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On the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour

17 March 2019 year

On the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs the first in 2019 session of the Supreme Church Council

1 March 2019 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs the first in 2019 session of the Supreme Church Council

On the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

26 February 2019 year

On the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Documents]

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Representative of World Russian People’s Council speaks at UN Human Rights Council on violation of religious freedom in Ukraine

19 March 2019 year 11:13

Representative of World Russian People’s Council speaks at UN Human Rights Council on violation of religious freedom in Ukraine

During the debates in the United Nations Human Rights Council, Archpriest Mikhail Gundayev, representative of the World Russian People’s Council in Geneva, spoke on the violation of believers’ rights and religious freedom in Ukraine.

Serbia’s ambassador awarded an order of the Russian Orthodox Church

17 March 2019 year 21:26

Serbia’s ambassador awarded an order of the Russian Orthodox Church

On March 17, the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia presented Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Serbia to Russia Slavenko Terzic with the Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov (III degree) in recognition of his contribution to the development of relations between the Russian and Serbian Orthodox Churches.

On the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour

17 March 2019 year 19:48

On the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour

On March 17, the First Sunday of Lent, the Triumph of Orthodoxy, and the commemoration day of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and the Service of the Triumph of Orthodoxy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

In Ukrainian Polesye one more church building of the canonical Church is seized with assistance of local officials

15 March 2019 year 10:35

In Ukrainian Polesye one more church building of the canonical Church is seized with assistance of local officials

On March 13, in Selets village, Dubrovitsa district, Rovno region, Ukraine, the OCU supporters cut locks off the doors of the Church of St. Nicholas of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Delegation of Greek Orthodox Church visits Moscow

14 March 2019 year 13:26

Delegation of Greek Orthodox Church visits Moscow

In the evening of March 13, Wednesday of the first week of Lent, the guests prayed at the Novospassky Patriarchal Monastery during the Great Compline and the Reading of the Great Cannon of St. Andrew of Crete, which was led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

Aggravation of the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ascertained in the UN

14 March 2019 year 10:45

Aggravation of the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ascertained in the UN

The situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has considerably worsened with the granting of ‘autocephaly’ to ‘the Orthodox Church in Ukraine’, states the report on Civic Space and Fundamental Freedoms Ahead of the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Elections in Ukraine in 2019-2020, published by UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The reports covers the period from January 1, 2018, to January 15, 2019.

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Chairman of Slovenia-Russia Friendship Association

13 March 2019 year 17:15

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Chairman of Slovenia-Russia Friendship Association

On March 13, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met with Chairman of Slovenia-Russia Friendship Association and the first ambassador of Slovenia to the Russian Federation Saša Geržina.

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Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the terrorist action in Christchurch, New Zealand

15 March 2019 year 21:30

Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the terrorist action in Christchurch, New Zealand
[Patriarch]

On March 15, armed people started shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. According to the latest reports, 49 people were killed and dozens were wounded. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of condolences to New Zealand Governor-General Patsy Reddy.

Albanian Church refuses to recognize “Orthodox church of Ukraine” created by Patriarchate of Constantinople

10 March 2019 year 09:05

Albanian Church refuses to recognize “Orthodox church of Ukraine” created by Patriarchate of Constantinople
[Documents]

In compliance with the decision taken by the Holy Synod of the Albanian Orthodox Church at its session on the 4th of January, the Albanian Church refused to recognize “the Orthodox church of Ukraine,” recently created by the Patriarchate of Constantinople. It is stated in the letter sent by His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on the 14th of January and published in accordance with the decision of the Holy Synod of the Albanian Orthodox Church of the 7th of March.

On the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

26 February 2019 year 16:00

On the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Documents]

The statement was adopted at the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on February 26.

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia: The Serbian Church will not accept the legalization of the schism in Ukraine

25 February 2019 year 18:37

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia: The Serbian Church will not accept the legalization of the schism in Ukraine
[Interview]

In an interview to the Belgrade daily Politika, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia spoke, among other things, about the reaction of the Serbian Orthodox Church to the granting of “tomos” of autocephaly to the newly-created church structure in Ukraine, as well as about the inter-Christian dialogue and major challenges facing Serbia today.

Patriarch Kirill congratulates Primate of Bulgarian Church on anniversary of his enthronement

24 February 2019 year 11:00

Patriarch Kirill congratulates Primate of Bulgarian Church on anniversary of his enthronement
[Patriarch]

His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte on the anniversary of his ascension to the Patriarchal throne.

Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tillyria: Patriarch Bartholomew’s granting status of autocephalous Church to schismatic community of Philaret and Epifaniy has not healed Ukrainian schism but deepened and aggravated it

21 February 2019 year 12:32

Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tillyria: Patriarch Bartholomew’s granting status of autocephalous Church to schismatic community of Philaret and Epifaniy has not healed Ukrainian schism but deepened and aggravated it
[Article]

The full text of the memo on the situation in church life in Ukraine drafted by Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tillyria for the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus.

Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany: Actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople pave the way for confusion, pain and dissension for years to come

21 February 2019 year 10:16

Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany: Actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople pave the way for confusion, pain and dissension for years to come
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Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany, hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, appealed to the members of the German Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops with an open letter in which he expressed his diocese’s position concerning the situation in the Orthodox world caused by the decisions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to recognize schismatics in Ukraine, to create in this country a new church structure and to grant “autocephaly” to it.

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On the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour

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On the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour

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Прп. Павла Препро́стого (IV). Свт. Павла исп., еп. Прусиадского (IX). Прп. Емилиана Италийского.

Сщмч. Николая Розова пресвитера (1930); прмч. Нила Тютюкина, прмцц. Матроны Грошевой, Марии Грошевой, Евдокии Синицыной, Екатерины Константиновой, Антонины Новиковой, Надежды Кругловой, Ксении Петрухиной и Анны Гороховой (1938).

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