Official website of the Russian Orthodox Church / Patriarchate.ru

Patriarchate

Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church participates in the Paschal reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

20 May 2025 year

Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church participates in the Paschal reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church awarded highest order of the Republic of Serbia

8 May 2025 year

Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church awarded highest order of the Republic of Serbia

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims’ Board

4 May 2025 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims’ Board

Hot news

Religions Working Group of Petersburg Dialogue Forum holds its meeting in Tashkent

4 June 2025 year 11:33

Religions Working Group of Petersburg Dialogue Forum holds its meeting in Tashkent

On 3rd June, the Religions Working Group of the Petersburg Dialogue Forum held its regular meeting in the capital of Uzbekistan. It focused on the topic entitled “Social Activity As an Instrument of Interfaith Cooperation and Dialogue.”

Litiya celebrated in the territory of St. Sergius Cathedral in Johannesburg on the anniversary of the end of Anglo-Boer War

3 June 2025 year 10:49

Litiya celebrated in the territory of St. Sergius Cathedral in Johannesburg on the anniversary of the end of Anglo-Boer War

On 31st May, the anniversary of the end of the Anglo-Boer War, commemorative events took place in the Chapel of the Holy Grand Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, in the territory of the Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg, South Africa. Prayers were offered for the Russian people who had died in that war.

Metropolitan Antony of Volokolamsk meets with the Assyrian Patriarch

1 June 2025 year 15:24

Metropolitan Antony of Volokolamsk meets with the Assyrian Patriarch

On May 31, a meeting took place in Moscow between Metropolitan Antony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, and His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III of the Assyrian Church of the East.

St. Elijah’s сhurch of Ukrainian Orthodox Church seized with police assistance in Bukovina Village of Zabolotye

31 May 2025 year 20:23

St. Elijah’s сhurch of Ukrainian Orthodox Church seized with police assistance in Bukovina Village of Zabolotye

On May 30, "clergy" and activists of the "OCU" (Orthodox Church of Ukraine), backed by police forces, stormed the premises of St. Elijah’s Church belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Zabolotye, Chernovtsi Oblast, Ukraine, forcibly seizing the church.

Head of the Assyrian Church of the East arrives in Russia for official visit

30 May 2025 year 14:43

Head of the Assyrian Church of the East arrives in Russia for official visit

On May 30, His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III, Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East, arrived in Russia at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. The primary purpose of the visit is pastoral: to conduct hierarchical services for Assyrian believers in Russia, over whom the Patriarch himself exercises archpastoral care.

DECR Chairman celebrates Liturgy at St. Nicholas Church in Rome

26 May 2025 year 11:43

DECR Chairman celebrates Liturgy at St. Nicholas Church in Rome

The occasion also marked the 25th anniversary of the return of one of the oldest Russian Orthodox parishes in Italy from the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople — which the community had been forced to join in the 20th century — back to the Russian Orthodox Church.

As a result of the AFU attack, St. Nicholas Cathedral in the village of Epifan, Tula Oblast, was damaged

25 May 2025 year 16:28

As a result of the AFU attack, St. Nicholas Cathedral in the village of Epifan, Tula Oblast, was damaged

On the night of May 25, as a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), St. Nicholas Cathedral in the village of Epifan, Tula Oblast (Kimovskoe Deanery of the Tula Diocese), was damaged.

Latest publications

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
[Patriarch]

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.

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the law adopted in Estonia with the aim of banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church

10 April 2025 year 14:25

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the law adopted in Estonia with the aim of banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church
[Documents]

On 10th April, the Holy Synod issued a statement after a law had been adopted in Estonia with the view of banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church.

Journal of the Holy Synod, April 10, 2025

10 April 2025 year 14:23

Journal of the Holy Synod, April 10, 2025
[Documents]

On April 10, the journal of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was approved in a remote session.