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30.09.2018 12:28
DECR chairman sends greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania on the 11th anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, greeted the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church with the 11th anniversary of his enthronement.
30.09.2018 11:02
His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev celebrate Liturgy at the Monastery of the Holy Dormition in Odessa
On 29 September 2018, the commemoration day of St. Kuksha of Odessa, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa and His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of the Holy Dormition in Odessa, the Ukrainian Orthodox…
28.09.2018 19:32
Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church holds its regular session
On 25 September 2018, a regular session of the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) chaired by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine was held at the Kievan Laura of the Caves.
27.09.2018 20:30
Metropolitan Hilarion awarded honorary doctorate by State University of Belgrade
On September 26, 2018, an award ceremony took place at the Rector’s Office of the State University of Belgrade to present Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate head of the department for external church relations, with honorary doctorate.
27.09.2018 10:25
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the Primate and members of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church
On September 25, 2018, with a blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, arrived in the Serbian capital city.
25.09.2018 22:48
Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church calls upon Verkhovna Rada not to divide Ukrainian believers into ‘us and them’
The Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, at its session held in the Kiev Lavra of the Caves on 25 September 2018 under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine, called for the rejection of the unconstitutional bills which are currently being considered by the…
24.09.2018 10:37
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Primates of Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Polish Orthodox Church
On September 23, 2018, with a blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, came to Warsaw on a working visit.
22.09.2018 19:14
Primates of the Church of Alexandria and Polish Orthodox Church issue appeal concerning the situation of Orthodoxy in Ukraine
On September 21, the feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Primates issued a joint appeal to the heads of the Local Orthodox Churches and the plenitude of the holy Orthodoxy, expressing, in the spirit of brotherly love, their deep alarm over the recent developments pertaining to…
21.09.2018 22:00
Representative of the Department for External Church Relations and the Interreligious Council of Russia takes part in OSCE annual meeting
(Russian) С 10 по 21 сентября 2018 года в Варшаве прошло ежегодное совещание ОБСЕ по обзору выполнения обязательств в области человеческого измерения.
21.09.2018 10:35
Bishop Irinej of Backa ‘On Inaccuracies of Ecclesial and Journalistic Statements on Ukraine’
Bishop Irinej (Bulovic) of Backa, a hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, believes that the unilateral granting of autocephaly to Ukraine by the Patriarchate of Constantinople will destroy the unity of the Orthodox world.