{"id":54419,"date":"2011-12-09T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T11:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mospat.ru\/?p=54419"},"modified":"2012-11-09T20:19:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T16:19:25","slug":"mitropolit-volokolamskijj-ilarion-prinyal-uchastie-v-prazdnovanii-60-letiya-avtokefalii-pravoslavnojj-cerkvi-cheshskikh-zemel-i-slovakii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/2011\/12\/09\/news54419\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Hilarion attends celebrations making 60th anniversary of autocephaly of Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-54419 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'>\n\t\t<div class='carousel-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t<div id='carousel-2' class='gallery-carousel'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_0050.jpg\" id=\"slide_item_200\" class=\"slide fancybox\" rel=\"gallery1\"><img 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class='gallery-thumbs-prev' href='#'><i class='icon-angle-circled-left'><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a id='next-2' class='gallery-thumbs-next' href='#'><i class='icon-angle-circled-right'><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><br \/>\nOn December 8, 2011, the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia marked the 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary since it was granted canonical autocephaly by the Russian Orthodox Church. On that day, solemn celebrations devoted to the anniversary took place in Prague.<\/p>\n<p>The Divine Liturgy was celebrated at St. Nicholas\u2019s in Staromestska Square by His Beatitude Christopher, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. Among this con-celebrants were Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate\u2019s department for external church relations, hierarchs of the Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia and Polish Orthodox Church, as well as numerous clergy. Present in the church were also representatives of non-Orthodox confessions in Czechia.<\/p>\n<p>The Moscow Synodal Choir sang hymns by Tchaikovsky, which were heard in that church for the first time in 1888.<\/p>\n<p>After the Post-communion Prayer, Metropolitan Hilarion read out a congratulatory letter from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the occasion of the 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Church. As a token of the event, Metropolitan Hilarion presented Metropolitan Christopher with an icon of Our Lady of Kazan, on behalf of Patriarch Kirill.<\/p>\n<p>After the service, a grand reception took place, during which Metropolitan Hilarion warmly congratulated Metropolitan Christopher and all the present on the significant jubilee of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>DECR Communication Service<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 8, 2011, the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia marked the 60th anniversary since it was granted canonical autocephaly by the Russian Orthodox Church. 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