Tag: TASS
Patriarch Kirill conducts liturgy over Holy Sepulchre
12/11/2012 Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill conducted a liturgy in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem last night. The service was ... Read More
Russian-based charity to protect Kosovo holy sites
12/10/2012 Moscow Times The Russian–based international charity will be protecting Orthodox holy sites in Kosovo, member of Saint Sava Foundation and MP Alexander Torshin stated ... Read More
ROC Priests to Run for Elections
6/10/2012 The governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church has allowed clerics to run for elected office "in the event of ecclesiastical necessity." In its ... Read More
Russian Patriarch Arrives in Japan
Russian Patriarch visits Japan 15/9/2012 Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church who is on a visit to Japan has visited the Sendai Orthodox diocese ... Read More
Orthodox convent in Syria – target for terrorists
1/2/2012 Terrorists fired two missiles at an Orthodox convent 20km from Damascus. The convent is the site of the miracle-making icon of the Virgin Mary ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill lauds Medvedev’s anti-corruption drive
23/12/2011 Combating corruption remains modern-day Russia’s top priority, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill said after President Medvedev’s state-of the-nation address to the Federal Council in Moscow ... Read More
Russians celebrate Virgin Mary’s Presentation in the Temple
4/12/2011 Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill conducted a service at the Donskoy monastery in Moscow today on the occasion of the Day of ... Read More
Orthodox metropolitan: Christians –most persecuted religion
30/11/2011 Christians are now the most persecuted religion is the world, Metropolitan Illarion from the Moscow Patriarchate stated at a Moscow conference on religious freedom. ... Read More