Tag: Russian Orthodox Church
‘Weeping’ icon visits Watervliet
Father Athanasy Mastalski of St. Tikhon's Monastery in Waymart, Penn. holds the Miracle Working Icon of St. Anna on Friday, April 12, 2013, at St. ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan provides aid to Victims of Joseph colony
Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan -ROCOR -Moscow Patriarchate 2/4/13 More Pics: Pakistan: It’s the prime responsibility of the church to provide pastoral care to ... Read More
No religious split-lines, ROC says to Abkhaz
1/4/13 Tbilisi, DFWatch – Abkhaz de facto leader was evidently informed that Russian Orthodox Church, unlike the Kremlin which recognized Abkhazia as an independent country, ... Read More
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“Humility and charisma,” the Russian Orthodox Church welcomes the election of Pope Francis
14/3/13 Moscow (AsiaNews) - The Russian Orthodox Church has warmly welcomed the election of Card. Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis, and hope for a ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church’s position on possible Patriarch-Pope meeting unchanged
Moscow, March 13, Interfax - In light of the ongoing elections in the Vatican, the Moscow Patriarchate says that its position regarding a possible meeting ... Read More
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church meets in session chaired by Patriarch Kirill
March 12, 2013, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has met for a regular session at the Synod’s Hall at the synodal and ... Read More
Orthodox cathedral to be built in Estonian city
11/3/13 The ceremony of laying down the first stone of an Orthodox cathedral and a religious procession in connection with this occasion took place in ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan Protest attacks on Christians in Lahore – Exclusive
11/3/13 The Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan Hyderabad-Pakistan: The entire parish of St Anthony’s Orthodox church , Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan, with Fr Anthony demonstrate outside ... Read More
Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria receives delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church
On February 26, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with His Holiness Neofit, Patriarch of ... Read More
Pope resigns – implications for Russian Orthodox Church
12/2/13 The Vatican announced on Monday that Pope Benedict XVI is to resign, stunning 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide. VoR looks into what implications this will ... Read More
Tolstoy’s Relation to the Russian Orthodox Church
Amanda Graber, Demand Media - 5/2/13 One of Russia's towering literary figures, Leo Tolstoy wrote many celebrated novels and short stories in the late nineteenth ... Read More
The Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Opens at Christ the Savior Cathedral
On February 2, 2013, the Hall of Church Councils of Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow was the setting for the opening of the Holy ... Read More
Russian Patriarch Urges Church Presence in Social Networks
3/2/13 MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti) - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on Saturday lamented a high number of antichurch internet posts and ... Read More
Holy Synod of Russian Orthodox Church begins its first session in 2013
On 30 January 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chaired the first in 2013 session of the Holy Synod of the ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church helps to rehabilitate drug addicts
Darya Zagvozdina, Gazeta.ru - 30/1/13 A derelict village located eight hours northeast of Moscow by car hosts one of the 60 rehabilitation centers for drug ... Read More
Orthodox Christians mark Epiphany holiday – Photos
A Belarus Orthodox believer plunges into icy waters as a priest blesses him on the eve of the Epiphany holiday in Pilnitsa some 30 km ... Read More
Russian Church outraged by abuses of Orthodox Christians in Kosovo
6/1/13 The Russian Orthodox Church has expressed outrage at the arrests and beatings of Orthodox believers in Kosovo during the Christmas holidays. In a statement ... Read More
Poland’s president hosts Orthodox Church leader
Sawa, Orthodox Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland (L) with President Bronislaw Komorowska (C) and First Lady Anna Komorowska (R): photo - ... Read More
Holy Synod approves documents regulating liturgical, administrative and social activity and establishes new dioceses
On 26 December 2012, the Holy Synod continued its sessions at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow under the chairmanship ... Read More
Artifacts Reported Stolen from Hollywood Russian Orthodox Church
Guy McCarthy - 28/12/12 Items listed as stolen from the church's altar room on Dec. 22 include ornate metal crosses and chalices. Los Angeles police are ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church to be built in Strasbourg
26/12/12 The Russian Orthodox Church has obtained permission for the construction of a church in Strasbourg. On Monday, Strasbourg Mayor Rolland Ries handed the necessary ... Read More