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Metropolitan Hilarion meets with French Catholic Archbishop
05.02.2010 10:18 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Inter-Christian relations
On 4 February 2010, at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk received Monsignor Maurice Gardes, archbishop of Auch, France, president of the National Council for Christian Unity and Relations with Judaism, currently in Russia on a private visit.


Session of the Christian Interconfessional Consultative Committee of the CIS and Baltic countries on “Christian family – a ‘little church’ and a basis of health society’ takes place in Moscow
04.02.2010 21:03 · Inter-Christian relations
A plenary session of the Christian Interconfessional Consultative Committee of the CIS and Baltic countries (CICC) on "Christian family – a 'little church' and a basis of health society' took place in Moscow on 4 February 2010.


Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church: Cooperation with political and public institutions in the far abroad countries is caused by the necessity to consolidate the Gospel principles in public life and to strengthen the positions of Orthodoxy in the world
02.02.2010 19:01 · Patriarchal Ministry, The Far Abroad
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church in his report presented at the Bishops' Conference held at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on 2 February 2010 noted that an important component of external church activities is cooperation with political and public institutions in the far abroad countries.


His Holiness Patriarch Kirill points to the development of dialogue with international organizations
02.02.2010 18:14 · Patriarchal Ministry, The Far Abroad
His Holiness noted that for this objective the Russian Church is working at the initiative in setting up a consultative group of high-ranking religious leaders at the UNESCO Director General. This group should become an effective mechanism for participation of religious communities in the discussion of topical problems of the present time.


His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: Inter-Christian relations are in a protracted crisis, as polarization of Christians’ opinion on liberal or traditional reading of Christian message was added to classical differences among confessions
02.02.2010 18:08 · Inter-Christian relations, Patriarchal Ministry
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in his report presented at the Bishops’ Conference held in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on 2 February 2010 spoke about cooperation with inter-Christian organizations.


Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church: Many Protestant communities do not even try to really preach Christian values in secular society but rather prefer to adapt to its standards
02.02.2010 17:42 · Inter-Christian relations, Patriarchal Ministry
Among the themes His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia dealt with in his report to the Bishops’ conference on 2 February 2010, were problems arising in relations with the Protestant community.


Primate of Russian Orthodox Church points to positive tendencies in dialogue between Moscow Patriarchate and Roman Catholic Church
02.02.2010 17:06 · Analitics, DECR Chairman, Inter-Christian relations, Patriarchal Ministry
His Holiness noted that the Pope Benedict XVI of Rome has a consistent position close to that of the Orthodox on these issues. ‘Evidence to this are his statements and messages as well as views expressed by high-ranking representatives of the Roman Catholic Church with whom we maintain contacts’, His Holiness informed the gathering.


Primate of the Russian Church points to importance of active Orthodox presence in Asia
02.02.2010 17:02 · Analitics, Inter-Orthodox relations, Patriarchal Ministry, The Far Abroad
In his report to the Bishops’ Conference, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia made a special mention of the importance of active efforts for developing Orthodox presence in Asia.


Patriarch Kirill on Moscow Patriarchate’s relations with Local Orthodox Churches
02.02.2010 15:47 · Analitics, Inter-Orthodox relations, Patriarchal Ministry, The Far Abroad
In his report to the Bishops’ Conference held in the Church of Christ the Saviour, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia spoke in detail about relations with a number of Local Orthodox Churches.


Patriarch Kirill: the visit of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Patriarchate of Constantinople has opened up a new page in relations between the two Patriarchates
02.02.2010 14:15 · Analitics, Inter-Orthodox relations, Patriarchal Ministry, The Far Abroad
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, in his report to the Bishops’ Conference on 2 February 2010, addressed the theme of inter-Orthodox relations, informing the gathering in particular about the official visit he made last June to the Church of Constantinople.


Patriarch Kirill: Every manifestation of Orthodox unity is our common glory, common joy, while a want of unity and every tension, every conflict in the global Orthodox family is a common pain and common defeat
02.02.2010 13:51 · Analitics, Inter-Orthodox relations, Patriarchal Ministry
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church pointed to the support of fraternal relations within the family of Local Orthodox Churches as one of the most important tasks of his Patriarchal ministry.


Patriarch Kirill: Church unity should extend beyond state frontiers, political divisions, social, age, cultural and other human differences
02.02.2010 12:55 · Analitics, Inter-Orthodox relations, Patriarchal Ministry, The Far Abroad
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in his report to the first Bishops’ Conference which opened on 2 February 2010 at the Church of Christ the Saviour, addressed the theme of church unity.


Statistics on Russian Orthodox Church publicized by Patriarch Kirill’s in his report to the Bishops’ Conference in Moscow
02.02.2010 12:07 · photo ·Analitics, Patriarchal Ministry
Speaking at the Bishops’ Conference held on 2 February 2010 in the chambers of the Church of Christ the Saviour, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia publicized the following statistics: in the Russian Orthodox Church as of today, there are 160 dioceses, 207 ruling and auxiliary bishops, 28434 priests and 3625 deacons.


Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates the Primate of the Russian Church on the anniversary of his enthronement
01.02.2010 22:57 · Patriarchal Ministry
The meeting between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the Chairman of the Russian Federation Government V. Putin took place in the patriarchal chambers of the cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour.


Celebrations to mark the first anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill opened with a grand divine service at the Church of Christ the Saviour
01.02.2010 15:00 · Patriarchal Ministry
On 1 February 2010, the first anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour.


Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations elevated to the rank of metropolitan
01.02.2010 12:50 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Patriarchal Ministry
During the Little Entrance of the Divine Liturgy celebrated to mark the first anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church granted hierarchical awards to several hierarchs of the Moscow Patriarchate


Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine visits Laura of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius
29.01.2010 17:05 · photo ·Inter-Orthodox relations
He also visited the Moscow Theological schools, the rector of which he was during ten years, from 1973 to 1982, official site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reports.


DECR Chairman meets with Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
28.01.2010 19:51 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Inter-Orthodox relations
On 28 January 2010, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met with His Beatitude Metropolitan Christopher of the Czech Lands and Slovakia at the DECR premises.


Primate of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia lectures to the postgraduate students
28.01.2010 19:47 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Postgraduate Study
On 28 January 2010, at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, His Beatitude Metropolitan Christopher of the Czech Lands and Slovakia read a lecture to the students of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Postgraduate and Doctoral Programme of the Russian Orthodox Church.


Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the USA Ambassador to Russia John R. Beyrle
28.01.2010 17:33 · photo ·DECR Chairman, The Far Abroad
Archbishop Hilarion told the USA Ambassador about Church-State relations in Russia at present, and about social ministry of the Russian Orthodox Church.


Christmas Readings: Archbishop Hilarion speaks of the progress in compiling modern catechism of the Russian Orthodox Church
27.01.2010 20:20 · photo ·DECR Chairman, Postgraduate Study
On 27 January 2010, a section of the Christmas Educational Readings met in session at the conference hall of "Danilovskaya" hotel complex. The topic of the meeting was "Catechetic activities of the Russian Orthodox Church at present."


His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian National Authority
27.01.2010 18:44 · photo · Patriarchal Ministry, The Far Abroad
On 27 January 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met at his working residence in Chisty side street with the President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas.


Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine meets with the new Russian Ambassador
27.01.2010 10:38 ·
On 26 January 2010, His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine met with Mikhail Zurabov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Ukraine. The meeting took place at the residence of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Dormition Laura of the Caves in Kiev.

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