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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East

16 November 2022 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East

Hierarchs of the Serbian Church concelebrate with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.

18 October 2022 year

Hierarchs of the Serbian Church concelebrate with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with WCC acting general secretary Archpriest Ioan Sauca

18 October 2022 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with WCC acting general secretary Archpriest Ioan Sauca

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Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East has completed his visit to Russia

18 November 2022 year 17:12

Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East has completed his visit to Russia

On November 16, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Awa III completed his first official visit to Russia.

Members of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East hold a meeting

16 November 2022 year 15:04

Members of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East hold a meeting

On November 15, members of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East met at “Pokrovskaya” hotel under the chairmanship of Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III currently on a visit to Russia.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East

16 November 2022 year 13:51

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East

On November 15, a meeting took place, at the Patriarchal Residence in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow, between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Awa III.

Acting DECR vice-chairman and delegation of Foundation for Support of Christian Culture and Heritage meet with Bishop Jefrem of Banja Luka

14 November 2022 year 13:43

Acting DECR vice-chairman and delegation of Foundation for Support of Christian Culture and Heritage meet with Bishop Jefrem of Banja Luka

On November 11, the acting vice-chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, and a delegation of the Foundation for Support of Christian Culture and Heritage visited Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Representative of the Russian Church visits Faculty of Theology at the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate in Damascus

14 November 2022 year 11:28

Representative of the Russian Church visits Faculty of Theology at the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate in Damascus

On November 11, archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’ to the Orthodox Church of Antioch, visited a college called the Faculty of Theology at the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate in Damascus.

Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East arrives in Russia

11 November 2022 year 18:27

Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East arrives in Russia

On November 11, His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III, Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East, arrived in Russia at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’. This is the first official visit of Catholicos-Patriarch to the Russian Orthodox Church.

The DECR chairman meets with His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia

11 November 2022 year 13:46

The DECR chairman meets with His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia

On November 10, a meeting took place at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade between His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia and the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, who had come to the Serbian capital on a working visit with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expressed condolences over the terrorist attack in central Istanbul

13 November 2022 year 22:51

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expressed condolences over the terrorist attack in central Istanbul
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' sent his condolences to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Republic of Turkey in connection with the explosion in downtown Istanbul on November 13th.

Circular letter to all diocesan hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church

8 November 2022 year 15:00

Circular letter to all diocesan hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church
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The Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Dionisy of Voskresensk issued the circular letter to all diocesan hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Metropolitan Anthony’s address at closing session of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

15 September 2022 year 16:48

Metropolitan Anthony’s address at closing session of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
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The final session of the 7th Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions was held on September 15. Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, addressed the participants.

Speech by the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony at the opening of the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

14 September 2022 year 11:12

Speech by the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony at the opening of the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
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The chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony spoke at the opening of the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which took place in the capital of Kazakhstan fr om 13th to15th September.

Greetings by His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill to the VII Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

14 September 2022 year 09:00

Greetings by His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill to the VII Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
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Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл направил приветствие участникам VII Съезда лидеров мировых и традиционных религий.

Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

9 September 2022 year 11:00

Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Comments of Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk on the adoption of the WCC statement ‘War in Ukraine, peace and justice in the European region

8 September 2022 year 13:19

Comments of Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk on the adoption of the WCC statement ‘War in Ukraine, peace and justice in the European region
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Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and head of the Russian Orthodox Church delegation at the 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Karlsruhe, Germany, delivered his comments on the adoption of the WCC document ‘War in Ukraine, peace and justice in the European region’.