Category: Russia

Russian Orthodox Church Condemns Armenian Authorities’ Interference in Armenian Apostolic Church

OCP- June 19, 2025

Pic: mospat.ru - Archpriest Nikolai Balashov OCP News Service – 19/06/2025 Moscow- Russia: The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has issued a strong condemnation of what ... Read More

Metropolitan Peter Highlights “Historically Proven” Russian-Armenian Friendship Ahead of Orenburg Armenian Church Consecration

OCP- June 15, 2025

armenianchurch.ru OCP News Service – 15/06/2025 Orenburg – Russia : The strong historical bonds between the Russian and Armenian peoples were emphasized by Metropolitan Peter ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill Offers Condolences Following Plane Crash in Ahmedabad

OCP- June 13, 2025

DECR & OCP News Service – 13/05/2025 Moscow- Russia: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed his profound condolences to Prime Minister ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill Meets Belarusian President Lukashenko, Discusses Inter-Faith Harmony and Presents Award

OCP- June 7, 2025

OCP News Service – 07/06/2025 Minsk-Belarus: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' met with President Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko of the Republic of ... Read More

Archimandrite Ioasaph (Vishnyakov) Consecrated as the Bishop of Slavgorod and Kamensk

OCP- May 30, 2025

foto.patriarchia. OCP News Service – 30/05/2025 Moscow- Russia: Archimandrite Ioasaph (Vishnyakov) was consecrated as Bishop of Slavgorod and Kamensk at the Church of the Ascension of ... Read More

Russian Orthodox Church Primate Attends Easter Reception at Foreign Ministry, Highlights Persecution of Orthodox Christians

OCP- May 22, 2025

  DECR & OCP News Service – 22/05/2025 Moscow- Russia:  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attended a grand Easter reception hosted by ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill Meets Japanese Ambassador, Expresses Hope for Improved Ties

OCP- May 22, 2025

DECR & OCP News Service – 22/05/2025 Moscow- Russia: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia held a meeting with Akira Muto, the Ambassador ... Read More

DECR Representatives Present Papers on Church Diplomacy at All-Russian Conference, Hieromonk Mark Focuses on Malankara Orthodox Church Ties

OCP- May 18, 2025

mospat.ru DECR & OCP News Service – 18/05/2025 Moscow- Russia: Representatives of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate actively participated in ... Read More

DECR Chairman Meets with Lebanese President, Highlights Church Consecration as Symbol of Friendship

OCP- May 18, 2025

Joseph Aoun DECR & OCP News Service – 18/05/2025 Beirut - Lebanon: Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) ... Read More

Archbishop Aksiy of Podolsk Meets with Armenian Catholicos Garegin II

OCP- May 17, 2025

mospat.ru OCP News Service and DECR – 17/05/2025 Yerevan-Armenia:  Archbishop Aksiy of Podolsk and Lyubertsy, the temporary administrator of the Yerevan-Armenian Diocese, held a meeting with ... Read More