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Russian Orthodox Church collects over 100 million roubles in aid to victims of fires
02.09.2010 12:50 ·
The Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service has raised over 100 million rubles in August to aid victims of fires, "Interfax-Religion" reports.


Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with head of Greek Archdiocese in America
31.08.2010 10:55 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Inter-Orthodox relations, The Far Abroad
On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, visited the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America to hold a working meeting with Archbishop Demetrios of America.


DECR chairman meets with head of the Russian Church Outside Russia in New York
31.08.2010 10:22 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Inter-Orthodox relations, The Far Abroad
On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, visited the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia to hold a working meeting with the chairman of the ROCOR Bishops’ Synod, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York.


Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits chancellery of Orthodox Church in America
31.08.2010 10:00 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Inter-Orthodox relations, The Far Abroad
On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, visited the chancellery of the Orthodox Church in America in Syosset near New York.


His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with representatives of the Russian museum community
30.08.2010 15:03 · Patriarchal Ministry
On 29 August 2010, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the cathedral square of St. Andronik's Monastery, which houses the Andrei Rublev Central Museum of Old Russian Culture and Art and marks its 650th anniversary this year.


DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion begins his working visit to the USA
30.08.2010 12:14 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Inter-Orthodox relations, The Far Abroad
On 28 August 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, arrived on a short working visit to the USA with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada.


Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia and hieromonk Gabriel (Bunge) concelebrate All-Night Vigil with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God
28.08.2010 07:55 · photo ·Inter-Orthodox relations, Patriarchal Ministry
On 27 August 2010, the eve of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk officiate at the All-Night Vigil at the church of the "Joy to All the Afflicted" Icon in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow.


DECR chairman meets with Patriarch of Alexandria
24.08.2010 13:50 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Inter-Orthodox relations
The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria made a brief stay at Domodedovo airport on his way to Pyatigorsk where he was going to for a rest and treatment


Round Table on Compatriots and Russian Orthodox Church: Experience of Cooperation in Latin America held in Buenos Aires
24.08.2010 08:56 · photo ·The Far Abroad
Summing up the work of the round-table conference, Bishop John pointed to the still existing pain of the schism in the South American diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, which has emerged after the canonical unity of the Local Russian Orthodox Church was restored


Over 40 million roubles – Russian Orthodox Church’s aid to victims of fires
23.08.2010 17:07 · photo ·
The Synodal Department for Charity and Social Service has raised 40 792 000 roubles, 37 930 US dollars and 5 601 euros in aid to victims of fires, Miloserdie.ru has reported on August 23.


Patriarch Kirill marks the Day of Solovki Saints’ Assembly with Divine Liturgy at Cathedral of Transfiguration in Solovki monastery
22.08.2010 15:00 · Patriarchal Ministry
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy on August 22, the Day of the Assembly of the Solovki Saints, at the Cathedral of the Holy Transfiguration in the Solovki Stauropegial Monastery.


Russian Orthodox Church collects over 39 million roubles in aid to victims of wildfires
20.08.2010 13:20 · photo ·
By August 20, the amount of 39 052 000 roubles, 26 254 US dollars and 5 451 euros has come to the accounts of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service by August 18, the Miloserdie.ru has reported.


Patriarch Kirill begins his visit to Solovki monastery of Transfiguration
19.08.2010 23:15 · photo ·Patriarchal Ministry
On August 19, 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived for a primatial visitation to the Solovki Islands.


DECR delegation arrives in Colombia
18.08.2010 11:13 · The Far Abroad
The trip is made with the support of the Russian World Foundation, Russian embassy in Colombia and Colombian embassy in Moscow.


Fund for Assistance to Russian Church Abroad has collected over 20 thousand dollars in aid to homeless victims of fires
17.08.2010 15:44 · The Far Abroad
Since the beginning of the fund-raising campaign in aid to the homeless victims of fires in Russia, the Fund for Assistance to the ROCOR has collected over 20 thousand dollars. The money is coming from both individual donators and organizations and parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, the website of the Moscow Patriarchate has reported.


Archbishop Kyril of San Francisco and Western America calls the faithful to make donations for victims of wildfires in Russia
17.08.2010 15:22 · The Far Abroad
The official website of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia has published an appeal by Archbishop Kyril of San Francisco and Western America concerning the disasters in the Russian Federation. He calls upon all the faithful of the diocese of Western America to begin collecting donations for victims of wildfires.


Smolensk Theological School is the first secondary religious education institution to obtain official accreditation
17.08.2010 13:55 · photo ·
The inter-diocesan theological school in the diocese of Smolensk was granted official accreditation on June 30, 2010. Now its graduates will receive a church certificate and a state-recognized certificate as specialists in Choir Conducting and Painting.


Divine Liturgy celebrated in Sumela Monastery for the first time in decades
16.08.2010 17:03 · photo ·Inter-Orthodox relations, The Far Abroad
A group of several thousand believers from Russia and other countries of the near abroad came to the old Monastery of the Panagia Sumela near Trabzon, Turkey, on August 15, 2010, to attend the liturgy celebrated by Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in this unique cultural monument and great Christian shrine which was opened for celebrations for the first time since 1922.


DECR vice-chairman on working visit to Estonia
16.08.2010 16:16 · photo ·Inter-Christian relations, The Far Abroad
The DECR vice-chairman had a meeting in the Estonian Parliament with parliament members Ain Seppik, Toomas Varek and Vladimir Velman who is also member of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy.


Heads of Russian Orthodox Church Synodal departments hold their first meeting
16.08.2010 13:09 · DECR Chairman, Inter-Orthodox relations, Patriarchal Ministry, The Far Abroad
On August 16, 2010, the heads of the Russian Orthodox Church Synodal departments assembled for their first meeting at the patriarchal working residence in Chisty Pereulok, Moscow. The meeting was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.


Metropolitan Hilarion: The Lord calls us to active good works
15.08.2010 23:27 · photo ·DECR Chairman
On August 15, 2010, the day of the translation of the first martyr St. Stephan’s relics from Constantinople to Jerusalem, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted in Moscow.


Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: The Lord is always with us, especially at a time of trial
14.08.2010 22:20 · photo ·DECR Chairman
On August 14, 2010, the eve of the commemoration day of the fist martyr Stephan, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, officiated at All-Night Vigil at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted in Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow.


Archimandrite Panteleimon Shatov: ‘It is very gratifying that we have so many good and selfless people’
13.08.2010 15:54 · photo ·
Archimandrite Panteleimon Shatov, head of the Department for Church Charity and Social Service, tells the editor-in-chief of Neskuchny sad magazine about the progress in collecting aid to victims of wildfires.

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