Tag: RUSSIAN

JOURNALISTS TELL WHY RUSSIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE CROSSED HIMSELF AT MOSCOW’S VICTORY DAY PARADE

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 14, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 14, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 10, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- April 30, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- April 22, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- April 11, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- April 4, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 25, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 24, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 23, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 20, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 18, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 18, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 17, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 8, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 25, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 18, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 18, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 18, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 6, 2015

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

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 23, 2015

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