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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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The work of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church prohibited in Bogorodchany, Ivano-Frankovsk region

26 May 2022 year 16:37

The work of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church prohibited in Bogorodchany, Ivano-Frankovsk region

On May 23, the head of the Bogorodchany District, Ivano-Frankovsk Region, Rostislav Zaremba reported on his page in Facebook that the local communion deputies in the urban-type settlement Bogorodchany made a decision to prohibit the work of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the district.

Lvov regional authorities have taken away the church of a community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

26 May 2022 year 16:06

Lvov regional authorities have taken away the church of a community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

On May 25 in Drogobych, Lvov region, the city council department headed by Mayor Taras Kuchma announced the St. Job of Pochayev church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as property of the city community and sealed it up to be further transferred to the ‘OCU’.

In Vinnitsa Diocese, ‘OCU’ supporters have seized a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

24 May 2022 year 19:09

In Vinnitsa Diocese, ‘OCU’ supporters have seized a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

On May 22, ‘OCU’ supporters disrupted the divine service at the church of the First Martyr Archdeacon Stephen in the village of Chernyatin, Zhmerinka district, Vinnitsa region. Shouting treats to the priest and parishioners, the activists drove the faithful out and held in the church what they call ‘a community assembly’, which voted in favour of ‘a switch’ to the disposal of the schismatic structure.

DECR chairman meets with leaders of Baptist World Alliance

24 May 2022 year 09:28

DECR chairman meets with leaders of Baptist World Alliance

On May 23, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met at the DECR with the President of the Baptist World Alliance, Rev. Tomás Mackey, and the BWA General Secretary, Mr. Elijah Brown.

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq

23 May 2022 year 16:16

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq

On May 23, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met at the DECR with the Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Sheikh Human Baqir Hamoudi.

Radicals seize a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Sulimov of Lvov region

23 May 2022 year 13:04

Radicals seize a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Sulimov of Lvov region

On May 22, more than one hundred faithful were refused entry to the church of the Ascension of the Lord of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Sulimov, Lvov region, by representatives of a radical organization, the Union of Orthodox Journalists reports with reference to the Pershy Kozatsky telegram channel.

Supporters of the ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’ seize a church building of the canonical Church in the Kiev region of Ukraine

23 May 2022 year 11:23

Supporters of the ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’ seize a church building of the canonical Church in the Kiev region of Ukraine

On May 21, supporters of the schismatic structure known as the ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’ seized the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the settlement of Ivankov in the Kiev region. This was reported on the Facebook page of the St. Michael’s Zverinets Monastery.

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Patriarchal condolences on the death of Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York

18 May 2022 year 15:00

Patriarchal condolences on the death of Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York
[Patriarch]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences on the death of the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York.

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
[Documents]

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.