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29.11.2019 11:32
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, at the 2nd International Conference on Christian Persecution held in Budapest
On 28th November 2019, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended the 2nd Conference in Defence of Christians in Budapest and delivered the address.
27.11.2019 18:55
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over deaths caused by earthquake in Albania
On the night of November 26, 2019, an earthquake, the largest in the last 40 years, happened near the Albanian capital city of Tirana. According to the latest reports, over 32 people were killed and 658 were injured.
27.11.2019 16:37
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the murder of two priests of the Armenian Catholic community in Syria
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences over the murder, committed by terrorists, of Rev. Hovsep Bedoyan, rector of the Armenian Catholic community in the city of Qamishli, and of his father, Rev. Hanna Bedoyan.
25.11.2019 23:07
Statement of the Interreligious Council in Russia on protection of religious holy places in the Middle East
The Statement was adopted at the ICR meeting that took place on November 25, 2019, at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies.
30.10.2019 17:25
Appeal adopted at the 6th Plenary Session of the Christian Interconfessional Advisory Committee (Moscow, 30th October 2019)
The Christian Interconfessional Advisory Committee held its 6th Plenary Session in Moscow on 30th October 2019, bringing together representatives of Christian communities from fifteen Eurasian countries.
30.10.2019 12:10
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino’s message of greetings to the 6th Plenary Session of the Christian Inter-Confessional Advisory Committee
Anton Vaino, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, has addressed a message of greetings to the 6th Plenary Session of the Christian Inter-Confessional Advisory Committee meeting in Moscow.
30.10.2019 12:08
Patriarch Kirill’s message of greetings to the 6th Plenary Session of the Christian Inter-Confessional Advisory Committee
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a message of greetings to the 6th Plenary Session of the Christian Inter-Confessional Advisory Committee’s meeting opening on October 30, 2019, in Moscow.
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