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Patriarch Kirill leads celebration of Alexander Nevsky’s 800th birthday anniversary in St.Petersburg

12 September 2021 year

Patriarch Kirill leads celebration of Alexander Nevsky’s 800th birthday anniversary in St.Petersburg

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs meeting of Supreme Church Council

15 June 2021 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs meeting of Supreme Church Council

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with speaker of South Korean Parliament

22 May 2021 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with speaker of South Korean Parliament

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Representative of the Russian Church attends the enthronement of newly elected Primate of Assyrian Church of the East

14 September 2021 year 14:47

Representative of the Russian Church attends the enthronement of newly elected Primate of Assyrian Church of the East

On September 13, the enthronement of newly elected Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III took place at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Ankawa, the Christian suburb of the Iraqi city of Erbil.

Metropolitan Anthony of Chersonesus visits parishes in Milan

14 September 2021 year 12:14

Metropolitan Anthony of Chersonesus visits parishes in Milan

On September 12, festivities took place in Milan timed to the 800th anniversary of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky’s birthday. The festive Liturgy was celebrated on that day at the Parish of St. Ambrose of Milan by the Patriarchal Exarch for Western Europe, Metropolitan Anthony of Chersonesus and Western Europe, and Metropolitan Augustine of Belaya Tserkov and Boguslav.

DECR vice-chairman calls at the G20 Interfaith Forum to protect Christians in Africa against genocide

14 September 2021 year 10:20

DECR vice-chairman calls at the G20 Interfaith Forum to protect Christians in Africa against genocide

September 13, the second day of the work of the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy, was devoted to the theme “The time for healing: peace among cultures, understanding between religions”.

Message of greetings by Patriarch Kirill to G20 Interfaith Forum was read out by Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania

13 September 2021 year 10:52

Message of greetings by Patriarch Kirill to G20 Interfaith Forum was read out by Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania

From September 12 to 14, Bologna, Italy, is hosting a representative G20 Interfaith Forum on the theme “Time to Heal: Peace among Cultures, Understanding between Religions.” The forum has brought together about three hundred and seventy religious leaders, politicians, parliamentarians, and representatives of science and culture.

Patriarch Kirill leads celebration of Alexander Nevsky’s 800th birthday anniversary in St.Petersburg

12 September 2021 year 14:38

Patriarch Kirill leads celebration of Alexander Nevsky’s 800th birthday anniversary in St.Petersburg

On September 12, the feast day of the translation of relics of the Right-Believing Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky, St. Petersburg and the Laura of the Holy Trinity and Alexander Nevsky have become the centre of the nation-wide and church-wide festivities dedicated to the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Alexander Nevsky.

Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia meets with the head of Indonesian diplomatic mission to Russia

9 September 2021 year 17:22

Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia meets with the head of Indonesian diplomatic mission to Russia

On September 9, Metropolitan Sergy of Singapore and Southeast Asia, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, met with H.E. Jose Tavares, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Russian Federation.

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem meets with Russian Ambassador to Israel

9 September 2021 year 17:03

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem meets with Russian Ambassador to Israel

On September 6, H.E. Anatoly D. Viktorov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the State of Israel, visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Latest publications

The Orthodox Understanding of the Eucharist

7 September 2021 year 11:52

The Orthodox Understanding of the Eucharist
[Article]

Presentation by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the International Eucharistic Congress (Budapest, September 6, 2021).

UOC Chancellor believes that conciliar church wisdom should give assessment for Patriarch Bartholomew’s actions

25 August 2021 year 10:22

UOC Chancellor believes that conciliar church wisdom should give assessment for Patriarch Bartholomew’s actions
[Interview]

Having come to Ukraine, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople refused to talk with thousands of the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church meeting him at the building of Verhovna Rada in Kiev. During this visit which threatens to overgrow with conflicts and to exacerbate the church conflict in that country further, chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary spoke with Ria Novosti about what developments the canonical Church could expect and what could be done to meet them.

Message of greeting from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to participants in the festival ‘Russia-Greece. Together through the Centuries’

21 August 2021 year 10:30

Message of greeting from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to participants in the festival ‘Russia-Greece. Together through the Centuries’
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His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, sent a message of greetings to the participants in the 5th International Charity Festival of Christian Culture ‘Russia-Greece. Together through the Centuries’.

Patriarchal greetings to Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine with anniversary of his enthronement

17 August 2021 year 10:00

Patriarchal greetings to Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine with anniversary of his enthronement
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine on the anniversary of his enthronement.

Bishop Victor of Baryshev: The visit of the Patriarch of Constantinople to Ukraine will cause suffering to millions of Orthodox Ukrainians

11 August 2021 year 16:05

Bishop Victor of Baryshev: The visit of the Patriarch of Constantinople to Ukraine will cause suffering to millions of Orthodox Ukrainians
[Interview]

The UOC Information-Education Department has published the translated interview of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Representation to European international organizations, Bishop Victor of Baryshev, to news-politics.com.

Greetings by the Patriarch to the Russian athletes who participated in the 16th Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo

9 August 2021 year 22:30

Greetings by the Patriarch to the Russian athletes who participated in the 16th Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to the Russian participants in the 16th Summer Paralympics in Tokyo

Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the death of Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky

4 August 2021 year 21:30

Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the death of Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' expressed his condolences on the death of Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky, Director for External and Interchurch Relations of the Orthodox Church in America.