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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill approves texts of prayerful supplications in view of the spreading coronavirus infection

21 March 2020 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill approves texts of prayerful supplications in view of the spreading coronavirus infection

Instructions to rectors of parishes and monasteries’ town churches, abbots and abbesses of the monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church over the threat of spreading coronavirus infection

17 March 2020 year

Instructions to rectors of parishes and monasteries’ town churches, abbots and abbesses of the monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church over the threat of spreading coronavirus infection
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Dialogue and unity

27 February 2020 year

Dialogue and unity
[Documents]

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill approves texts of prayerful supplications in view of the spreading coronavirus infection

21 March 2020 year 20:30

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill approves texts of prayerful supplications in view of the spreading coronavirus infection

With the blessing of His Holiness, the prayers will be lifted up during the Divine Liturgy at all churches of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Ukrainian Orthodox Church Holy Synod meets at Kiev Laura of the Caves

19 March 2020 year 19:26

Ukrainian Orthodox Church Holy Synod meets at Kiev Laura of the Caves

On March 18, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met at the Kiev Pechersk Monastery of the Dormition. The session was chaired by His Beatitude Onufriy, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine.

Divine services resumed at Holy Trinity Church in Pyongyang

19 March 2020 year 16:47

Divine services resumed at Holy Trinity Church in Pyongyang

On March 15, Second Sunday of Lent, divine services were resumed at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Pyongyang after a break caused by the anti-epidemic quarantine.

Cleric of Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Liturgy in Namibian capital city

17 March 2020 year 17:53

Cleric of Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Liturgy in Namibian capital city

On March 14, the Saturday of the 2nd Week of the Great Lent, the rector of the St. Sergius of Radonezh church in Johannesburg, South Africa, Archpriest Daniel Lugovoy, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Namibian capital city of Windhoek.

Representative of Department for External Church Relations attends Chiara Lubich memorial evening

16 March 2020 year 19:10

Representative of Department for External Church Relations attends Chiara Lubich memorial evening

On March 14, the Rudomino Library for Foreign Literature held a memorial evening devoted to the centenary birthday of Chiara Lubich (1920-2008), the founder of the Focolare Movement.

Representative of Russian Orthodox Church visits Theological Academy of Syrian Orthodox Church

14 March 2020 year 15:13

Representative of Russian Orthodox Church visits Theological Academy of Syrian Orthodox Church

On March 13, Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, visited the Theological seminary of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Saiddnaya, Syria.

DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the Russian Federation

13 March 2020 year 13:21

DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the Russian Federation

On March 13, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Sadasivan Premjith, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to the Russian Federation.

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Instructions to rectors of parishes and monasteries’ town churches, abbots and abbesses of the monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church over the threat of spreading coronavirus infection

17 March 2020 year 16:15

Instructions to rectors of parishes and monasteries’ town churches, abbots and abbesses of the monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church over the threat of spreading coronavirus infection
[Documents]

The document has been approved by the Holy Synod decision of 17 March 2020 (Minutes No. 30).

Metropolitan Hilarion: the discussion on Ukraine is not over

4 March 2020 year 19:11

Metropolitan Hilarion: the discussion on Ukraine is not over
[Interview]

On February 29, during the Church and the World talk show at Russia-24 news channel, broadcast by Saturdays and Sundays, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from channel presenter Ekaterina Gracheva.

Metropolitan Hilarion: consultations in “Amman format” will continue

1 March 2020 year 12:12

Metropolitan Hilarion: consultations in “Amman format” will continue
[Interview]

In his interview to RIA Novosti news agency, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who had participated in the meeting of Primates and representatives of the Local Churches in Amman on February 26, dedicated to the problems of inter-Orthodox unity, commented on the results of the meeting.

Communique of joint meeting of Interreligious Council in Russia and Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee

28 February 2020 year 12:57

Communique of joint meeting of Interreligious Council in Russia and Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee
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We, participants in the joint meeting of the Interreligious Council in Russia and the Christian Inter-Confession Consultative Committee representing Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Buddhist communities in Russia, have gathered in Moscow on the invitation of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

Dialogue and unity

27 February 2020 year 01:47

Dialogue and unity
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Press release on the results of the fraternal meeting of the Orthodox Primates and delegates (26 February 2020 – Amman, Jordan).

Metropolitan Hilarion: Absence of particular Churches from Amman will not make the meeting less significant

26 February 2020 year 09:10

Metropolitan Hilarion: Absence of particular Churches from Amman will not make the meeting less significant
[Interview]

In anticipation of the meeting of heads and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches in the capital city of Jordan, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, told Interfax-Religion portal about what and in what format is to be discussed by this forum.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Primate of Bulgarian Orthodox Church

24 February 2020 year 10:00

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Primate of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following greeting to His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church with the 7th anniversary of his enthronement: