Tag: Synodal Information Department

Patriarch Kirill Boldly Enters Russian Social Media

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 28, 2015

The Moscow Times - May 2015 Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, launched an account on the country's most popular social network VKontakte on ... Read More

Orthodox travelers from Russia to cross Sahara

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 2, 2015

Photo: http://www.sinelniki.ru/ Moscow, February 27, Interfax – Russian Orthodox travelers, brothers Sergey and Alexander Sinelnik plan to cross the Sahara Desert from the north to ... Read More

Russian Church expresses solidarity with Muslims who protested in Grozny

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 22, 2015

Moscow, January 21, Interfax - The Russian Church believes the recent rally in protest against 'insults towards people's religious feelings' held in Grozny is important, ... Read More

Head of Synodal Media Department : “Orthodox Journalism Can Only Be Christ-centered”

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 25, 2014

Pravmir (Translated from the original in Russian) - September 2014 September 23. Vladimir Legoyda, Chairman of the Synodal Information Department, presented a special edition of “Freedom ... Read More

Statement by Synodal Information Department Regarding the Death of Orthodox Priest and Threats to Religious Peace in Ukraine

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 9, 2014

Russian Orthodox Church - August 2014 The number of victims of the civil confrontation in Ukraine is multiplying every day. On July 31, a cleric ... Read More

Statement by Moscow Patriarchate Synodal Information Department on Ukraine’s entry ban for Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk

OCP- May 20, 2014

May 2014 The Synodal Information Department of the Moscow Patriarchate has issued an official statement on Ukraine’s entry ban for Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman ... Read More

RUSSIA INTRODUCES RESTRICTIONS ON ADOPTION OF CHILDREN TO COUNTRIES WITH SAME-SEX “MARRIAGES”

OCP- February 17, 2014

February 2014 The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree introducing a ban on adoption of children from Russia by ... Read More

LONDON AND PARIS ASK FOR THE “ORTHODOX RUS. THE ROMANOVS” EXHIBITION

OCP- February 17, 2014

  St. Petersburg - 17/2/14 The exhibition, "Orthodox Rus. The Romanovs. My history", which was a great success in Moscow, may take place in a number of European ... Read More