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17.10.2019 15:30
Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 17th October 2019, during a session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, a statement was adopted concerning the situation that arose in the Greek Orthodox Church after it convened on 12th October 2019 the extraordinary Council of Hierarchs on the Ukrainian church issue (Minutes No. 125).
09.10.2019 12:31
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates His Beatitude Theodore II on the anniversary of his election as Patriarch of Alexandria
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II on the fifteenth anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal throne.
09.10.2019 12:06
DECR chairman greets His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa with the anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal Throne
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria with the fifteenth anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal Throne
09.10.2019 10:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulates Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on his Nameday
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada with the commemoration day of his heavenly patron.
30.09.2019 12:02
Congratulations from Patriarch Kirill to Patriarch Daniel of Romania on anniversary of his enthronement
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, on the anniversary of this enthronement.
27.09.2019 12:39
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences on the death of former President of France Jacques Chirac
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, expressed condolences upon the death of former President of the Republic of France Jacques Chirac.
26.09.2019 10:30
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church greets Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East on his name day
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has greeted the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch on the day of his heavenly patron – St. John the Theologian.
26.09.2019 10:29
DECR chairman greets Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch on his name day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), has sent a message of greeting to His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East, on the occasion of his name day.
14.09.2019 14:45
Holy Synod session minutes of September 14, 2019
On September 14, 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted the minutes published below after discussing it through remote connections.
12.09.2019 15:09
DECR chairman greets Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and All Japan with his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of greetings to Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and All Japan on his Name Day.