Tag: Metropolitan Filaret

Belarusians paid last respect to the national poet Nil Gilevich

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- April 7, 2016

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 25, 2015

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)

OCP- December 26, 2013

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

OCP- November 14, 2013

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

OCP- July 29, 2013

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

OCP- May 6, 2013

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

OCP- January 7, 2013

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

OCP- November 20, 2012

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

OCP- March 10, 2012

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

OCP- January 11, 2012

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

OCP- November 15, 2011

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

OCP- September 19, 2011

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

OCP- April 12, 2011

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

OCP- April 1, 2011

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

OCP- November 15, 2010

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

OCP- August 27, 2010

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

OCP- June 2, 2010

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

OCP- January 28, 2009

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

OCP- January 27, 2009

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

OCP- January 25, 2009

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