Tag: Metropolitan Filaret
Belarusians paid last respect to the national poet Nil Gilevich
Nadezhda Filipchik - For OCP News Service - April 2016 Minsk- Belarus: On the 1st of April thousands of Belarusians gathered in the cathedral of ... Read More
Metropolitan Filaret awarded St. Alexis Order First Class
25/3/15 Metropolitan Filaret, the Honorary Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, was awarded the Order of St. Alexis, the Metropolitan of Moscow, First Class, of the ... Read More
Metropolitan Filaret retires after 35 years of heading Belarusian Orthodox Church (updated)
Moscow, December 25, Interfax - Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk is retiring having reached the age of 75. The decision was made at a ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill gives consent to Belarus’ Exarchate office in Moscow
14/11/13 MINSK, 12 November (BelTA) – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill gave consent to the proposal of the Belarusian Orthodox Church to open ... Read More
Thousands of people prayed with heads of Orthodox Churches in Minsk
Minsk, July 29, Interfax - Some 20,000 people attended the liturgy served by the heads of the Orthodox Churches in a Minsk square on Monday. ... Read More
Alexander Lukashenko visits Minsk Church of All Saints
MINSK, 6 May (BelTA) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visited the Church of All Saints in Minsk on Easter Day celebrated by Orthodox Christians on ... Read More
Belarusian President visits All Saint Temple in Minsk
7/1/13 Alexander Lukashenko, his youngest son Nikolai and Metropolitan Filaret lighted the Christmas candle in honor of John the Bishop. The Metropolitan presented the icon ... Read More
Metropolitan Filaret presents church awards to Athos monks
Bealrus Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate MINSK, 20 November (BelTA) - Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, received a delegation ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk awarded degree of doctor of theology honoris causa by Minsk Theological Academy
8/3/2012 On March 6, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, in his capacity as rector of ... Read More
Leaders of churches ignored address of political prisoners’ families
10.01.2012 Only a pastor of Minsk charismatic church “New Life” has answered the open letter of wives and mothers of the prisoners of conscience in ... Read More
Belarus – Alexander Lukashenko meets with Cardinal Koch, Metropolitan Filaret
15/11/2011 There are no inter-confessional conflicts in Belarus. The country may serve as a model of good relations between different religions, President of Belarus Alexander ... Read More
International peace meeting of religious leaders in Munich
17.09.2011 An international meeting under the theme ‘Bound to Live Together. Religions and Cultures in Dialogue’ was held from September 11 to 13, 2011, in ... Read More
Believers to pray for dead and wounded in terror act in all Byelorussian Churches
Minsk, April 12, Interfax - Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Byelorussia expressed condolence to the families of the dead and to all Byelorussian people in ... Read More
Metropolitan Filaret declines to meet with Tatsyana Sevyarynets
1/4/2011 Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Filaret has refused to meet with Tatsyana Sevyarynets, the mother of political prisoner ... Read More
Metropolitan Filaret May Refuse to Participate in the All-Belarus Assembly
15/11/2010 Fourth All-Belarus People's Assembly may pass without the representatives of the Orthodox Church. Nomination of priests as delegates to this event was not sanctioned ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Patriarch may meet Pope in 2011
26/8/2010 The time is ripe for a meeting between Pope Benedict and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and may be possible in 2011, a ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church rejects Metropolitan Filaret’s formal Resignation Letter
01.06.2010 The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has rejected a formal resignation letter by Metropolitan Filaret, head of the Church in Belarus, and blessed ... Read More
Metropolitan Kirill elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Moscow, January 27, Interfax - The delegates to the Church Council meeting under way in Moscow have elected Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad the ... Read More
Metropolitan Filaret withdraws from patriarchal election
Moscow, January 27, Interfax - Patriarch Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk, one of the three candidates for the Moscow Patriarchal See, withdrew his candidacy at ... Read More
Metropolitans Kirill, Kliment, Filaret elected Candidates for Patriarch of Moscow
Moscow, January 25, Interfax - The Archbishop's Council of the Russian Orthodox Church has approved Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Metropolitan Kiment of Kaluga ... Read More