New documents
- Message of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches (Phanar, March 6-9, 2014)
09.03.2014 17:09 ·
On March 9, the first Sunday of Great Lent, the Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the message of the participants in the meeting of Primates and representatives of the Orthodox Churches was read out during the divine service at the Cathedral of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victory-Bearer in Phanar.
- Leaders of Christian Churches from thirteen countries call to peace in Ukraine
26.02.2014 21:08 ·
Statement by the Christian Interconfessional Consultative Committee on the situation in Ukraine
- Patriarch John X of Antioch thanks Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church for solidarity with Syrian people
26.02.2014 18:08 ·
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East thanked His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia for warm hospitality and solidarity with the Syrian people undergoing a hard time.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church with the first anniversary of his enthronement
24.02.2014 14:41 ·
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent the following message to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, greeting him with the first anniversary of his enthronement
- DECR chairman congratulates Patriarch of Bulgaria on the anniversary of his enthronement
24.02.2014 14:41 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the congratulatory message to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria.
- Presentation by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk Chairman of the Department of External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate at the ‘Christian Values In An Age of Globalization’ Symposium London, 21 February 2014
22.02.2014 13:07 ·
An international symposium took place at the ‘Rossotrudnichestvo’ office in London on February 21, 2014.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria on his Name Day
17.02.2014 13:50 ·
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa on his Name Day.
- DECR chairman greets His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria with his Name Day
17.02.2014 13:50 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa on his Name Day.
- Patriarchal congratulatory message to Metropolitan Rostislav on the occasion of his ascension to the Primatial throne of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
10.02.2014 17:02 ·
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia the following congratulatory message on the occasion of his enthronement
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends greetings to His Beatitude Hieronymus II with the anniversary of his enthronement as Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
07.02.2014 18:35 ·
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymus II of Athens and All Greece on the anniversary of his enthronement.
- Metropolitan Hilarion congratulates His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymus II of Athens and All Greece on the anniversary of his enthronement
07.02.2014 18:34 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymus II of Athens and All Greece with the anniversary of his primatial ministry:
- Common Statement by His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, and His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
30.01.2014 15:43 ·
At the invitation of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East John X paid his official visit to the Russian Orthodox Church from January 25 to 30, 2014.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada on the first anniversary of his enthronement
27.01.2014 16:59 ·
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following greetings to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada on the occasion of the first anniversary of his enthronement.
- Metropolitan Hilarion sends greetings to the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America with the first anniversary of his primatial ministry
27.01.2014 16:59 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada, on the first anniversary of his enthronement.
- Common appeal to the Geneva II International Conference on Syria by His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
26.01.2014 14:35 ·
(Russian) 26 января 2014 года Блаженнейший Патриарх Великой Антиохии и всего Востока Иоанн Х и Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл выступили с совместным обращением по ситуации в Сирии.
- Address of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the participants in Geneva II International Conference
21.01.2014 14:28 ·
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent an address to the participants in Geneva II International Conference due to take place in Montreux, Switzerland, on 22 January 2014.
- Statement of the Workshop “Syria: Can We Remain Indifferent?”
20.01.2014 12:16 ·On the Deliberations of the Workshop of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on the Crisis in Syria and the Hopes for the Geneva 2 Conference (January 13, 2014).
- DECR chairman sends Christmas and New Year greetings to heads of foreign states, foreign public figures and statesmen
12.01.2014 12:40 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent Christmas and New Year greetings to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; King Juan Carlos I of Spain; Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón,
President of the Republic of Colombia; Mr. Bronisław Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland; Mr. Tomislav Nikolić, President of the Republic of Serbia; Mr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria; Mrs. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany; and to other foreign public figures and statesmen. The text of the message is given below.
- Patriarch Kirill sends congratulations to Archbishop Rostislav of Presov elected Primate of the Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia
11.01.2014 20:57 ·
On January 11, 2014, the Local Council which took place in Presov elected Archbishop Rostoslav of Presov as Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia by a huge majority.
- DECR chairman’s congratulates Archbishop Rostislav of Presov elected Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
11.01.2014 20:57 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, in his letter to Archbishop Rostislav of Presov elected Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia wished him God’s help in his primatial service