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Vladimir Legoyda: Zelensky's US Handlers Likely Behind Decision to Seize Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

30 March 2023 year

Vladimir Legoyda: Zelensky's US Handlers Likely Behind Decision to Seize Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
[Article]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expressed brotherly support to Primate of the Church of Jerusalem in view of radicals’ attack on the Church of the Dormition in Gethsemane

23 March 2023 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expressed brotherly support to Primate of the Church of Jerusalem in view of radicals’ attack on the Church of the Dormition in Gethsemane

Appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill over the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves

16 March 2023 year

Appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill over the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves
[Patriarch : Greetings and addresses]

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Serbian Orthodox bishop calls on UN Secretary General to protect Ukrainian Orthodox Church

28 March 2023 year 20:09

Serbian Orthodox bishop calls on UN Secretary General to protect Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Bishop Photius of Zvornik and Tuzla, the Serbian Orthodox Church, has addressed a letter to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres in which he calls for the protection of clergy, monastics and flock of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and of her shrines.

Antiochian Orthodox hierarch hopes for the reversal of decision to evict monks from the Kiev Lavra of the Caves

28 March 2023 year 18:56

Antiochian Orthodox hierarch hopes for the reversal of decision to evict monks from the Kiev Lavra of the Caves

Metropolitan Isaac of Germany and Central Europe said that the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Germany and Central Europe has deplored the decision to close the Kiev Lavra of the Caves, which is a holy shrine of the Orthodox Church.

Archbishop Theodosius of Sebastia: We demand to stop systematic persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by Kiev authorities

28 March 2023 year 16:24

Archbishop Theodosius of Sebastia: We demand to stop systematic persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by Kiev authorities

On March 27, Archbishop during his meeting with a church delegation in Jerusalem: “We resolutely condemn the systematic harassment and persecutions against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church organized by the Kiev authorities, who, as we know, are implementing western programs hostile to the entire Orthodox Church. These programs run contrary to her values and mission and threaten her very existence.”

Bishop Nikanor of Banat: May the Lord preserve the holy Kiev Lavra of the Caves

28 March 2023 year 11:26

Bishop Nikanor of Banat: May the Lord preserve the holy Kiev Lavra of the Caves

Having learnt that the Ukraine’s authorities intend to take the Kiev Lavra of the Caves away from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and ‘turn it into some other object’, Bishop Nikanor of Banat, a hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, sent a letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, expressing ‘the most sincere regret for so sad a news’.

Patriarch John X of Antioch has expressed support for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

28 March 2023 year 10:05

Patriarch John X of Antioch has expressed support for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, in his message to His Beatitude Onufry, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, expressed compassion and support in view of the persecutions against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The message is published on the official page of the Patriarchate of Antioch in a social network.

Metropolitan Pavel of Khanty-Mansi and Surgut celebrated divine service at Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem

27 March 2023 year 11:10

Metropolitan Pavel of Khanty-Mansi and Surgut celebrated divine service at Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem

On March 21, Metropolitan Pavel of Khanty-Mansi and Surgut was received by His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine.

Clergy of the Northern Deaneries of the Eastern American Diocese of ROCOR call for the protection of the persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church

24 March 2023 year 19:33

Clergy of the Northern Deaneries of the Eastern American Diocese of ROCOR call for the protection of the persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church

On Wednesday, 22 March, the Great Lenten Pastoral Retreat of the northern deaneries of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia concluded with the celebration of the Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

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Vladimir Legoyda: Zelensky's US Handlers Likely Behind Decision to Seize Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

30 March 2023 year 14:34

Vladimir Legoyda: Zelensky's US Handlers Likely Behind Decision to Seize Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
[Article]

Ukrainian President Zelensky is trying to drive a wedge between Russian and Ukrainian Christians apparently on orders from his US "consultants", Vladimir Legoyda, Chairman of the Department for Church's Society and Mass Mediа Relations (Russian Orthodox Church), told Sputnik.

Appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill over the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves

16 March 2023 year 12:31

Appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill over the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves
[Patriarch]

On March 16, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia made an appeal over the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves, the Patriarchal Press Service reports.

Message from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the Primate of the Ethiopian Church on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his enthronement

3 March 2023 year 10:00

Message from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the Primate of the Ethiopian Church on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his enthronement
[Patriarch]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' congratulated His Holiness Patriarch Abune Mathias of Ethiopia on the tenth anniversary of his enthronement.

Vladimir R. Legoida: The atrocious experiment is being carried out on the faithful in Ukraine

15 February 2023 year 15:50

Vladimir R. Legoida: The atrocious experiment is being carried out on the faithful in Ukraine
[Interview]

The Ukrainian authorities are intensifying repressions against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Vladimir R. Legoida, chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media, gave an interview to the RIA Novosti news agency, in which he spoke about arrests, changes in church calendar, and church buildings in the Kiev Laura of the Caves.

Patriarch Kirill expresses support for the Primate of the Ethiopian Church due to the latest developments in Ethiopia

10 February 2023 year 11:50

Patriarch Kirill expresses support for the Primate of the Ethiopian Church due to the latest developments in Ethiopia
[Patriarch]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a letter of support to His Holiness Patriarch Abune Mathias of of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in connection with the latest tragic events in Ethiopia as a group of schismatics attempted to carry out a schism in Ethiopia.

Comments by DECR Communication Service on Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople’s speech at World Policy Conference (Abu Dhabi, 9 December 2022)

3 February 2023 year 17:58

Comments by DECR Communication Service on Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople’s speech at World Policy Conference (Abu Dhabi, 9 December 2022)
[Documents]

On December 9 during the World Policy Conference ‘For a Reasonably Open World’, Patriarch Bartholomew hurled a number of incorrect, groundless and openly slanderous accusations at the Russian Orthodox Church. In his speech, devoted almost completely not so much to the theme of the conference but to criticism of the Russian Orthodoxy, he gave a biased and distorted interpretation of the history of our Church and peoples she unites and alluded to an alleged deviation of the Russian Church from the Orthodox doctrine and canons.

Address of the DECR chairman Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk at the meeting of the UN Security Council

18 January 2023 year 11:25

Address of the DECR chairman Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk at the meeting of the UN Security Council
[Article]

On January 17, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, delivered an on-line address at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council.