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- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk made doctor honoris causa by the University of Prešov
08.12.2011 00:21 ·
On 7 December 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visited the University of Prešov. He was met by the Rector, Professor René Matlovič, and by the Dean of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, archpriest Ioann Shafin.
- Orthodox parish in Drogheda celebrates patronal feast
05.12.2011 15:53 ·
After the service the believers made a pilgrimage to the site of the ancient Monasterboice monastery. A festival thanksgiving was said there, official website of the Patriarchal Metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ireland reports.
- Meeting of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
10.02.2011 21:14 ·
The Synod also invited Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to visit the diocese of Kharkov on the 3d Sunday after Pascha, when the 90th birthday of Metropolitan Nikodim of Kharkov and Bogodukhov will be celebrated.
- Metropolitan Hilarion sends condolences to the Coptic Patriarch Shenouda III over the terrorist action committed on New Year night at the Coptic church of All Saints in Alexandria
01.01.2011 22:01 ·Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk send the following letter to His Holiness Shenouda III, Patriarch of the Coptic Church, expressing condolences over the explosion at a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expresses condolences over the explosion at a Coptic Church in Alexandria
01.01.2011 21:55 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sends the following condolences to the Patriarch of the Coptic Church, Shenouda III, over the explosion that happened at a Coptic church in Alexandria on the New Year night
- Russian Parish of Holy Trinity in Ulan-Bator engaged in joint project with Mongolian art school ‘Anima’
26.10.2010 13:05 ·
The Parish of the Holy Trinity in Ulan-Bator has initiated in October 2010 a joint project with the Mongolian Art School ‘Anima’. This project is a continuation of the program carried out by the Parish’s cultural center for popularizing Russian culture in Mongolia.
- A book on Orthodoxy in China has come out
28.09.2010 10:30 ·
A unique book entitled ‘Orthodoxy in China’ has come out. It describes the birth and development of the Orthodox culture in the Celestial Empire.
- Celebrations held in Switzerland to mark the anniversary of Suvorov’s army’s march in the Alps
27.09.2010 13:25 ·
The memorial is erected to honour the memory of Russian soldiers who fell in action during a march through the Alps in 1799.
- Thanksgiving to commemorate Righteous Admiral Fyodor Ushakov’s victory over Ottoman Fleet
04.08.2010 11:43 ·On July 31, 2010, an anniversary of the heroic victory of the Righteous Admiral Fyodor Ushakov over the Ottoman Fleet, Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Bolgarevo village near Kaliakra Cape.
- Commemoration service for Alexander Solzhenitsyn
03.08.2010 15:32 ·On August 3, 2010, the second anniversary of the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the abbot of the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow, Bishop Kirill of Pavlov Posad, assisted by the monastic community, said the Office of the Dead at the writer’s grave.
- Participants in the sea cruise meet with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and representatives of the Greek Orthodox Church
26.07.2010 16:36 ·Participants in the sea cruise devoted to the 90th anniversary of the exodus of Russian Army units and civil refugees from the Crimea met with representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches in jurisdiction of places to which Russian compatriots escaped in 1920, including Bizert under the Patriarchate of Alexandria, Athens and the Island of Lemnos under the Greek Orthodox Church and Gallipoli and Istanbul under the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
- Archbishop Yelisei of Sourozh celebrates on commemoration days of the Holy Imperial Passion-Bearers and the Venerable Martyr Elizabeth at the Russian churches in Great Britain
19.07.2010 12:15 ·On 18 July 2010, the commemoration day of the Venerable Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and Nun Barbara, Archbishop Yelisei celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Sourozh diocese’s Bodiam parish dedicated to the holy Duchess Elizabeth.
- Memorial Service for the Group of Explorers who found Alaska on the 269th Anniversary of the Founding of Russian America
16.07.2010 13:00 ·On July 15, 2010, the day which marks the 269th Anniversary of the Founding of Russian America, or present day Alaska, Archimandrite Zacchaeus, Representative of the Orthodox Church in America to the Moscow Patriarchate celebrated a memorial service (panikhida) at Holy Trinity Church “in Listakh” for the group of explorers led by Captain Alexei Chirikov and Navigator Captain Vitus Bering on the two ships St Peter and St Paul which arrived on the Aleutian Islands and parts of the North American Coastline during the Great Northern Expedition.
- Russian Orthodox Church given land for building a church in Madrid
10.07.2010 23:02 ·An agreement on the allotment of a plot of land to the Russian Orthodox Church for building a church was signed in the Madrid City Council on July 9, 2010. The plot of 756 square meters is situated in a prestigious part of the city near the Pinar del Rey metro station.
- Russian Orthodox Church to be given a plot of land for building a church in Madrid
24.06.2010 13:25 ·The patrons board of the Holy Nativity Foundation, set up to finance the construction of a Russian Orthodox church in Madrid, held a meeting in Madrid.
- Archpastors from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine give joint press-conference in Zaporozhe
21.04.2010 15:40 ·Addressing Zaporozhe journalists, they unanimously emphasized that the Church of Christ unites the three Slavic nations divided today by state borders.
- Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Church of the Intercession in Harbin
13.04.2010 12:25 ·On 11 April 2010, St. Thomas Sunday, the Revd. Michael Van Tsuanshen, a clergyman of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church, who lives in retirement in Shanghai, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Intercession in Harbin for the Orthodox community with the permission of the state authorities.
- Easter celebrations in Vietnam
05.04.2010 12:19 ·In seaside Vung Tau, Vietnam, the Easter service was led by Rev. Sergiy Zvonarev, DECR acting secretary for far-abroad countries, who came to the city for the purpose at the request from the local Orthodox community, the Russian Orthodox Parish of Our Lady of Kazan.
- Easter liturgy celebrated in Harbin after long interruption
05.04.2010 02:17 ·Over one hundred Russian compatriots came to the church of the Protecting Veil in Harbin, China, on Easter Day, April 4, 2010, for the Easter matins and liturgy. Most of them made confession and took communion.
- Victims of terrorist attacks in Moscow Metro commemorated in Strasbourg
31.03.2010 18:45 ·A requiem service for the victims of the terrorist attacks in Moscow Metro was held on 31 March 2010 after the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the church of All Saints of the Russian Orthodox Church.
