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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill performs Lesser Consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women in Baku

14 November 2019 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill performs Lesser Consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women in Baku

Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev

14 November 2019 year

Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev

Patriarch Kirill takes part in opening of 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku

14 November 2019 year

Patriarch Kirill takes part in opening of 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku

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Primate of the Russian Church attends reception in honour of the participants in 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku

14 November 2019 year 23:48

Primate of the Russian Church attends reception in honour of the participants in 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku

On November 14, a reception given on behalf of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in honour of the heads of delegations attending the 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku took place at the Geidar Aliyev Cultural Centre.His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and members of the Russian Orthodox Church delegation attended.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill performs Lesser Consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women in Baku

14 November 2019 year 21:14

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill performs Lesser Consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women in Baku

On November 14, while in Baku, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Cathedral of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates prayer service at the site of St. Bartholomew’s martyrdom

14 November 2019 year 20:12

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates prayer service at the site of St. Bartholomew’s martyrdom

On November 14, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated a prayer service at the remains of the chapel of St. Bartholomew in the capital of Azerbaijan.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visits Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Baku

14 November 2019 year 19:20

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visits Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Baku

On November 14, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Baku.

Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev

14 November 2019 year 17:46

Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev

On November 14, in Baku, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church had arrived in the capital of Azerbaijan to attend the 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku.

Patriarch Kirill takes part in opening of 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku

14 November 2019 year 16:09

Patriarch Kirill takes part in opening of 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku

On November 14, the Second Summit of World Religious Leaders opened in the Congress Center in Baku. Timed for the 70th birthday of the chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshuqur Pasha-zade, and the 40th anniversary of his service as the CMB chairman, it has been organized by the CMB and the Azerbaijani authorities.

Patriarch Kirill arrives in Baku

14 November 2019 year 09:50

Patriarch Kirill arrives in Baku

On November 14, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has begun his visit to Azerbaijan.

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Metropolitan Hilarion: US Secretary of State Pompeo cancelled the meeting an hour before it, under the pressure of ill-wishers

8 November 2019 year 10:46

Metropolitan Hilarion: US Secretary of State Pompeo cancelled the meeting an hour before it, under the pressure of ill-wishers
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Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, told the KP daily how he was received in Washington, how the church situation has changed under Zelensky and whether Russia needs building ‘three churches a day’.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Primate of Albanian Orthodox Church with his 90th birthday

4 November 2019 year 10:00

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Primate of Albanian Orthodox Church with his 90th birthday
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia greeted His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania with his 90th birthday.

Appeal adopted at the 6th Plenary Session of the Christian Interconfessional Advisory Committee (Moscow, 30th October 2019)

30 October 2019 year 19:02

Appeal adopted at the 6th Plenary Session of the Christian Interconfessional Advisory Committee (Moscow, 30th October 2019)
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The Christian Interconfessional Advisory Committee held its 6th Plenary Session in Moscow on October 30, bringing together representatives of Christian communities from fifteen Eurasian countries. As the result of the meeting, an appeal was adopted.

Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

17 October 2019 year 15:28

Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
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On October 17, during a session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, a statement was adopted concerning the situation that arose in the Greek Orthodox Church after it convened on 12th October 2019 the extraordinary Council of Hierarchs on the Ukrainian church issue (Minutes No. 125).

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: The rupture with Constantinople has not damaged either the Russian or the Ukrainian Church

15 October 2019 year 17:41

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: The rupture with Constantinople has not damaged either the Russian or the Ukrainian Church
[Interview]

The chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, gave an interview to the TASS News Agency.

Congratulations from Patriarch Kirill to Patriarch Daniel of Romania on anniversary of his enthronement

30 September 2019 year 10:00

Congratulations from Patriarch Kirill to Patriarch Daniel of Romania on anniversary of his enthronement
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His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, on the anniversary of this enthronement.

Patriarch Kirill greets President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman on his 75th birthday

28 September 2019 year 10:00

Patriarch Kirill greets President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman on his 75th birthday
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His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, greeted President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman on his 75th birthday.

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates prayer service at the site of St. Bartholomew’s martyrdom

14 November 2019 year

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Иоанникий Великий, прп.

← 4 November / 17 November →

Неделя 22-я по Пятидесятнице. Глас 5-й.

Прп. Иоанникия Великого (846). Сщмчч. Никандра, еп. Мирского, и Ермея пресвитера (I).

Прп. Меркурия Печерского, в Дальних пещерах (XIV). Прп. Никандра Городноезерского (XVI). Блж. Симона, Христа ради юродивого, Юрьевецкого (1584).

Св. Николая Виноградова исп., пресвитера (1931); прмц. Евгении Лысовой (1935); сщмч. Александра Петропавловского пресвитера (1937); сщмч. Исмаила Базилевского пресвитера (1941).

Утр. – Ев. 11-е, Ин., 67 зач., XXI, 15–25. Лит. – Гал., 215 зач., VI, 11–18. Лк., 39 зач., VIII, 41–56. Прп.: Гал., 213 зач., V, 22 – VI, 2. Мф., 10 зач., IV, 25 – V, 12.

Во Всемирный день памяти жертв дорожно-транспортных происшествий (третье воскресенье ноября / третье воскресенье после 18 октября по ст. ст.), в кафедральных соборах епархий необходимо совершать литию о всех трагически погибших в результате автомобильных катастроф126.

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