Category: Russian Orthodox
Metropolitan Nicholas’ 75th Birthday Celebrations
22/2/2011 Primate of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. Titular Metropolitan of Amissos Consecrated as Bishop March 13, 1983 Enthroned as Ruling Bishop ... Read More
Christians Criticize Tajik Bill Barring Youth From Churches, Mosques
17/2/2011 QURGHONTEPPA, Tajikistan — Russian Orthodox Christians in southern Tajikistan are critical of a draft law on “parental responsibility” that would ban children under 18 ... Read More
Patriarch of Georgia: on Russia, Abkhazia, the war and Separatism
14/2/2011 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and the Metropolitan Pitsunda and Tskhum-Abkhazia Ilia II gave an interview to the BBC Russian edition during ... Read More
His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr’s report at the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church themed “Ukrainian Orthodox Church Today
10/2/2011 Ukrainian Orthodox Church Today The report at the Bishops’ Council of the ROC (January 2-4 2011 Moscow) His Beatitude, the Most Blessed Volodymyr, Metropolitan ... Read More
DECR chairman meets with UN Under-Secretary-General
7/2/2011 On February 7, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with Mr. Read More
Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church held in Moscow
2/2/2011 On 2 February 2011, the Holy and Sacred Council of the Russian Orthodox Church opened in the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral ... Read More
Patriarch Gets State Privileges, Protection
4/2/2011 By Alexander Bratersky The church is separate from the state in Russia, the Constitution says. But the Federal Guard Service apparently has its own ... Read More
Byzantine and Russian Influences in Andrei Rublev’s Art
By Iulia O. Basu Andrei Rublev (c. 1360-1430) is a mysterious figure, whose biography is not well known, although he is historically considered the best-known ... Read More
Russian Church becomes closer to People
Milena Faustova 28/1/2011 The dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the public is receiving new forms. The Moscow Patriarchy has formed a body which ... Read More
Kursk Root Icon Makes Unexpected Visit to Johnstown
The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA 21/1/2011 JOHNSTOWN, PA– On Friday, January 21, 2011, the Kursk-Root icon of the Mother of God made ... Read More