Tag: moscow

Rise of the Russian Orthodox Church

OCP- July 13, 2011

Russian Orthodox Church members during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin wall, in this June 22, 2011, photo An ... Read More

St Basil’s Cathedral 450th anniversary marked by Google Doodle

obl- July 12, 2011

By Urvi Nopany 12/7/2011 The 450th anniversary of St Basil’s Cathedral has been commemorated with a Google Doodle. Russia celebrates today the 450th anniversary of ... Read More

Moscow’s iconic St. Basil’s Cathedral to mark 450th Birthday

OCP- July 12, 2011

Lubov Golovina Pravda.Ru 12/7/2011 July 12 marks the 450th birthday of Pokrovsky Cathedral, better known as St. Read More

Ukrainian Orthodox Church prayerfully celebrates the 45th anniversary of episcopal consecration of its Primate

obl- July 9, 2011

9/7/2011 On July 9, commemoration of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv ... Read More

KYIV. Draft Resolution of the Jubilee Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church made Public

OCP- July 7, 2011

7/7/2011 With the blessing of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and in order to stop the anti-Church information campaign in the media, and ... Read More

Sermon among the “dragon”

obl- July 4, 2011

Consecration of the new crop of tea (performed by Fr Dionisy Pozdnyaev). Photos courtesy of Archpriest Dionisy Pozdnyaev Vladislav Maltsev English translation by Katherine Ilachinski ... Read More

First All Orthodox Divine Liturgy in Great Britain

obl- July 4, 2011

2/7/2011 The All Orthodox Bishopric conference for the British Isles was founded on June 21, 2010 on the founding assembly in London and it consisted ... Read More

One Christian in the world dies for faith every five minutes – Statistics

OCP- June 28, 2011

Moscow, June 24, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church urged well-developed countries to set up an effective system of protecting Christians, in particular using financial ... Read More

Patriarchate of Moscow launches program for protection of Christians Worldwide

obl- June 23, 2011

By Nina Achmatova 06/23/201 The World Russian People’s Council will regularly publish information about violence and abuse against the community. Orthodox Church concerned over christianophobia ... Read More

Russian Church presents liturgical language reform Project

obl- June 20, 2011

20/06/2011 MOSCOW,(RIA Novosti) The Russian Orthodox Church is preparing for a reform of its liturgical language, and a draft document on the role of Church ... Read More