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Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission begins its work in Chambesy

obl- February 24, 2011

22.02.2011 Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission for the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church will meet from February 22 to 26, 2011, at the Ecumenical ... Read More

Metropolitan Nicholas’ 75th Birthday Celebrations

obl- February 22, 2011

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

OCP- February 18, 2011

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

obl- February 15, 2011

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

OCP- February 10, 2011

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

OCP- February 10, 2011

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

OCP- February 7, 2011

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

obl- February 7, 2011

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

OCP- February 3, 2011

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

obl- January 29, 2011

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