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    A representative of the Russian Church takes part in the traditional Christmas greeting of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch

    27.12.2025

    Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia celebrates on 10th anniversary of the consecration of St.Panteleimon church in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

    27.12.2025

    The Holy Synod confirms the election of new vicar bishops of the Eastern American, Canadian and Western American dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

    26.12.2025

    His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presides over final 2025 session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

    26.12.2025

    A joint session of the Holy Synod and the Supreme Church Council takes place

    25.12.2025

    Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk attends annual meeting of Organizing Committee of the Days of Russian Spiritual Culture in foreign countries

    25.12.2025

    Consecration of Archimandrite Augustine (McBeth) as Bishop of Taldom takes place in Paris

    24.12.2025

    Raiders seize UOC church in Checheliivka village

    24.12.2025

    Patriarch Kirill sends greetings to Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on her jubilee

    24.12.2025

    UN experts express concern over the escalation of legislative and administrative measures against the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church

    23.12.2025

    Raiders seize the church of the Kazan icon of the Theotokos belonging to Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Chyhyryn

    23.12.2025

    Representative of the Department for External Church Relations speaks at the traditional meeting at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    23.12.2025

    Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations attends General Meeting of the Russian Federation Commission for UNESCO

    23.12.2025

    Representatives of the Hanoi and Nha Trang Committees on Nationalities and Religions visit St. Nicholas parish in Vietnam

    22.12.2025

    DECR representatives meet with Ethiopian Ambassador to Russia

    22.12.2025

    Church and world

    Concern expressed in the Russian Orthodox Church for the destiny of Christian shrines in Kosovo

    04.10.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: The Holy Synod is to decide how the presence of the Russian Church in Africa is to be structured.

    04.10.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: an unhealthy stir around the topic of Church revenues is most often associated with anti-Church speculation

    27.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: Alexander Nevsky combined wisdom of a state ruler with personal holiness

    22.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: President of Montenegro works to divide the population of the country, on religious grounds in particular

    19.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: the Patriarch of Constantinople claims special privileges akin to those of the pope

    19.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: working at an ecclesiastical institution is also a service to the Church

    14.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: By his invasion in Ukraine Patriarch Bartholomew has fulfilled a political order

    13.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion calls voters to be guided by the voice of their conscience

    13.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: theological teaching is dynamically developing in Moscow

    07.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: Dishonorable visit of Patriarch Bartholomew to Ukraine has demonstrated the fruits of his actions to the world

    06.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion thanks MFA of Russia for attention to the problem of persecution of Christians

    05.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: The Church teaches people love rather than tolerance

    02.08.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: Today Christianity is the most persecuted religion on the planet

    01.08.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: The Day of the Baptism of Rus' is a holiday of the entire multi-million Russian Orthodox Church

    31.07.2021

    Interview

    “A special level of fraternal feelings”: the development of ties between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church.

    25.11.2025

    Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk: "We have embarked on a significant and new endeavor in Africa."

    04.02.2025

    Metropolitan Irinej of Bačka: Division in Ukraine has turned into the Orthodoxy-wide division

    14.01.2025

    Metropolitan Irinej of Bačka speaks on "Posthumanism" in the Field of Bioethics

    14.01.2025

    The Patriarchal Exarch of Africa on Orthodoxy in Equatorial Guinea

    30.12.2024

    Interview with Metropolitan Theodosius of Cherkasy and Kanev for Romfea News Agency

    03.12.2024

    Our Churches and our peoples have undergone many trials. Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III on the Assyrian Church of the East and its ties with Russia

    09.04.2024

    Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Vatican concedes to liberals on the issue of same-sex couples

    29.02.2024

    Bishop Irinej of Bačka: Silence of the post-Christian West about the persecution against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is really frightening

    23.01.2024

    Metropolitan Theodosius (Snihiriov): ‘The world community is standing up in defence of our Church’

    13.01.2024

    Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East gave an interview to RIA Novosti

    23.11.2023

    Head of the Malankara Church of India: we express our support for the Russian Church in everything

    15.09.2023

    Archbishop Theophan of Korea: Russian churches in Korea can become bridges of friendship with Russia

    31.08.2023

    Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Constantinople's claims are getting bolder

    26.07.2023

    Bishop Irinej of Bačka: In Ukraine, the authorities feel they have the right to declare the Ukrainian Orthodox Church an enemy

