From September 22 to 27, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ and His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Awa III, the sixth meeting of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East took place in Erbil (Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq). This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Commission’s work.

27.09.2025

Patriarchal exarch for South East Asia meets with representatives of the Indonesian ministry for religious affairs

25.09.2025

XII International interreligious youth forum takes place in Dagestan

25.09.2025

Archbishop of Bălți and Fălești Marcellus speaks at the UN in defense of the rights of the faithful of the Orthodox Church of Moldova.

24.09.2025

Prayer service for the Russian Orthodox community was held in Abu Dhabi on the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos

24.09.2025

Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga сelebrates Liturgy at the Compound of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jaffa

23.09.2025

DECR Chairman meets with academic delegation from Iran.

22.09.2025

Patriarchal exarch celebrates services for the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the Indonesian city of Bekasi.

22.09.2025

Church representatives attend conference in Jakarta on Freedom of Religion and Rights of Religious Minorities in Asia

18.09.2025

DECR representative attends Interfaith Media Forum on The Role of Russia’s Traditional Religions in Preserving and Strengthening Spiritual and Moral Values

17.09.2025

Insights

Ukraine as a testing ground for a new Unia: threats and ways to overcome them

A report by Metropolitan Luka of Zaporozhye and Melitopol at the conference "The Influence of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the Fate of Orthodoxy in Ukraine," organized by the Center for Russian Studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade.

23.10.2024

The struggle of the Moscow Patriarchate for Russian monastic presence on Mount Athos in the 1960s – early 1970s

03.10.2024

The Extreme Inconsistency of the Behaviour of Patriarch Bartholomew

Protopresbyter Ioannis K. Diotis. Theologian, social commentator, writer and publisher. Recipient of awards from the Academy of Sciences of Athens for his activities.

25.12.2023 • Reviews

Pyrrhic victory of the Ukrainian authorities: the fight against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Article by Vakhtang V. Kipshidze, vice-chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media

16.11.2023 • Reviews

Establishing Autocephaly: The Canonical Aspect

18.10.2023 • Reviews

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'

The Church’s communication with the world external to her is a special but integral part of Orthodox mission. This ministry is not always the direct proclamation of the Word of God. However, it helps millions of people to see Orthodoxy from various viewpoints and also to come to feel the beauty and power of Orthodoxy.

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Patriarchal exarch celebrates services for the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the Indonesian city of Bekasi.

22.09.2025

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Will the Orthodox have their own "Pope"?

How one Ukrainian bishop had gone into a schism

Liturgy at sub-zero temperatures: the body is cold, but the heart is hot

Metropolitan Hilarion: The Lord entrusted us with the Church that has existed for a thousand years

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with representatives of Macedonian Orthodox Church in Holy Trinity and St. Sergius Lavra

Metropolitan Anthony meets with Russia’s Consul General in Erbil

Metropolitan Anthony takes part in the Assyrian Church of the East Conference dedicated to the First Ecumenical Council

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DECR representative takes part in Republican Counter-Terrorism Forum in Makhachkala, Dagestan

Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission takes part in Sunday Liturgy in Nazareth

Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the burial site of St. John the Theologian in Turkey on his commemoration day

Patriarchal exarch for South East Asia meets with representatives of the Indonesian ministry for religious affairs

DECR Chairman meets with academic delegation from Iran.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'

Ukrainian authorities seize Dormition Cathedral of UOC Volodymyr-Volynskyi Diocese

UOC church in Brody, Lviv region, was seized

Schismatics seize a church building of the canonical Church in the village of Kerstentsy, Chernivtsi Region

Patriarchal Exarch of Africa presides over patronal celebrations at St. Sergius parish in Cairo

Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the burial site of St. John the Theologian in Turkey on his commemoration day

Patriarchal exarch celebrates services for the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the Indonesian city of Bekasi.

DECR representative makes a report at International Conference on Youth Diplomacy and New Challenges of Time

Orthodox hierarchs in Latin America make a statement on the terrorist attack at Mar Elias church in Damascus

Victims of the terrorist attack on the Orthodox church in Damascus are commemorated in Vienna

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