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05.11.2019 16:36
DECR chairman congratulates Primate of Albanian Orthodox Church on his 90th birthday
The head of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, sent His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, the following congratulatory message on his 90th birthday.
09.10.2019 10:49
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada with his Nameday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on his Nameday.
05.08.2019 22:00
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over mass shootings in U.S. cities
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to the President of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump, over a series of shooting incidents, as the result of which dozens of people had died and been injured.
31.05.2019 22:02
The Serbian Church re-affirms its position on church situation in Ukraine
His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, has familiarized His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, with the position taken by the Serbian Orthodox Church on the Ukrainian church problems.
31.03.2019 21:22
Patriarchal congratulations to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the 10th anniversary of his service as chairman of the Department for External Church Relations
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the 10th anniversary of his service as chairman of the DECR.
28.02.2019 9:22
Serbian Orthodox Church formulates its official position on ecclesiastical situation in Ukraine
The Press and Mass Information Bureau of the Serbian Orthodox Church spread a statement emphasizing, in particular, that the only Church known to and recognized by the Serbian Patriarchate in Ukraine is the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church led by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine.
26.02.2019 12:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs the first in 2019 session of the Holy Synod
On 26 February 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began its regular session in conference hall of the Holy Synod at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in Danilov Monastery in Moscow.
05.01.2019 20:45
Christmas Message by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monastics and all the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church
28.11.2018 17:27
Metropolitan Vladimir of Kishinev and All Moldova’s open letter on situation around Pochaev Monastery
The Ukrainian Ministry of Justice commission, in response to a complaint from the Ministry of Culture, has recently cancelled the state registration of the right to use the Pochaev Laura of the Dormition’s Cathedral of the Dormition, Cathedral of the Trinity, monastic cells, belfry, Archbishop’s House and Holy Gates. Metropolitan…
22.11.2018 15:26
His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania: Instead of unity of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, there has appeared a danger of schism in the unity of universal Orthodoxy
In his letter sent to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on 10 October 2018, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania expressed his concern that the implementation of the project of Ukrainian autocephaly by the Patriarchate of Constantinople would be a “march in a…