Tag: Moscow Patriarchate
Patriarch Kirill grateful to Pope for considered stance on Ukraine: Condemns Uniates
Interfax-religion Moscow, May 5, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has praised Vatican's position on the Ukrainian crisis but condemned the activities ... Read More
Church of Moscow Patriarchate set on fire in Babi Yar again
Moscow, April 23, Interfax - A church honoring the icon of the Mother of God, "The Joy of All Who Sorrow" at the Babi Yar ... Read More
Ukrainian nationalists attack Moscow Patriarchate’s church in Sumy
Photo: AP, Darko Bandic Moscow, March 2, Interfax - A group of nationalists started problems on the grounds of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration ... Read More
Is There A Future For Ecumenism? Lecture by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk
Lecture by the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the Universities of Winchester (5 ... Read More
Kremlin official slams violence against members of Moscow-ruled Orthodox Church in Ukraine
Moscow, December 11, Interfax - President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, Sergey Ivanov, has slammed violence in Ukraine against the Orthodox Christian community governed by ... Read More
Moscow Patriarchate: Western Mass Media Ignore the Problem of the Persecution of Christians in the Near East on Purpose
November 12, 2014. V.R. Legoyda, Chairman of the Synodal Information Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, delivered a speech during a panel discussion titled “The Near ... Read More
Participants in 2nd International Forum ‘Religion and Peace’ call religious leaders to combine efforts to combat extremism under religious slogans
On 16 October 2014, the 2nd International Forum ‘Religion and Peace’, organized by the Department for Inter-Regional Cooperation, National Policy and Relations with Religious Organizations ... Read More
Uniates leader calls UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate the only canonical Church of Ukraine
Interfax-religion Moscow, October 22, Interfax - Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Archbishop Svyatoslav accepts there is only one canonical Orthodox Church in ... Read More
7th International Conference on Religions and Destructive Cults takes place in St. Petersburg
On 18-20 September 2014, the 7th International Conference on Religions and Destructive Cults took place at the Holy Trinity and St. Alexander Nevsky Laura in ... Read More
Synod of Estonian Orthodox Church holds its regular session
On 16 September 2014, a regular session of the Synod of the Estonian Orthodox Church took place in Tallinn under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Kornily ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion : We pray that the Lord may give our children intelligence and wisdom
September 2014 On August 31, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at ... Read More
Frescoes discovered at Moscow’s St. Catherine Representation Church
OCA Representation to the Moscow Patriarchate - 30/8/14 To the surprise of Archimandrite Alexander and the faithful of the Orthodox Church in America’s Representation Church of ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion visits Serbian Patriarchate
27/8/14 His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for the External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, paid a visit to the ... Read More
Terror Against Christians in Iraq
August 2014 Statement by the Communication Service of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations. The tragic events caused by the unprecedented terror employed ... Read More
Experts register over 50 attacks on Ukrainian Orthodox churches, priests in 2014
Moscow, August 1, Interfax - Experts from the Russian Institute of Strategic Research have reported almost sixty attacks on churches and clergymen of the Ukrainian ... Read More
Moscow Patriarchate’s parish opened at the centre of Mexico City
2/8/14 In compliance with an agreement between Archbishop Justinian of Elista and Kalmykia, authorized by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, ... Read More
San Francisco: XIII All-Diasporan Youth Conference Begins with Moleben to St. John of Shanghai
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Moscow Patriarchate On Thursday, June 27, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of ... Read More
Metropolitan Cornelius’ 90th birthday is celebrated in Tallinn
Estonian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate - June 2014 The 90th birthday of Metropolitan Cornelius of Tallinn and All Estonia was celebrated in Tallinn on ... Read More
Moscow Patriarchate to translate services to sign language and set up infrastructure for disabled people in its churches
Moscow, June 4, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate starts realizing a complex program of spiritual care for handicapped people. It is supposed to set up ... Read More
A Photo Exhibit Titled “Russians in Shanghai: 1930’s” Opens at the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Surety of Sinners” in Shanghai
May 2014 The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, in cooperation with the Moscow House of Photography; Alfaret Publishers; the State Literature Museum; the ... Read More
Representatives of the Synodal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate meet with the Serbian Patriarch
May 2014 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, has received into audience representatives of the Synodal Department of the social activities of the Moscow Patriarchate at ... Read More