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Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of Supreme Church Council

4 September 2019 year

Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of Supreme Church Council

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with participants in the 5th Summer Institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church

28 August 2019 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with participants in the 5th Summer Institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of the Supreme Church Council

25 July 2019 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of the Supreme Church Council

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An Open Letter from Greek Clergy and Laity on the Ukrainian Issue

13 September 2019 year 17:49

An Open Letter from Greek Clergy and Laity on the Ukrainian Issue

One hundred and seventy-nine clergymen, monks and laypeople sent an open letter to the Primate and episcopate of the Orthodox Church of Greece, expressing their concern and alarm over the uncanonical granting of autocephaly to the Ukrainian schismatics.

Delegation of abbots and abbesses of the Coptic Church arrives in Russia

12 September 2019 year 22:18

Delegation of abbots and abbesses of the Coptic Church arrives in Russia

On September 12, at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Church, a delegation of abbots, abbesses and nuns from the Coptic Church’s monasteries and convents arrived in Moscow to begin their pilgrimage to the Russian Orthodox abodes.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Archbishop of Warsaw

12 September 2019 year 20:03

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Archbishop of Warsaw

On September 12, at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St. Daniel’s Stavropegic Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Warsaw, who had arrived in Moscow on an unofficial visit.

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Archbishop of Warsaw Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz

11 September 2019 year 18:24

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Archbishop of Warsaw Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz

On September 11, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies, met at the CMI with Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Archbishop of Warsaw, who is in Moscow on an unofficial visit.

Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at interfaith conference devoted to the protection of family values

10 September 2019 year 20:13

Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at interfaith conference devoted to the protection of family values

On September 10, a conference on “The Family and Family Values in Traditional Religions of Russia. Protection of Family in Religious and Public Dialogue” took place at the Centre of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in Moscow. The conference was organized by the Interreligious Council of Russia and the IOPS.

A monument to St. John of Kronstadt erected in the capital of the USA

10 September 2019 year 13:28

A monument to St. John of Kronstadt erected in the capital of the USA

On September 8, the monument was consecrated by the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York during the celebrations devoted to the 70th anniversary of the Parish of St. John the BaptistA three-meter tall bronze monument to St. John of Kronstadt has been erected at the entrance to the church of St. John the Baptist in Washington, USA.

Metropolitan Hilarion visits Dormition Cathedral in Budapest

7 September 2019 year 13:54

Metropolitan Hilarion visits Dormition Cathedral in Budapest

On September 7, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who had arrived in Hungary with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the Budapest Forum for Christian Communications, visited the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition in Budapest, where restoration works are under way.

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Presentation by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the Budapest Forum for Christian Communicators

6 September 2019 year 20:36

Presentation by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the Budapest Forum for Christian Communicators
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Taking part in the Budapest Forum for Christian Communicators held in Budapest, Hungary, on September 6, were high-ranking representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches, Roman Catholic Church and Protestant communities, as well as Hungarian statesmen and public figures. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, was one of the keynote speakers, delivering a presentation on Christianity in Today’s World.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over mass shootings in U.S. cities

5 August 2019 year 20:44

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over mass shootings in U.S. cities
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to the President of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump, over a series of shooting incidents, as the result of which dozens of people had died and been injured.

Metropolitan Hilarion: Recognition of the OCU by any Church will only deepen the division

24 July 2019 year 20:25

Metropolitan Hilarion: Recognition of the OCU by any Church will only deepen the division
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Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for external church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, gave an interview to the RIA NOVOSTI.

Metropolitan Hilarion: Events in Ukraine have shown that the structures created by Patriarch Bartholomew are unviable

12 July 2019 year 17:07

Metropolitan Hilarion: Events in Ukraine have shown that the structures created by Patriarch Bartholomew are unviable
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On July 6, during the Church and the World talk show broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays by Russia 24 TV channel, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchatedepartment for external church relations, answered questions from the channel presenter Ekaterina Gracheva.

CMI MA course: theological education in today’s context

11 July 2019 year 20:04

CMI MA course: theological education in today’s context
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The Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies continues enrolling students for its MA course. This year, the following four programs are available: External Church Relations, Christian Sources, Philosophy and History of Religion, Canon Law.

Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the situation in Montenegro

9 July 2019 year 16:54

Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the situation in Montenegro
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The statement was adopted at the session of the Holy Synod on July 9, 2019 (min. 71).

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Kiyiakos Mitsotakis on his appointment prime minister of the Hellenic Republic

8 July 2019 year 21:49

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Kiyiakos Mitsotakis on his appointment prime minister of the Hellenic Republic
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Kiyiakos Mitsotakis on his appointment prime minister of the Hellenic Republic.

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Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of Supreme Church Council

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Мамант Кесарийский, мч.

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Неделя 13-я по Пятидесятнице. Глас 4-й.

Мч. Маманта (275), отца его Феодота и матери Руфины (III). Прп. Иоанна постника, патриарха Цареградского (595). Прпп. Антония (1073) и Феодосия (1074) Печерских. Перенесение мощей блгвв. кн. Петра, в иночестве Давида, и кн. Февронии, в иночестве Евфросинии, Муромских, чудотворцев (1992) (переходящее празднование в воскресенье перед 6 сентября).

Обретение мощей прп. Феодосия Тотемского (1796). Мчч. 3628-ми в Никомидии (III–IV). Собор Саратовских святых (переходящее празднование в ближайшее воскресенье к 31 августа).

Сщмчч. Варсонофия, еп. Кирилловского, и с ним Иоанна Иванова пресвитера, прмц. Серафимы Сулимовой игумении и мчч. Анатолия Барашкова, Николая Бурлакова, Михаила Трубникова и Филиппа Марышева (1918); сщмчч. Дамаскина, еп. Стародубского, и с ним Евфимия Горячева, Иоанна Мельниченко, Иоанна Смоличева, Владимира Моринского, Виктора Басова, Феодота Шатохина, Петра Новосельского, Стефана Ярошевича пресвитеров (1937); сщмчч. Германа, еп. Вязниковского, Стефана Ермолина пресвитера и мч. Павла Елькина (1937).

Калужской иконы Божией Матери (1771).

Утр. – Ев. 2-е, Мк., 70 зач., XVI, 1–8. Лит. – 1 Кор., 166 зач., XVI, 13–24. Мф., 87 зач., XXI, 33–42. Мч.: Рим., 99 зач., VIII, 28–39. Ин., 50 зач., XV, 1–7101.

На сугубой ектении Божественной литургии присоединяются особые прошения. После литургии читается молитва святым благоверным Петру и Февронии Муромским102.

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