Tag: RUSSIAN
JOURNALISTS TELL WHY RUSSIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE CROSSED HIMSELF AT MOSCOW’S VICTORY DAY PARADE
Photo: The Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower. 1882-1896 May 2015 Numerous media have noted that the Russian Federation’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu crossed himself before beginning the ... Read More
PRIMATE OF RUSSIAN CHURCH CELEBRATES LITURGY AT THE CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOUR IN MOSCOW ON 5TH SUNDAY AFTER PASCHA
On 10 May 2015, the 5th Sunday after Pascha, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral ... Read More
DECR CHAIRMAN EXTENDS CONDOLENCES OVER DEATH OF TWO RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE IN NEPAL
May 2015 Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, extended the following condolences to Sergei Lavrov, Russian Minister ... Read More
SESSION OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH TAKES PLACE UNDER CHAIRMANSHIP OF HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL
On 29 April 2015, a regular session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church began its work at the Hall of the ... Read More
PASCHAL RECEPTION AT RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
April 20, 2015 – A grand Paschal reception took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs House of Reception. It was attended by the Primate ... Read More
OVER 600 RUSSIAN CITIES TO JOIN THE ACTION TO REMEMBER THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Pravoslavie.ru - April 2015 Several hundred events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide will be held in the Russian Federation, reports TASS. This ... Read More
BILATERAL COMMISSION OF MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX OLD-RITE CHURCH HOLDS ITS FIRST SESSION
On 31 March 2015, the first meeting of the bilateral commission which will consider the possibility of recognizing the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite ... Read More
METROPOLITAN HILARION OPENS 5TH ADVANCED COURSES FOR NEWLY-CONSECRATED BISHOPS OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
On 23 March 2015, the 5th advanced courses for newly-consecrated bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church began with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill ... Read More
A UNIQUE BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN ATHONITE MONASTICISM PUBLISHED AT MT. ATHOS
Holy Mount Athos, March 20, 2015 - Pravoslavie.ru The History of St. Panteleimon’s Russian Monastery on Mt. Athos From Ancient Times to 1735, is the title ... Read More
DECR HOSTS FIRST MEETING OF COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THE COUNCIL FOR COOPERATION WITH RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION
On 19 March 2015, the first meeting of the Commission for International Cooperation of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations under the President of ... Read More
PRIMATE OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CELEBRATES AT ST. DANIEL MONASTERY IN MOSCOW ON THE COMMEMORATION DAY OF THE HOLY PRINCE
On 17 March 2015, Tuesday of the fourth week of Lent and the commemoration day of the Right-Believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch ... Read More
NEW MAGAZINE LAUNCHED BY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ARTIST ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ART
The Art Newspaper - March 2015 A group of Russian Orthodox artists and intellectuals has launched an arts journal in an effort to promote the role ... Read More
PATRIARCH JOHN X OF ANTIOCH THANKS THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH FOR HOSPITALITY
18/3/15 His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East, sent a letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All ... Read More
METROPOLITAN HILARION VISITS VATOPEDI MONASTERY AND RUSSIAN XILOURGOU SKETE
In the evening of March 11, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who was visiting Mount Athos ... Read More
METROPOLITAN HILARION OF VOLOKOLAMSK MEETS WITH RECTOR OF RUSSIAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOR HUMANITIES
On 4 March 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute for Postgraduate Studies, met with Prof. Dmitry Bogatyrev, ... Read More
PRIMATES OF ANTIOCHIAN AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCHES CELEBRATE LITURGY AT CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOUR ON FORGIVENESS SUNDAY
On 22 February 2015, Cheesefare Sunday, remembrance of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise (Sunday of Forgiveness), commemoration of the finding of the relics of St Innocent ... Read More
THE FIRST MEETING IN 2015 OF THE SUPREME CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OPENS UNDER CHAIRMANSHIP OF HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL
On February 17, the first in 2015 meeting of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church began its work at the Hall of ... Read More
WORKING GROUP FOR PREPARING DIALOGUE BETWEEN RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND COPTIC CHURCH MEETS IN CAIRO
February 2015 The working group for preparing dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church met on February 9-13, 2015, at the Coptic ... Read More
HIERARCH OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH VISITS CAMBODIA
On 13 February 2015, Archbishop Feofilakt of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk arrived in Cambodia, accompanied by Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in ... Read More
RESOLUTIONS OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE
6/2/15 The Bishops’ Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church took place on February 2-3, 2015, at the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. It ... Read More
PATRIARCH KIRILL SPEAKS AT THE 3RD CHRISTMAS PARLIAMENTARY MEETINGS IN THE RUSSIAN STATE DUMA
January 2015 On 22 January 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took part in the 3rd Christmas parliamentary meetings held in ... Read More