His Holiness Patriarch Kirill holds prayer service ahead of Russia-US Presidents' meeting in Alaska

On August 15, 2025, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' held a Moleben (a prayer service) "for the successful beginning of any good endeavor" in the house church of the Patriarchal Residence in Chisty Pereulok, Moscow, dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir. The service was held on the eve of the meeting between the President of Russia, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in Alaska.

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Representative of Russian Ecclesiastical Mission and chairman of Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society discuss development prospects of St. Sergius Metochion in Jerusalem

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Working Group for Coordinating Bilateral Relations between Russian and Malankara Churches holds its 4th meeting

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Clergy of Russian Ecclesiastical Mission take part in Divine Liturgy at St. Mary Magdalene Convent in Gethsemane

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A Delegation of Monastics from the Church of India arrives in Russia

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill holds prayer service ahead of Russia-US Presidents' meeting in Alaska

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