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On January 29, 2023, in his sermon after the Divine Liturgy at the Cetinje Monastery, Metropolitan Joanikje of Montenegro and the Littoral spoke about the persecution to which the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is subjected today. The Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ) writes about it with reference to Svetigora Radio.
31.01.2023
Feast of St. Sava celebrated at the Serbian Metochion in Moscow
28.01.2023
On January 17, DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations Hieromonk Stephen (Igumnov) met with the representative of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Moscow, Alessandro Salakone.
17.01.2023
Moscow will host a conference on the Old Rite in the life of the Russian Orthodox Church
17.01.2023
Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), has sent a congratulatory address to the DECR vice-chairman, Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), on the occasion of his 55th birthday. The text reads as follows:
16.01.2023
Participants in the meeting at the DECR will discuss Church care for mentally ill young people
13.01.2023
On January 10th, Chairman of the Synodal Missionary Department, Bishop Evphymii of Lukhovitsy solemnly presented certificates of completion of short-term clerical training courses to the new clergy of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa. Vladyka congratulated them on the completion of their studies and wished them zealous service in the field of education of the peoples of their countries with the light of Orthodoxy.
11.01.2023
Representatives of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission congratulate the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem on the occasion of the Nativity of Christ.
08.01.2023
On January 1, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and commemorates St. Basil the Great. Archimandrite Vassian (Zmeyev), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’ to the Patriarch of Bulgaria and rector of the Metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia.
02.01.2023
Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk confirmed as DECR vice-chairman
29.12.2022
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
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