Tag: Patriarch Kirill

Patriarch Kirill blames radical politicians for deaths in Odessa

OCP- May 4, 2014

May 2014 The Russian Orthodox Church is in deep grief over the new bloodshed in Ukraine as political radicals are trying to assert their convictions ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill sent a message of condolences to Oleg Bryndak, acting Mayor of Odessa

OCP- May 4, 2014

May this horrific tragedy, reminding us of the most terrible pages in the history of humanity, never happen again Mr. Oleg Bryndak Acting Mayor of ... Read More

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II

OCP- May 1, 2014

Eastern - Oriental Orthdox Churches- April - May 2014 On 29 April 2014, at the Patriarchal residence in Chisty side-street, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill meets Rossotrudnichestvo Federal Agency director K. Kosachev

OCP- April 30, 2014

  30/4/14 On April 25, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with director of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth ... Read More

Russian Patriarch Kirill prays for Ukraine together with hundreds of parishioners

OCP- April 20, 2014

20/4/14 On the eve of Easter, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill prayed for  Ukraine together with hundreds of parishioners of the Cathedral of ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill’s greeting to Patriarch elect Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church

OCP- April 17, 2014

April 2014 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, congratulating him on ... Read More

Spanish version of Patriarch Kirill’s book ‘Freedom and Responsibility. In Search of Harmony’ is presented in Madrid

OCP- April 17, 2014

April 2014 On April 14, the Spanish version of the book ‘Freedom and Responsibility. In Search of Harmony’ by the Primate of the Russian Orthodox ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill: “If freedom violates the Divine plan, then it is not freedom, but slavery”

OCP- April 1, 2014

April 2014 "Destruction of traditional values today also affects interpersonal relations,” noted His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the meeting with members of the "Women in ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill: The 50 Variations of “Gender” on Facebook is a Clinical Case

OCP- March 30, 2014

The most terrible captivity is that of sin. March 29, 2014. PRAVMIR. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia called  attempts to change people’s perceptions ... Read More

98 churches, 1900 mosques destroyed in Syria – Syrian Ambassador

OCP- March 27, 2014

March 2014 Moscow, March 26, Interfax – Syrian Ambassador Riad Haddad said that 98  Christian churches were partly or entirely destroyed during the military  conflict ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill: Syria has wisdom and will enough to overcome war

OCP- March 26, 2014

26/3/14 Moscow, (SANA) – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Patriarch Kirill stressed that Syria has wisdom and will enough to overcome the war launched ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill celebrates Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on the day of the 38th anniversary of his episcopal consecration

OCP- March 19, 2014

March 2014 On 14 March 2014, Friday of the second week of Lent, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Vespers and ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill leads the 14th ceremony of awarding prizes of Unity of Orthodox Nations International Foundation

OCP- March 12, 2014

March 2014 On March 11, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led the 14th annual ceremony of awarding the Patriarch Alexy ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill meets with President of the Republika Srpska

OCP- March 12, 2014

On March 11, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Mr. Milorad Dodik, President of the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and ... Read More

Brotherly meeting of Primates of Church of Constantinople and Russian Church takes place at the Patriarchate of Constantinople

OCP- March 7, 2014

On 5 March 2014, upon his arrival to Istanbul, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia headed for the Patriarchate of Constantinople where ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill arrived at the Patriarchate of Constantinople

OCP- March 6, 2014

Prakash Varghese (OCP Delegate UAE, Gulf and Levant Region) OCP News Service - 6/3/14 Turkey: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has arrived at ... Read More

Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk consecrates the Church of the Ascension on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand

OCP- February 12, 2014

February 2014 On 6 February 2014, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk, head of ... Read More

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Macedonia Mr. Gjorge Ivanov

OCP- February 10, 2014

On 9 February 2014, at the Moscow Kremlin’s Faceted Chamber, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of the ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill blessed Orthodox sportsmen and sportswomen participating in the Olympic Games

OCP- February 8, 2014

On 5th February His Holiness Patriarch Kirill officiated a Te-Deum service in the church of the Icon of Christ not-made-by-human-hands. Moldovan sportsmen and sportswomen participated ... Read More

The 5th anniversary of Patriarch Kirill’s enthronement marked by Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour

OCP- February 3, 2014

On February 1, 2014, the 5th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated ... Read More

Patriarch calls to prevent ‘any attempt’ to legalize same-sex marriage

OCP- January 31, 2014

31/1/14 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has asked for a state-level ban on legal moves to allow same-sex marriage, noting that this position was based ... Read More