Tag: Russian Orthodox
Russian Patriarch Starts First-Ever Visit To China
11/5/13 Russia's Patriarch Kirill has started the first-ever visit to China by a leader of the Russian Orthodox Church. On May 10, the first day ... Read More
Father Serge Arlievsky, deacon of Russian Orthodox church, in shock of ethnicity of bombing suspects
20/4/13 NANUET - The deacon of a Russian Orthodox church is in shock after authorities said ethnic Chechens are responsible for the Boston Marathon attacks. ... Read More
Russian Church Construction in Strasbourg to Cost $7.9 Mln
MOSCOW, April 16 (RIA Novosti) - The construction of an Orthodox church dedicated to All Saints and a Russian cultural center in Strasbourg will cost ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Highlights Links With Cuba
Moscow, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) Patriarch Kirill of Russian Orthodox Church expressed today satisfaction for the increasing development o relations with Cuba and recalled the ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill chairs a regular meeting of the Supreme Church Council
On April 12, 2013, the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church met for a regular meeting at the Supreme Church Council Hall in ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church Official Stresses Importance of Dialogue with Islamic Iran
15/4/13 TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Foreign Relations Office of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Hilarion in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Reza Sajjadi underlined ... Read More
‘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
Russia becomes definitive owner of cathedral building in Nice
Paris, April 11, Interfax - Russia has obtained definitive ownership rights to a church building in Nice under a ruling of France's highest court on ... Read More
Feminism could destroy Russia, Russian Orthodox patriarch claims
Miriam Elder in Moscow 10/4/13 guardian.co.uk Kirill, head of church and close ally of Putin says feminist organisations 'proclaim the pseudo-freedom of women'. Feminism is a ... 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
Abkhaz Leader Meets Georgian, Russian Top Orthodox Clerics
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi - 29/3/13 Senior clerics from the Georgian and Russian Orthodox Churches met Abkhaz leader Alexander Ankvab in Russia’s Black Sea resort of ... Read More
Russian Orthodox tell Archbishop of Canterbury: ordain women bishops and you can forget about unity
Damian Thompson - 27/3/13 There's a quaint Anglican concept of the universal Church known as the "branch theory". This claims that there are three main ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill Gives Pope Mother of God Icon
The Moscow Times -22/3/13 A bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church has met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, where he presented him with the Mother of God icon and expressed ... Read More
Church offers concert of sacred Russian Orthodox music and folk songs
The Times - 20/3/13 PARK FOREST | Lyra, an a cappella group of five professional vocalists from St. Petersburg, Russia, will present a concert of Russian ... 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
A guide to the interior of a Russian Orthodox church
Joy Neumeyer at 04/03/2013 20:00 Just over a year ago, when Pussy Riot made its “punk prayer” inside Christ the Savior Cathedral, the English-language press was flooded ... Read More