Tag: Russian Orthodox

Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo and Metohija: “It is our time and we must bear our cross till the end”

OCP- April 19, 2014

Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo and Metohija April 2014 Report prepared for OCP News Service Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo and Metohija of ... Read More

Spanish version of Patriarch Kirill’s book ‘Freedom and Responsibility. In Search of Harmony’ is presented in Madrid

OCP- April 17, 2014

April 2014 On April 14, the Spanish version of the book ‘Freedom and Responsibility. In Search of Harmony’ by the Primate of the Russian Orthodox ... Read More

Priest Nicholas Olhovsky, Elected Bishop of Manhattan, is Tonsured in Holy Trinity Monastery

OCP- April 9, 2014

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Moscow Patriarchate On April 4, 2014, the eve of the 5th  Saturday of Great Lent, the feast day of ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill: The 50 Variations of “Gender” on Facebook is a Clinical Case

OCP- March 30, 2014

The most terrible captivity is that of sin. March 29, 2014. PRAVMIR. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia called  attempts to change people’s perceptions ... Read More

New hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church elected

OCP- March 27, 2014

March 2014 At the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, held on March  19, 2014, at St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, ... Read More

Papal Delegation from the Coptic Orthodox Church met with delegates of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow on 21 March 2014

OCP- March 22, 2014

22/3/14 A Papal Delegation from the Coptic Orthodox Church met with delegates of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow on 21 March 2014. A delegation ... Read More

Greeting of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God at Chicago’s Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral

OCP- March 19, 2014

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Moscow Patriarchate March 2014 On Sunday evening, March 16, 2014, His Eminence Archbishop Alypy of Chicago, His Grace Bishop ... Read More

The light of martyrs shines in Siberia once again

OCP- March 9, 2014

February-March 2014 On 28th February, in the lower church of the Trinity Cathedral in Kemerovo (Siberia), the exhibition “The light shines in the darkness - ... Read More

Patriarch John X of Antioch thanks Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church for solidarity with Syrian people

OCP- March 2, 2014

February-March 2014 His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East thanked His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia for warm ... Read More

Epistle of His Holiness, Patriarch Kyrill, to the Entirety of the Russian Orthodox Church in Connection with Events in Ukraine

OCP- February 22, 2014

22/2/14 His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia, released an epistle to the entirety of the Russian Orthodox Church in connection with recent events in ... Read More

First Ever Orthodox Liturgy celebrated in Bhalwal City – Pakistan

OCP- February 17, 2014

Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan - February 2014 On 2nd February 2014, representatives of St Michael the Archangel Orthodox Christian Mission visited the Bhalwal City, ... Read More

Russians disapprove criticism of Russian Orthodox Church – poll

OCP- February 16, 2014

16/2/14 Sixty-three percent of Russian citizens recently interviewed by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) believe that it is unacceptable to criticize the Russian Orthodox Church. ... Read More

Russian Orthodox Church looking for Christians among Muslim migrants

OCP- February 13, 2014

13/2/14 The Russian Orthodox Church is planning to publish the gospels in the Central Asian languages, including Uzbek and Tajik. According to the Dimitry (Pershin), ... Read More

New Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia Enthroned

OCP- February 10, 2014

10/2/14 Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church takes part in enthronement of the new Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. ... Read More

Renowned political scientist believes Russian Church is savior of Russia and in future even Europe

OCP- February 9, 2014

Moscow, February 3, Interfax – Renowned Russian political scientist Vitaly Tretyakov believes Russia is not able to survive without the Church. “The Russian Orthodox Church ... Read More

Patriarch calls to prevent ‘any attempt’ to legalize same-sex marriage

OCP- January 31, 2014

31/1/14 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has asked for a state-level ban on legal moves to allow same-sex marriage, noting that this position was based ... Read More

Divine Liturgy and Chrismation held on Republic Day

OCP- January 26, 2014

  Russian Orthodox Church in India - 26/1/14 The Divine Liturgy was celebrated at 9:00 AM and the faithful people present listened to the sermon ... Read More

Epiphany of the Lord Celebrations at New York’s Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady “of the Sign”

OCP- January 25, 2014

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - January 2014 Solemn divine services for the Epiphany of the Lord were held at the Synodal Cathedral of Our ... Read More

Mikhail Kalashnikov repented to Russian Orthodox Church for AK-47 deaths

OCP- January 16, 2014

16/1/14 MIKHAIL Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47 rifle, told the head of the Russian Orthodox Church before his death that he felt guilty for those ... Read More

Letter from the Secretary of the Synod of Bishops to the Chairman of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in North and Central America

OCP- January 16, 2014

Archbishop KYRILL, San Francisco and Western American Diocese. Second Deputy of the President of the Synod of Bishops. Secretary of the Synod of Bishops. Russian ... Read More