Category: MOSCOW

Resurrected: believers breathe new life into sacred buildings

OCP- November 30, 2011

Alena Legostaeva 30/11/2011 The restoration of many religious buildings in Moscow has provided Muscovites and visitors to the city – both religious and secular – ... Read More

St. Mestrop Mashtots Order to Patriarkh Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

obl- November 29, 2011

28.11.2011 President Serzh Sargsyan received Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. President ... Read More

Controversial Visit: Religious leader of Azerbaijan “is not afraid” to say “all that needs to be said” in Yerevan

OCP- November 28, 2011

By ARIS GHAZINYAN ArmeniaNow reporter 28/11/2011 Sheikh ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus Allahshukur Pashazade’s visit to Yerevan is in the focus of public ... Read More

Relic leaves Russia after ‘blessing three million’

OCP- November 28, 2011

AFP 28/11/2011 MOSCOW – A relic said to have belonged to the Virgin Mary left Russia Monday after a stay that saw it worshipped by ... Read More

Meeting on Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

obl- November 28, 2011

28/11/2011 His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; His Holiness Kirill I, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia; and Sheikh ul-Islam ... Read More

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill begins his visit to Armenia

OCP- November 28, 2011

28/11/2011 On 28 November 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Yerevan. He is accompanied by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, ... Read More

Georgian Patriarch seeks reburial of two former Georgian Tsars

OCP- November 25, 2011

25/11/2011 TBILISI (RIA Novosti) The Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church asked for the reburial of two Georgian tsars, Vakhtang IV and Teimuraz II, in ... Read More

50 Thousand Orthodox Christians Venerate Holy Belt of the Virgin in Moscow

obl- November 22, 2011

By Nina Achmatova 11/22/2011 Asia News The relic, one of the most venerated in the Orthodox world, ends its tour of Russia at the Cathedral ... Read More

Communiqué of Meeting of the Primates and representatives of seven Local Orthodox Churches held in Moscow on the occasion of the 65th birthday of the…

OCP- November 21, 2011

On November 21, 2011, the Primates and representatives of seven Local Orthodox Churches: Antiochian, Russian, Georgian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish and of the Czech Lands and ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill considers collapse of the USSR a decay of historical Russia

obl- November 21, 2011

Moscow, November 15, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes collapse of the Soviet Union was a negative event. “This year we ... Read More