Category: Russia

Archimandrite Meletius (Kisnyashkin) Consecrated as the Bishop of Ardatov and Atyashevsky

OCP- July 12, 2024

foto.patriarchia.ru OCP News Service – 12/07/2024 Moscow- Russia: Archimandrite Meletius (Kisnyashkin) was consecrated as the Bishop of Ardatov and Atyashevsky at Transfiguration Cathedral  of the Transfiguration Valaam ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow Congratulates Masoud Pezeshkian on Election as President of Iran

OCP- July 7, 2024

Masoud Pezeshkian DECR – OCP News Service – 07/07/2024 Moscow – Russia: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has extended his heartfelt congratulations to ... Read More

High-Level Meeting Fosters Closer Ties Between Russian Orthodox Church and Malankara Orthodox Church

OCP- June 30, 2024

DECR – OCP News Service – 30/06/2024 Moscow – Russia: On June 27, 2024, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church ... Read More

Building Bridges of Care: India-Russia Church Hospitals Collaborate for Better Patient Outcomes

OCP- June 26, 2024

DECR – OCP News Service – 26/06/2024 Moscow – Russia: Doctors from St. Gregory of Parumala Hospital in India conferred with colleagues at St. Alexius Hospital in ... Read More

Dagestan Archbishop Calls for Calm After Terror Attacks

OCP- June 26, 2024

OCP News Service – 26/06/2024 Moscow – Russia: In the wake of the brutal terror attacks that struck Dagestan on the holy day of Pentecost, ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill Welcomes Released Ukrainian Metropolitan Jonathan

OCP- June 26, 2024

foto.patriarchia.ru DECR – OCP News Service – 26/06/2024 Moscow – Russia: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' received Metropolitan Jonathan of Tulchin and Bratslav ... Read More

Attacks in Dagestan Leave Trail of Grief: Priest Martyred, Civilians and Officers Killed

OCP- June 24, 2024

OCP News Service – 24/06/2024 Moscow- Russia: On June 23, 2024, plunged Dagestan into chaos as a series of seemingly coordinated terror attacks struck the ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill Offers Condolences After Terrorist Attacks in Dagestan

OCP- June 24, 2024

OCP News Service – 24/06/2024 Moscow- Russia: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his deep sorrow following the horrific terrorist attacks ... Read More

Metropolitan Anthony of DECR Welcomes New Serbian Orthodox Church Representative to the Moscow Patriarchal Throne

OCP- June 23, 2024

mospat.ru DECR – OCP News Service – 23/06/2024 Moscow – Russia: The Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate hosted a meeting today to ... Read More

Imprisoned Metropolitan Jonathan Released After Moscow Patriarchate Negotiations, Travels to Moscow for Treatment

OCP- June 23, 2024

DECR and OCP News Service – 23/06/2024 Kyiv – Ukraine: Metropolitan Jonathan of Tulchin and Bratslav, a high-ranking cleric in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow ... Read More