Patriarchal Ministry

• President Dmitry Medvedev wishes many happy returns of the day to Patriarch Kirill
  20.11.2009 16:28 ·
  

  Offering congratulations on his birthday to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, the head of the Russian state said he was delighted to pay his respect to His Holiness personally and wished him good health and spiritual strength in carrying out his primatial ministry.

  
  
• 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

  
  
• 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 meets with the Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society Sergei Stepashin
  19.11.2009 11:19 ·
  

  On 18 November 2009, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with Sergei Stepashin, the Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (IOPS).

  
  
• 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

  
  
• Metropolitan Christopher of the Czech Lands and Slovakia arrives in Moscow
  17.11.2009 22:19 ·
  

  An official delegation of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia arrived in Moscow on 17 November 2009 for the celebrations devoted to the 10th anniversary of this Church’s Moscow Representation, at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

  
  
• Patriarch Kirill on the place of the Church’s Post-Graduate School in the Russian Church’s structure of theological education
  17.11.2009 16:20 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, speaking at the meeting of rectors of the Russian Orthodox Church’s theological schools, which took place on November 13 at the Church of Christ the Saviour, pointed to the need to adjust today’s system of theological education to the Bologna system.

  
  
• An international conference on Patriarchal Visit to Ukraine: Responding to Challenges of Time to take place in Kiev
  17.11.2009 12:58 ·
  

  With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine, an international conference on the Patriarchal Visit to Ukraine: Responding to Challenges of Time will take place on 19-20 November 2009 in Kiev. Among its participants are hierarchs, priests, pubic leaders and scholars from Ukraine, Russia and other countries.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion visits Russian embassy in Beijing
  17.11.2009 09:50 ·
  

  Archbishop Hilarion and other members of the official delegation of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations and the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations were welcomed by Russian Ambassador in Beijing S. Razov, minister-counsellor E. Tomikhin and other Russian diplomats in China.

  
  
• 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

  
  
• 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

  
  
• 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:

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion’s book “Patriarch Kirill. His Life and World Outlook” is due to be presented at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations
  09.11.2009 17:47 ·
  

  A new book by Archbishop Hilarion entitled Patriarch Kirill. His Life and World Outlook will be presented at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations at 12.00 on 11 November 2009. The book was written in response to numerous requests from both church people and those who are far from the Church but who are interested in the personality of the new Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

  
  
• Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Iliya II
  07.11.2009 07:24 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, on his one-day visit to Azerbaijan, met with His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Iliya II at the “Gulistan” Palace in Baku.

  
  
• DECR chairman takes part in the Orthodox Encyclopedia boards meeting
  06.11.2009 09:29 ·
  

  The Supervisory, Patrons and Public Boards for the publishing of Orthodox Encyclopedia met on 5 November 2009 at the Church of Christ the Saviour.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion’s book “Patriarch Kirill. His Life and World Outlook” comes out
  05.11.2009 12:23 ·
  

  Archbishop Hilarion’s book entitled Patriarch Kirill. His Life and World Outlook in the series “Patriarchs of the Russian Church’ has come out. It has been written in response to numerous requests from both church people and those who are far from the Church but who are interested in the personality of the new Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

  
  
• “Orthodox Russia – towards the Day of National Unity” Church and Public Exhibition: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill leads the opening ceremony
  04.11.2009 14:06 ·
  

  That same day the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God was brought to Moscow by a delegation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church lead by His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine. People can venerate the icon during the exhibition working days.

  
  
• 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 meets with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa Delgado
  30.10.2009 17:14 ·
  

  His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met on 30 October 2009 with President of the Republic of Ecuador Rafael Correa Delgado at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour. Before their meeting, the Ecuadorian delegation was taken on a tour of the cathedral.