Category: Russia

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

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk Begins Working Visit to Lebanon, Meets Catholicos Aram I

OCP- May 17, 2025

mospat.ru DECR & OCP News Service – 17/05/2025 Beirut – Lebanon: Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the ... Read More

Antiochian Bishop Pilgrimages to Moscow Patriarchate, Visits Southern Russia and Donbass

OCP- May 13, 2025

mospat.ru DECR & OCP News Service – 13/05/2025 Moscow- Russia: Bishop Demetrius of Safitos from the Antiochian Orthodox Church concluded a significant pilgrimage to the ... Read More

Archimandrite Sophrony (Semenov) Consecrated as the Bishop of Naryan-Mar and Mezen

OCP- May 12, 2025

foto.patriarchia.ru OCP News Service – 12/05/2025 Moscow- Russia: Archimandrite Sophrony (Semenov) was consecrated as Bishop of Naryan-Mar and Mezen at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in ... Read More

Mutual Visits Continue: Russian Orthodox Monastics Arrive in Egypt for Coptic Orthodox Monastic Experience

OCP- May 12, 2025

mospat.ru OCP News Service and DECR – 12/05/2025 Cairo – Egypt: On May 11, 2025, with the blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All ... Read More

DECR Chairman Meets with Hierarch of Antiochian Orthodox Church

OCP- May 12, 2025

mospat.ru DECR & OCP News Service – 12/05/2025 Moscow- Russia: On May 12, 2025, the Department for External Church Relations hosted a meeting between the ... Read More