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03.12.2019 21:42
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk opens public museum at the Church of ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow
On 3rd December 2019, a church museum opened at the Centre of Religious Education in the territory of the Church of ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow. Among the museum’s exhibits are works of art which had been kept…
02.12.2019 16:57
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: We pray and work to the end that the forces of evil may not shatter the unity of Orthodox Churches
On 2nd December 2019, during a brotherly repast following the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia commented on the situation that had arisen in the world Orthodoxy after the recognition of the OCU non-canonical group…
02.12.2019 16:31
Patriarchal Exarch for Southeast Asia visits Republic of Korea
On 29th November – 3rd December 2019, Metropolitan Sergy of Singapore and Southeast Asia, Patriarchal Exarch for Southeast Asia, visited the Republic of Korea, leading a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church.
30.11.2019 20:02
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of Polish Orthodox Church
On 30th 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, arrived in Warsaw.
30.11.2019 7:41
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
On 29th 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, visited the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
29.11.2019 21:28
Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tillyria calls the uncanonical decision of Patriarch of Constantinople to recognize schismatics in Ukraine the reason behind the current painful crisis in inter-Orthodox relations
Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tillyria (Orthodox Church of Cyprus) expressed his concern over the painful crisis that had arisen within the Orthodox Church.
29.11.2019 19:59
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Ambassador of Kingdom of Denmark to Russian Federation
On 29th November 2019, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H.E. Mr. Carsten Søndergaard, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Denmark to the Russian Federation.
29.11.2019 18:10
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Archbishop of Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
On 29th November 2019, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Archbishop Urmas Viilma, head of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELC).
29.11.2019 17:59
Bishop of Church of England visits Department for External Church Relations
On 29th November 2019, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, met with Bishop Robert Innes of Gibraltar in Europe (Church of England).
29.11.2019 17:10
Patriarchal Exarch for Southeast Asia visits DPRK
On November 25-29, 2019, a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church headed by Metropolitan Sergy of Singapore and Southeast Asia, Patriarchal Exarch for Southeast Asia, visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.