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- Primates of Orthodox Churches of Constantinople and Russia express condolences over the death of people in car crash in Antalya
25.05.2010 19:20 ·His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia have sent the following message of condolences over the car crash in Antalya, Turkey, in which many people died:
- Patriarch Kirill: Love is the basis of our church life
23.05.2010 18:54 ·There have been many such moments but of primary importance for me is an opportunity for praying together with a great number of Orthodox people in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan and in all the countries I have been to with a pastoral or official visit. For me it is a great joy to see the faith of people and their profound commitment to the Lord and His Holy Church.
- Papal Words at Concert of Moscow Patriarchate
22.05.2010 23:40 · , Roman Catholic Church“Let Us Make Europe Breathe With Its Two Lungs Again”
- Patriarch Kirill’s message to guests and participants in the concert of Russian Orthodox music in Vatican
21.05.2010 08:38 ·To: His Holiness BENEDICT XVI
Pope of Rome
To: Guests and participants in the concert of Russian Orthodox music
20 May 2010, Vatican
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church Holy Synod’s message on 65th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War
08.05.2010 19:11 ·In anticipation of celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has issued the following message
- DECR Chairman expresses condolences over death of Bishop Daniel of Erie
28.04.2010 13:48 ·Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent his condolences over death of Bishop Daniel of Erie to the President of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York. The text is given below.
- Baku Declaration on the results of the trilateral meeting between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshuqur Pasha-zade
26.04.2010 23:37 ·A joint declaration was adopted on the results of the trilateral meeting between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshuqur Pasha-zade that took place in Baku on 26 April 2010.
- DECR chairman sends condolences over death of Cardinal Tomas Spidlik
19.04.2010 17:45 ·In connection with Cardinal Tomas Spidlik’s death, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, has sent the following message of condolences:
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church expresses his condolences with the devastating earthquake in China
19.04.2010 10:40 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to the President of the People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao in which he expressed condolences with the natural calamity that has befallen the people of China and took away hundreds of human lives. The text is given below.
- Metropolitan Hilarion’s condolences to the President of the People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao over the devastating earthquake on Tibetan plateau
19.04.2010 10:40 ·Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following message of condolences over the earthquake in the Quinghai Province to the President of the People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao.
- Address by Patriarch Kirill during Divine Liturgy at Patriarchal Cathedral of Annunciation in Alexandria
11.04.2010 22:34 ·I pray that God’s grace may fill the hearts of the faithful of this old but always young Church of Alexandria. May Holy Orthodoxy prosper and spread in the African continent!
- DECR Chairman expresses condolences to His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland with the tragic death of the Orthodox Ordinary of the Polish Army Archbishop Miron of Hainówka
11.04.2010 10:22 ·Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his condolences to the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church with the tragic death of the Orthodox Ordinary of the Polish Army Archbishop Miron of Hainówka.
- Heads of Orthodox Churches of Alexandria and Russia express condolences over death of Poland’s president and other members of Polish delegation in air crash
11.04.2010 04:30 ·The Primates of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the Russian Orthodox Church expressed condolences over the death of Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria, high-ranking state officials and many Polish citizens in an air crash. Below is the text of the Patriarchal message.
- ‘The task of the Russian Orthodox Church’s dialogue with the Catholic Church in Poland is to rise above political conjuncture’. Interview of DECR vice-chairman Hegumen Philip Riabykh with Blagovest-infor news agency
07.04.2010 21:55 ·The Katyn tragedy or the Katyn shooting are the names given to the execution of Polish officers who were captured in the course of the Red Army’s entry into the territory of Western Ukraine and Byelorussia in 1939. It is rather a conditional name because Polish captives were shot to death in other places, too, such as Kalinin (now Tver), Kharkov and other places in the former Soviet Union.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Rabbi Arthur Schneier in his 80th birthday
06.04.2010 19:51 ·Dear Brother, Kindly accept my congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of your 80th birthday.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s statement on terrorist acts at the Moscow Metro
29.03.2010 11:14 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia made the following statement on the terrorist acts at the Moscow Metro on 29 March 2010.
- DECR chairman’s message to the first European Russian Youth Forum on ‘Preserving the people: What can be done by Russians living abroad’
29.03.2010 09:48 ·Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations sent a message to the first European Russian Youth Forum on ‘Preserving the people: What can be done by Russians living abroad’, which took place on 26-27 March 2010 in Brussels. Below is the text of the message.
- Patriarch Kirill’s message of greetings to Patriarch of Serbia on the occasions of his Day of Baptismal Glory
27.03.2010 15:12 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following message to His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia on the occasion of his Day of Baptismal Glory when a Serb family celebrates the memory of its patron saint.
- Message by Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations to Patriarch Irinej of Serbia on the occasion of his Day of Baptismal Glory
27.03.2010 15:10 ·Below is the message sent by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations to the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church on the occasion of his Day of Baptismal Glory.
- Communique of the meetings of the Inter-Council Presence’s Commission for Opposing and Overcoming Church Schisms
25.03.2010 23:35 ·The Russian Orthodox Church Inter-Council Presence’s Commission for Opposing and Overcoming Schisms held its first meeting on 25 March 2010 in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves. It was chaired by His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine.
