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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s talk with Primate of Serbian Orthodox Church

27 April 2022 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s talk with Primate of Serbian Orthodox Church

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates Paschal Great Vespers at the Church of Christ the Saviour

24 April 2022 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates Paschal Great Vespers at the Church of Christ the Saviour

Paschal Message of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

23 April 2022 year

Paschal Message of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
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Communion restored between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Macedonian Orthodox Church — Ohrid Archbishopric

16 May 2022 year 16:55

Communion restored between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Macedonian Orthodox Church — Ohrid Archbishopric

The Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church published on May 16, 2022, the communique on the restoration of the Eucharistic and canonical communion with the Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric, which had been broken off due to the unilateral declaration of autocephaly by the Macedonian Orthodox Church in 1967.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with leaders of a major inter-Cristian humanitarian organization

13 May 2022 year 18:38

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with leaders of a major inter-Cristian humanitarian organization

On May 13, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met in Paralimni, Cyprus, with the leaders of the ACT Alliance (Action of Churches Together), an inter-Christian humanitarian organization, General Secretary Rudelmar Bueno, and Moderator Eric Lucien.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus

12 May 2022 year 21:06

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus

On May 12, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met in the Cyprus capital Nicosia with His Beatitude Chrysostomos, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus.

Community of the seized church in the Ukrainian village of Pereniatyn prays in a chapel

12 May 2022 year 10:04

Community of the seized church in the Ukrainian village of Pereniatyn prays in a chapel

The supporters of the schismatic ‘Orthodox Church in Ukraine’ have illegally re-registered the religious community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Pereniatyn and seized the Holy Trinity church, which was sealed up last week. Vsevolod Pekarsky, head of the Dubno military administration, handed the keys to the church doors to the raiders.

Volyn authorities intend to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the territory of the region

12 May 2022 year 09:48

Volyn authorities intend to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the territory of the region

In the Volyn region of Ukraine there was registered a draft resolution of the city council on banning the activities of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the annulment of the statutes and state registration of its religious communities in the region.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk holds negotiations with head of the DECR of the Malankara Church

11 May 2022 year 18:50

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk holds negotiations with head of the DECR of the Malankara Church

On May 11, negotiations were held in Paralimni, Cyprus, between Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, and the head of Malankara Church in India’s DECR, Metropolitan Zachariah Mar Nikolovos of America, co-chairman of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church.

DECR chairman meets with representative of the Armenian Apostolic Church Catholicosate of Cilicia

11 May 2022 year 17:43

DECR chairman meets with representative of the Armenian Apostolic Church Catholicosate of Cilicia

On May 11, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, had a conversation with Archbishop Sepouh Sargsyan of Tehran, representative of the Catholicosate of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Latest publications

Commentary by the Communications Service of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate on the interview given by Pope Francis to the Italian publication Corriere della sera

4 May 2022 year 13:04

Commentary by the Communications Service of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate on the interview given by Pope Francis to the Italian publication Corriere della sera
[Documents]

It’s regrettable that a month and a half after the conversation with Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis chose the wrong tone to convey the content of this conversation. Such utterances can hardly further constructive dialogue between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches, which is so necessary at the current time.

Paschal Message of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

23 April 2022 year 09:00

Paschal Message of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
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Paschal Message of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the archpastors, pastors, deacons, monastics and all faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Minutes of the Holy Synod session held on 17 April 2022

17 April 2022 year 21:18

Minutes of the Holy Synod session held on 17 April 2022
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At the online session held on April 17, members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted the minutes published below.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s address to the Supreme Church Council on March 18, 2022

18 March 2022 year 13:45

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s address to the Supreme Church Council on March 18, 2022
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On March 18, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, presided over the work of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. Opening the meeting, His Holiness addressed himself to the participants with the introductory remarks.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sent a letter to the Acting General Secretary of WCC in connection with the events in Ukraine

11 March 2022 year 10:57

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sent a letter to the Acting General Secretary of WCC in connection with the events in Ukraine
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В ответ на послание от 2 марта Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл направил исполняющему обязанности генерального секретаря Всемирного совета церквей протоиерею Иоанну Сауке письмо, посвященное драматическим событиям на Украине.

Reply by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to His Beatitude the Patriarch of Alexandria Theodore

5 March 2022 year 19:15

Reply by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to His Beatitude the Patriarch of Alexandria Theodore
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His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia has sent to His Beatitude the Patriarch of Alexandria Theodore II a reply with regard to the latter’s appeal to cancel the resolution of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the formation of a Patriarchal exarchate in Africa and the appointment of an exarch.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill calls on the faithful to pray for peace and unity of the Church

27 February 2022 year 13:20

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill calls on the faithful to pray for peace and unity of the Church
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On February 27, in his Primatial homily after the Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia spoke about the events going on in Ukraine.