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• Patriarch Kirill congratulates the primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem on the anniversary of his enthronement
  23.11.2009 16:10 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following congratulatory message to His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, on the

  
  
• Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church congratulates Bishop Michael of Geneva and Western Europe on his Name-Day
  23.11.2009 16:07 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated Bishop Michael of Geneva and Western Europe (Russian Church Outside Russia) on his Name-Day. Below is the text of the

  
  
• Ethics as politics
  20.11.2009 17:52 · , Chairman's Interview
  

  Interview given by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, to the December issue of Russkiy mir.

  
  
• Patriarch Kirill extends condolences to the family of Father Daniel Sysoev and to the parishioners of St. Thomas’s in Moscow
  20.11.2009 16:06 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences over the tragic death of Father Daniel Sysoev, rector of St Thomas’s Church, who was killed on the night

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk extends condolences to the wife of Father Daniel Sysoev over his murder
  20.11.2009 16:05 ·
  

  Dear Matushka Yulia,

  I have been deeply shocked by the murder of your husband, a well-known and loved priest in Moscow, committed with an open defiance in a church

  
  
• Patriarch Kirill sends a message of greetings to the Conference of the Identity of Values for Europe
  19.11.2009 15:32 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following message of greetings to the Conference on the Identity of Values for Europe held on November 19-10, 2009,

  
  
• His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’ condolences upon the demise of Prof. Dr. Fairy von Lilienfeld
  18.11.2009 17:32 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent his condolences to Bishop Johannes Friedrich of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria over the demise of Prof. Dr.

  
  
• Patriarch Kirill congratulates Rev. Martin Junge on his election as general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation
  18.11.2009 11:44 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory message to Rev. Martin Junge on the occasion of his election as general secretary of the

  
  
• Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sends his condolences over the demise of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
  16.11.2009 18:51 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences over the demise of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia. Patriarch Kirill’s message to Archbishop of Tsetin and

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion’s condolences over the demise of the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church
  16.11.2009 18:50 ·
  

  The Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk sent his condolences over the demise of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia to Archbishop

  
  
• Patriarch Kirill welcomes a seminary in Paris
  14.11.2009 17:06 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia addressed Archbishop Innokenty of Korsun as well as the rector, faculty, students and participants in the solemn opening of the Paris

  
  
• Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church greets the representative of Patriarch of the Great Antioch and All the East with his elevation to the rank of archbishop
  13.11.2009 13:00 ·
  

  The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent greetings to the representative of the Patriarch of the Great Antioch and All the East at the Patriarch of Moscow and All

  
  
• His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets the Primate of the Church of Cyprus with his Name Day and the anniversary of his enthronement
  12.11.2009 20:10 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent greetings to Archbishop Chrysostomos II with his Name Day and the anniversary of his enthronement. The text is given below.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulates Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus on his Name Day and the anniversary of his election and enthronement as the Primate
  12.11.2009 20:10 ·
  

  The Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations congratulated Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus on his Name Day and the anniversary of his

  
  
• Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sends his greetings to the participants in the Third European Russian Forum “One Europe from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean: Dreams or a Possibility?”
  10.11.2009 10:52 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent greetings to the participants in the Third European Russian Forum “One Europe from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean:

  
  
• DECR Chairman gives interview to the Orel and Livny Press Service during his stay in Mtsensk on the occasion of the return of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
  09.11.2009 16:18 · , Chairman's Interview
  

  (Russian) On 8 November 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk gave an interview to the Orel and Livny diocese press service during his stay in Mtsensk on the occasion of the return of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

  
  
• Patriarch Kirill congratulates Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania on his 80th birthday
  04.11.2009 13:37 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following congratulatory message to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania on the occasion of his 80th birthday:

  
  
• Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to the Primate of the Church of Constantinople
  02.11.2009 17:15 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory message to His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of

  
  
• His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on the Day of Republic
  25.10.2009 18:21 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent greetings to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev with the Day of Republic. The text is given below.

  Dear Nursultan

  
  
• Patriarch Kirill’s message to the 5th Conference on Religions in Modern System of International Relations
  23.10.2009 13:19 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following message to the 5th Conference on Religions in the Modern System of International Relations, which opened on 23