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Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the Primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in connection with the terrorist attack at the Church of the Prophet Elijah in Damascus

22 June 2025 year

Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the Primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in connection with the terrorist attack at the Church of the Prophet Elijah in Damascus
[Patriarch : Messages]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Elders

19 June 2025 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Elders

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Presides Over the Archdiocesan Council of the Moscow Metropolitanate

10 June 2025 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Presides Over the Archdiocesan Council of the Moscow Metropolitanate

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Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk leads celebrations at Moscow Metochion of Serbian Orthodox Church on its patronal feast

13 July 2025 year 12:10

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk leads celebrations at Moscow Metochion of Serbian Orthodox Church on its patronal feast

On 12th July, commemoration day of the Holy Glorious and All-Praised Peter and Paul, Leaders of the Apostles, the Moscow Metochion of the Serbian Orthodox Church celebrated its patronal feast.

DECR deputy chairman meets with Syrian Chargе d'Affaires Ad Interim to Russia

11 July 2025 year 15:32

DECR deputy chairman meets with Syrian Chargе d'Affaires Ad Interim to Russia

On 11th July, at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), DECR deputy chairman, met with Mr Abderazzak Ismail, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the Syrian Arab Republic to Russia.

Representatives of the Ethiopian Church’s Hamere Berhan Centre of Traditional Arts and Crafts visit Russia

8 July 2025 year 18:55

Representatives of the Ethiopian Church’s Hamere Berhan Centre of Traditional Arts and Crafts visit Russia

On 26th June – 1st July, as part of a project aimed to develop cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, a delegation of the Hamere Berhan Centre of Traditional Arts and Crafts, acting under the auspices of the Ethiopian Patriarchate, visited Russia.

Commemoration day of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco celebrated at Moscow Metochion of Orthodox Church in America

3 July 2025 year 19:26

Commemoration day of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco celebrated at Moscow Metochion of Orthodox Church in America

On 2nd July the celebrations marking the commemoration day of St. John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, took place at the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine in-the-Fields – Moscow Metochion of the Orthodox Church in America.

Vladimir Legoyda: Decision to revoke Metropolitan Onuphry’s citizenship is a political act aimed at putting pressure on entire millions-strong flock of the Ukrainian Church

2 July 2025 year 22:47

Vladimir Legoyda: Decision to revoke Metropolitan Onuphry’s citizenship is a political act aimed at putting pressure on entire millions-strong flock of the Ukrainian Church

Mr Vladimir Legoyda, chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media, issued a statement following news reports of 2nd July saying that His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine had been stripped of the Ukrainian citizenship.

Editorial board of Church and Time journal meets in Moscow

2 July 2025 year 19:07

Editorial board of Church and Time journal meets in Moscow

On 1st July, the editorial board of the Church and Time journal held its regular meeting on the premises of the Education Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church in St. Andrew’s Stavropegic Monastery in Moscow.

Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission concelebrates with the Patriarch of Jerusalem at the Monastery of the Prophet Elisha

28 June 2025 year 11:14

Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission concelebrates with the Patriarch of Jerusalem at the Monastery of the Prophet Elisha

On June 27, the feast day of the Prophet Elisha, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine presided over the patronal feast service at the men’s monastery dedicated to the Holy Prophet Elisha (Jerusalem Patriarchate) in Jericho.

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DECR Chairman: the politicization of the World Council of Churches puts its future under threat

1 July 2025 year 12:54

DECR Chairman: the politicization of the World Council of Churches puts its future under threat
[Interview]

The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches has concluded its work in Johannesburg, with the Russian Orthodox Church consistently participating in its sessions.

Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the Primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in connection with the terrorist attack at the Church of the Prophet Elijah in Damascus

22 June 2025 year 22:34

Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the Primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in connection with the terrorist attack at the Church of the Prophet Elijah in Damascus
[Patriarch]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' expressed his condolences to His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East in a letter regarding the terrorist attack at the Church of the Holy Prophet Elijah of God in the capital of Syria.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Pope Leo XIV on his election to the See of Rome

9 May 2025 year 16:58

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Pope Leo XIV on his election to the See of Rome
[Patriarch]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' sent congratulations to Pope Leo XIV on his election to the See of the Roman Catholic Church.

Statement by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem on recent legislation in Estonia affecting freedom of worship

2 May 2025 year 10:45

Statement by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem on recent legislation in Estonia affecting freedom of worship
[Documents]

In the spirit and yearning for unity within our church, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem raises concerns of the passing of a new law, The Churches and Congregations Act, by the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) on 9 April forcing churches to sever ties with the Russian Orthodox Church.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends condolences following the explosion at Iranian port of Bandar Abbas

27 April 2025 year 19:54

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends condolences following the explosion at Iranian port of Bandar Abbas
[Patriarch]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' extended condolences to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Mr Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, following the explosion at the port of the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas that had caused heavy casualties.

Сondolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the passing of Pope Francis

21 April 2025 year 17:40

Сondolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the passing of Pope Francis
[Patriarch]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ expressed his condolences on the passing of Pope Francis.

Paschal Message by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

19 April 2025 year 08:00

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