The Far Abroad
22.05.2018 16:43
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church attend the opening of a display of documents on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Russia-Singapore diplomatic relations
June the 1st, 2018, will mark 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Singapore. On the occasion of the anniversary, a display of archive documents on the Russia-Singapore relations was opened on May 22 in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
21.05.2018 14:47
DECR chairman meets with minister plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Mr. Kim informed the DECR vice-chairman of the Spring Festival of Korean culture to take place in Russia in the late May. The participants in the meetings discussed issues of mutual interest.
12.05.2018 14:39
Representative of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to Patriarch of Great Antioch visits Vatican representation in Damascus
On May 12, 2018, Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East, visited the Damascus representation of the Vatican and met with the Apostolic Nuncio in Syria, Cardinal Mario Zenari.
11.05.2018 10:18
Commemorative events dedicated to the Russian soldiers who died in Gallipoli take place in Turkey
On 5 May 2018, as part of the commemorative events marking the 95th anniversary of the exodus of the First Army Corps of General Vrangel’s Russian Army from Turkey, a delegation of St Andrew Foundation, led by Mr. Vladimir Yakunin, visited the Patriarchate of Constantinople and met with Metropolitan Elpidophoros…
09.05.2018 14:04
On the eve of the Victory Day a Russian Orthodox Church hierarch said the Office for the Dead at the memorial to Soviet soldiers in Croatian Ilok
On May 8, 2018, Archbishop Antoniy of Vienna and Budapest, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Croatian city of Ilok to take part in the opening of a renewed memorial to the Soviet soldiers who died there in 1944.
02.05.2018 19:00
Head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad visits the USA
On 23-30 April 2018, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Archbishop Antony of Vienna and Budapest, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, was on a working visit in the United States.
01.05.2018 1:30
Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to the Albanian Orthodox Church
The first official visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Albanian Orthodox Church took place from April 28 to 30, 2018.
30.04.2018 20:27
Patriarch Kirill meets with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama
In the course of the talk, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill noted that many good changes took place in the life of Albania and in its capital city in recent years. A great contribution to it was made in particular by Mr. Edi Rama who had been the mayor of Tirana…
30.04.2018 20:18
Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Albania
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, during his visit to the Albanian Orthodox Church, met with President of Albania Mr. Ilir Meta.
23.04.2018 13:26
Bishop Nestor of Korsun attends annual Orthodox Bishops’ Assembly in Spain and Portugal
On April 20, 2018, Bishop Nestor of Korsun, during his archpastoral visit to Madrid, attended the annual meeting of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops in Spain and Portugal. Participating in the meeting were also Metropolitan Polycarpus of Spain and Portugal (Patriarchate of Constantinople) and Bishop Timothy of Spain and Portugal…