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09.11.2014 18:10
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Primate of the Orthodox Church in America
They discussed problems involved in the inter-Orthodox relations and bilateral cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church in America.
08.11.2014 18:26
Metropolitan Hilarion attends Russian-American forum of Christian leaders
Welcoming the participants in the forum, Mr. Franklin Graham noted the Billy Graham Association’s long relations with the Russian Orthodox Church, recalling numerous visits made by his father to the Soviet Union, the first one as far back as 1959.
08.11.2014 18:23
Speech by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the Forum of Representatives of the Russia – USA forum of Christian leaders
7 November 2014, Charlotte, NC, USA.
06.11.2014 17:00
Metropolitan Hilarion officiates at the patronal feast of the church of ‘Joy of All the Afflicted’ Icon of the Mother of God
After the Litany of Fervent Supplication, Metropolitan Hilarion read prayer for peace in Ukraine. Magnification to the ‘Joy of All the Afflicted,’ was celebrated.
05.11.2014 13:41
Patriarch Kirill congratulates Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine on his 70th birthday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory message to His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine on the occasion of his 70th birthday:
04.11.2014 20:12
Primate of the Coptic Church completes his visit to Russia
On 4 November 2014, Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Church completed his visit to Russia. On his last day in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Tawadros visited the Representation of the Orthodox Church of Antioch in Moscow.
04.11.2014 14:25
Delegation of the Coptic Church headed by Patriarch Tawadros II visit St. Petersburg
The delegation proceeded to the Novodevichy Convent and met with Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Lagoda. The Primate of the Coptic Church noted that he was happy to visit St. Petersburg for the first time and thanked the Metropolitan and the sisters for hospitality.
02.11.2014 22:05
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated Divine Liturgy together with a hierarch of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Concelebrating were Archbishop Juraj of Michalovce and Košice, Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, archimandrite Seraphim (Shemyatovsky), representative of this Church to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and clerics of the church in Bolshaya Ordynka.
31.10.2014 22:42
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with the Grand Mufti of Syria
On 31 October 20124, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Grand Mufti of Syria, Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun.
31.10.2014 22:28
Letter of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan requesting to pardon Asia Bibi
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a letter to H.E. Mamnoon Hussain, the President of the Islamic Republic of Egypt, asking him to grant a pardon to Asia Bibi, a Christian, who has been sentenced to death. The text is given below.