    09.05.2023

    A representative of the Russian Church takes part in the traditional Christmas greeting of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch

    27.12.2025

    Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia celebrates on 10th anniversary of the consecration of St.Panteleimon church in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

    27.12.2025

    The Holy Synod confirms the election of new vicar bishops of the Eastern American, Canadian and Western American dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

    26.12.2025

    His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presides over final 2025 session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

    26.12.2025

    A joint session of the Holy Synod and the Supreme Church Council takes place

    25.12.2025

    Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk attends annual meeting of Organizing Committee of the Days of Russian Spiritual Culture in foreign countries

    25.12.2025

    Consecration of Archimandrite Augustine (McBeth) as Bishop of Taldom takes place in Paris

    24.12.2025

    Raiders seize UOC church in Checheliivka village

    24.12.2025

    Patriarch Kirill sends greetings to Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on her jubilee

    24.12.2025

    UN experts express concern over the escalation of legislative and administrative measures against the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church

    23.12.2025

    Raiders seize the church of the Kazan icon of the Theotokos belonging to Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Chyhyryn

    23.12.2025

    Representative of the Department for External Church Relations speaks at the traditional meeting at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    23.12.2025

    Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations attends General Meeting of the Russian Federation Commission for UNESCO

    23.12.2025

    Representatives of the Hanoi and Nha Trang Committees on Nationalities and Religions visit St. Nicholas parish in Vietnam

    22.12.2025

    DECR representatives meet with Ethiopian Ambassador to Russia

    22.12.2025

    Concern expressed in the Russian Orthodox Church for the destiny of Christian shrines in Kosovo

    04.10.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: The Holy Synod is to decide how the presence of the Russian Church in Africa is to be structured.

    04.10.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: an unhealthy stir around the topic of Church revenues is most often associated with anti-Church speculation

    27.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: Alexander Nevsky combined wisdom of a state ruler with personal holiness

    22.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: President of Montenegro works to divide the population of the country, on religious grounds in particular

    19.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: the Patriarch of Constantinople claims special privileges akin to those of the pope

    19.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: working at an ecclesiastical institution is also a service to the Church

    14.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: By his invasion in Ukraine Patriarch Bartholomew has fulfilled a political order

    13.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion calls voters to be guided by the voice of their conscience

    13.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: theological teaching is dynamically developing in Moscow

    07.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: Dishonorable visit of Patriarch Bartholomew to Ukraine has demonstrated the fruits of his actions to the world

    06.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion thanks MFA of Russia for attention to the problem of persecution of Christians

    05.09.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: The Church teaches people love rather than tolerance

    02.08.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: Today Christianity is the most persecuted religion on the planet

    01.08.2021

    Metropolitan Hilarion: The Day of the Baptism of Rus' is a holiday of the entire multi-million Russian Orthodox Church

    31.07.2021

    “A special level of fraternal feelings”: the development of ties between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church.

    25.11.2025

    Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk: "We have embarked on a significant and new endeavor in Africa."

    04.02.2025

    Metropolitan Irinej of Bačka: Division in Ukraine has turned into the Orthodoxy-wide division

    14.01.2025

    Metropolitan Irinej of Bačka speaks on "Posthumanism" in the Field of Bioethics

    14.01.2025

    The Patriarchal Exarch of Africa on Orthodoxy in Equatorial Guinea

    30.12.2024

    Interview with Metropolitan Theodosius of Cherkasy and Kanev for Romfea News Agency

    03.12.2024

    Our Churches and our peoples have undergone many trials. Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III on the Assyrian Church of the East and its ties with Russia

    09.04.2024

    Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Vatican concedes to liberals on the issue of same-sex couples

    29.02.2024

    Bishop Irinej of Bačka: Silence of the post-Christian West about the persecution against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is really frightening

    23.01.2024

    Metropolitan Theodosius (Snihiriov): ‘The world community is standing up in defence of our Church’

    13.01.2024

    Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East gave an interview to RIA Novosti

    23.11.2023

    Head of the Malankara Church of India: we express our support for the Russian Church in everything

    15.09.2023

    Archbishop Theophan of Korea: Russian churches in Korea can become bridges of friendship with Russia

    31.08.2023

    Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Constantinople's claims are getting bolder

    26.07.2023

    Bishop Irinej of Bačka: In Ukraine, the authorities feel they have the right to declare the Ukrainian Orthodox Church an enemy

    09.05.2023

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