Tag: Russian Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Present Canonical Status, rights and Responsibilities
7/7/2011 In October 2010 we celebrated 20 years of existence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the status of "autonomous and independent in its governance." ... Read More
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Crosses and icons to combat wildfires in the Siberian Regions
06/28/2011 Russian Orthodox Church's initiative to protect the country from the usual threat of summer fires. Alarm from Emergencies Ministry: compared to 2010, area affected ... Read More
Russian Church calls for end to Christians’ Persecution
28/6/2011 The global community should develop effective mechanisms for the protection and support of Christianity, the Russian Orthodox Church believes, since it looks like the ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Artifact to be Auctioned
By Bill McAllister 17/6/2011 It's being sold by Sophie Phillips, whose family has had in their possession since the 19th century. A local auctioneer will ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church arranges ‘historical event’
17/6/2011 Russian Orthodox Church arranges CIS session of interreligious council presidium on November 28 in Yerevan. “It will be a historical visit of the leader ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church to Honor Bulgarian Batak Martyrs
3/6/2011 The Russian Orthodox Church has made the decision to officially honor the Bulgarian victims of the Batak and Novo Selo Massacres in 1876. The ... Read More
Angry priests damn Church’s relationship with the State
By Tom Washington 03/06/2011 A turbulent troika of priests has abandoned the Russian Orthodox Church over its supposedly heretical dealings with earthly powers. Fraternising with ... Read More
Orthodox Church warns against hasty decisions over Lenin Reburial
(RIA Novosti) 25/5/2011 The Russian Orthodox Church urges against rushed decisions over the removal of the embalmed body of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin from the ... Read More
The Russian Orthodox Church surprised by the statement of Milo Djukanovic
17/5/2011 Statement of the father Nikolai Balashov, Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church ... Read More
Attempt to create Abkhaz “metropolia” will cause deadlock – Russian Orthodox Church
Moscow, May 17, Interfax - The creation of a new "metropolia" in Abkhazia announced late last week will only make it more difficult to resolve ... Read More
Survey Says Russia Most Pious Nation in Europe
By Alexandra Odynova 5/5/2011 Russians are the most pious nation in Europe, most atheists are male, and Orthodox Christians outnumber Muslims overwhelmingly, according to two ... Read More
Moscow and Kiev strengthen Orthodox Ties
Milena Faustova 3/5/2011 An opinion poll conducted in Ukraine by the Institute of Sociology shows that almost 50 percent of Ukrainians put their trust in ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church raises RUR 21 million to aid Japan
Moscow, April 18, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church has raised over 21 million rubles (about $750,000) by mid-April to aid the victims of natural ... Read More
Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church holds its first Meeting
14/4/2011 On 14 April 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chaired the first meeting of the Supreme Council of the Russian ... Read More
Russian Church: endless discourse on expensive possessions of clergy as a sign of Spiritual Disorder
Moscow, April 15, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church warns believers against focusing too much attention on material matters. "I happened to visit palaces in ... Read More
Moscow Relies on Russian Orthodox Church to Retain Control over Minds in the North Caucasus
Valery Dzutsev 13/4/2011 On March 22, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decreed redrawing the eparchial boundaries in the North Caucasus. Since the ... Read More
“Serbs in Kosovo suffer like no other nation in Europe”
TANJUG 13/4/2011 MOSCOW -- There is no other nation that is suffering as much as Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are now, Serbian Orthodox Church ... Read More
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono
On 6 April 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H. E. Masaharu Kono, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan ... Read More
Department for External Church Relations marks its 65th Anniversary
4/4/2011 The Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), a most important Synodal department of the Russian Orthodox Church, marks its 65th anniversary on ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church Changes Archbishops in Kamchatka and Khabarovsk
30/3/2011 Ignatiy (Pologrudov) moved from Petropavlovsk chapter to Khabarovsk VLADIVOSTOK, March 30, vladivostoktimes.com New head of Vyatskay Eparchy – Khabarovsk and Priamursk archbishop Mark was ... Read More
Paris skyline to be remodelled by Russian Orthodox Church
Kim Willsher 18/3/2011 Cathedral with five onion domes to be erected next to Eiffel Tower will include cultural centre and public garden It is one ... Read More