Category: Russian Orthodox
Georgian Orthodox Church head in Moscow for Russian patriarch’s birthday
(RIA Novosti) 18/11/2011 The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia, arrived in Moscow on Friday for events to celebrate ... Read More
Vanishing Christianity
Milena Faustova 17/11/2011 Christians are one of the most persecuted groups in the world, a recent study by the human rights watchdog Open Doors said. ... Read More
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church visits Balamand Monastery in Lebanon
On 15 November 2011, the last day of his official visit to the Patriarchate of Antioch, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill celebrates thanksgiving at St. George’s in Beirut
15/11/2011 On November 14, 2011, in the course of his official visit to the Patriarchate of Antioch, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Lebanon
15/11/2011 On November 14, 2011, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with President of the Republic of Lebanon, Gen. Michel Suleiman, in Beirut. Read More
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad
14.11.2011 On 13 November 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad at the Presidential ... Read More
Russian Orthodox patriarch begins Syria peacemaking Bid
13/11/2011 Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill on Saturday started a peacemaking bid to unrest-swept Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad and other leaders, ... Read More
Finnish pastor Juha Molari converts to Orthodox Faith
Juha Molari Moscow, November 8, Interfax – Finnish Lutheran Church pastor Juha Molari converted to the Orthodox faith at a ceremony conducted by Archpriest Nikolay ... Read More
President Dmitry Medvedev visits the exhibition-forum ‘Orthodox Rus’ – Towards the Day of the People’s Unity’
5/11/2011 On November 5, 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev visited the 10th Church-Public Exhibition-Forum ‘Orthodox Rus’ – Towards the Day of the People’s Unity’. The exhibition ... Read More
Russian businessman donates 70 icons worth around $1m to the Church
Sergei Shmakov and the Toropets Virgin Mary By Sophia Kishkovsky 26/10/2011 Sergei Shmakov has spent over a year tracking down the works, which were removed ... Read More