Inter-Orthodox relations
- Patriarch Theodore II completes his visit to Russia
07.09.2010 12:50 ·He was seen off at the ‘Domodedovo’ airport by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; Metropolitan Athanasios of Kyrenaika: and Bishop Aleksandr of Dmitrov.
- Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria visits Church of the “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon
06.09.2010 18:02 ·
On 6 September 2010, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa visited the Church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God on Bolshaya Ordynka Str., Moscow.
- On Synaxis of Moscow Saints Day, Primates of Alexandrian and Russian Churches celebrate Divine Liturgy at Church of Christ the Saviour
05.09.2010 22:31 ·
On September 5, 2010, the Day of the Synaxis of Moscow Saints, His Beatitude Theodore II, Patriarch of Alexandria and All African and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour.
- DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk completes his visit to the USA
01.09.2010 11:07 ·On 31 August 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who was on a working visit to the USA with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and by invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, met with Ms. Anne Glynn-Mackoul, a member of the World Council of Churches’ Committee for Consensus and Cooperation.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with head of Greek Archdiocese in America
31.08.2010 10:55 ·On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, visited the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America to hold a working meeting with Archbishop Demetrios of America.
- DECR chairman meets with head of the Russian Church Outside Russia in New York
31.08.2010 10:22 ·On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, visited the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia to hold a working meeting with the chairman of the ROCOR Bishops’ Synod, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits chancellery of Orthodox Church in America
31.08.2010 10:00 ·On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, visited the chancellery of the Orthodox Church in America in Syosset near New York.
- DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion begins his working visit to the USA
30.08.2010 12:14 ·On 28 August 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived on a short working visit to the USA with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada.
- Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia and hieromonk Gabriel (Bunge) concelebrate All-Night Vigil with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God
28.08.2010 07:55 ·On 27 August 2010, the eve of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk officiate at the All-Night Vigil at the church of the “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow.
- DECR chairman meets with Patriarch of Alexandria
24.08.2010 13:50 ·The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria made a brief stay at Domodedovo airport on his way to Pyatigorsk where he was going to for a rest and treatment
- Divine Liturgy celebrated in Sumela Monastery for the first time in decades
16.08.2010 17:03 ·A group of several thousand believers from Russia and other countries of the near abroad came to the old Monastery of the Panagia Sumela near Trabzon, Turkey, on August 15, 2010, to attend the liturgy celebrated by Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in this unique cultural monument and great Christian shrine which was opened for celebrations for the first time since 1922.
- Heads of Russian Orthodox Church Synodal departments hold their first meeting
16.08.2010 13:09 ·On August 16, 2010, the heads of the Russian Orthodox Church Synodal departments assembled for their first meeting at the patriarchal working residence in Chisty Pereulok, Moscow. The meeting was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.
- Metropolitan Christopher of Czech Lands and Slovakia visits diocese of Mukachevo and Uzhgorod
11.08.2010 12:34 ·His Beatitude Christopher, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, visited the diocese of Mukachevo and Uzhgorod on August 8, 2010.
- ‘We do not seek the defeat but the return of our brothers…’ – Interview by V. Legoida, head of the Synodal Information Department
11.08.2010 10:58 ·The Appeal of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod ‘To Orthodox Christians in Ukraine who stay outside the unity with the Holy Church’ has provoked a lively public discussion in Ukraine. The Synod of the so-called Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kievan Patriarchate (UOC KP) issued immediately a counter statement whose tone and affirmations may perplex the reader. At the request of the Bogoslov.ru website, this document is commented by V. Legoida, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Information Department.
- Orthodox Christians from Russia on pilgrimage to mark 40th anniversary of canonization of St. Herman of Alaska
09.08.2010 14:18 ·August 7, 2010, a group of pilgrims from Russia led by Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, and pilgrims from the USA led by the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah came to Kodiak Island.
- 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.
- Greek hierarch makes donation to the victims of forest fires in Russia
02.08.2010 16:15 ·On 1 August 2010, Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Laureotiki, leading pilgrims of the Greek Orthodox Church, who arrived in the Nizhny Novgorod diocese to celebrate the commemoration day of St. Seraphim of Sarov, handed over his own money to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church as a donation to the victims of forest fires in Russia, press service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia reports.
- Press-conference summing up Patriarch Kirill’s visitation of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
30.07.2010 17:32 ·A press-conference on the results of Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Ukraine was held on July 30, 2010, at the Interfax news agency. The visit took place from July 20 to 28 on the invitation of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its dioceses.
- 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.
- Metropolitan Hilarion’s speech in Churches in Europe working group of St. Petersburg Dialogue forum
14.07.2010 17:02 ·On July 14, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, participated in the working group on Churches in Europe of the St. Petersburg Dialogue. Below is his address to the group.
