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29 May 2022 year 16:28
Minutes of the Holy Synod of 29th May 2022
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On 29th May, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held its session at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
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.
28 January 2022 year 16:07
Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of 28th January 2022
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The members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church have read the Announcement of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria concerning the establishment of the Exarchate of Africa by the Russian Orthodox Church, published on 12th January 2022.
28 January 2022 year 16:05
Minutes of the session of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod held on 28th January 2022
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On January 28, the members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted the minutes published below, having discussed them by means of remote communication.
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presides over jubilee meeting of Inter-Religious Council of Russia
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Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Vatican concedes to liberals on the issue of same-sex couples
Metropolitan Theodosius (Snihiriov): ‘The world community is standing up in defence of our Church’
Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Syria: I hope for the resumption of pilgrimages from Russia
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Paschal Message of Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia
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Patriarchal message to the archpastors, clergymen, monastics and laypeople of the dioceses in the territory of Russia
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill approves texts of prayerful supplications in view of the spreading coronavirus infection
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Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
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Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian Church
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