 September 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Archpriest Samuel Gümüs, special representative of Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas of the Syriac Orthodox Church, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery.
16.09.2013 13:12
DECR representative takes part in 5th Russian-German Young Leaders Conference
On 12-15 September 2013, the 5th Russian-German Young Leaders Conference took place in St. Petersburg, at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library and the Constantine Palace in Strelna, and gathered together over three hundred representatives of the two countries, aged 25-35, working in economics, politics, science, culture, public sphere and the…
10.09.2013 1:26
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to Orthodox Church of Moldova
On 7-9 September 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was on a primatial visit to the Orthodox Church of Moldova, timed to the bicentenary of the establishment of the diocese of Chişinău and All Moldova.
01.09.2013 15:39