Tag: Russian Orthodox Church
Bells Will Ring in Hebron for the First Time in a Century
4/1/13 For the first time in 100 years, there will be full liturgical bell-ringing for the Nativity at the Russian dependency in Hebron. January 3, ... Read More
The Holy Synod concludes its last session in 2013
T he Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held on December 25-26 its last session in 2013. The Synod granted the petition for retirement ... Read More
Statement on the events in Ukraine by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
The document was adopted by the Russian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod at its meeting on December 25-26, 2013 (Minutes No. 132). The last months of ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church is open to dialogue with Pussy Riot, but without provocations
Moscow/Krasnoyarsk, December 23, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate is hoping that the members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot who have been released from ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church Urges Inquiry Into Religious Cult
December 2013 MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti) – A spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church called for an inquiry Monday into the activities of a ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church Gives Flamboyant Crooner Top Award
MOSCOW, December 18 (RIA Novosti) – The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church presented the nation’s answer to Frank Sinatra with a top award on ... Read More
Separation of Church & state to remain intact – Russian Patriarch
November 2015 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has rejected allegations of a possible official union between his institution and the state, adding that ... Read More
Russians flock to exhibition glorifying Romanovs’ rule
Eleonore Dermy - 25/11/13 MOSCOW: With a queue stretching at least a kilometer, a high-tech exhibition giving a rosy view of the house of Romanov ... Read More
The Russian Orthodox Church has warned of a “genocide” against Christians and other religious minorities, urging the international community to take action.
20/11/13 The Russian Orthodox Church has warned of a “genocide” against Christians and other religious minorities, urging the international community to take action. The call ... Read More
Russians believe influence of Orthodox faith on country’s development is considerable – poll
Moscow, November 13, Interfax – The majority of Russian citizens admit that the Orthodox Church plays a significant role in the history of the country ... Read More
First Service in Preoprazhensky Cathedral With the Kursk-Root Icon
16/11/13 Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia- Mscow Patriarchate Early in the morning of November 15, 2013, His Eminence Metropolitan Veniamin of Vladivostok and Primorsk performed ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church returns to Mideast
14/11/13 Given the diplomatic and military presence that Moscow has recently established on the Mediterranean and in the Levant, it is only natural that its ... Read More
Archbishop Scola in Moscow for Orthodox Church meetings
12/11/13 Moscow, November 12 - Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox and Catholic Churches must be accelerated, senior officials from both faiths said Tuesday. The Archbishop of ... Read More
Pope Francis meeting with Putin could help mend Catholic-Orthodox relations
Philip Pullella - 7/11/13 Pope Francis will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 25, an encounter that could help mend strained relations between the Vatican ... Read More
Putin Gets Orthodox Award for Boosting Russia’s Global Role
6/11/13 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Monday awarded Vladimir Putin with a prize in recognition of the president's policies intended to make Russia a leading world power. The award was established ... Read More
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with President of Ecuador
On 29 October 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of Ecuador, H. E. Rafael Correa. They were ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion comments on changes in teaching theology in universities
October 2013 On October 12, 2013, Russia’s Minister of Education and Science issued Order No. 1061 “On Approval of the List of Chief Subjects and ... Read More
Orthodox Church slams surrogacy as ‘mutiny against God’, seeks legal ban
RIA Novosti/Pavel Lisitsyn 27/10/13 A representative of the Moscow Patriarchy has blasted surrogacy as “mutiny against God” and “happy fascism,” restarting the controversy after tabloid ... Read More
Kremlin ready to consider citizenship for Syrian Christians
21/10/13 Head of Russian Orthodox Church’s press service said that the Russian authorities should show kindness to these people, who are “in real danger.” The ... Read More
Leyla Aliyeva awarded with high order of Russian Orthodox Church
8/10/13 Vice -President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, head of the Foundation in Russia Leyla Aliyeva has been awarded with the Order of St. Olga ... Read More
The First Ever Russian Orthodox Wedding ceremony held in Pakistan
Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan - 16/9/13 First Russian Orthodox Wedding ceremony was held in one of the two towns in St. Anthony’s Orthodox ... Read More