Saturday, June 9, 2012

Cyprus archbishop asks Russian Church to help wrench the north from Turkey

June 9, 2012 Featured News

Nicosia, June 8, Interfax – The head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church asked the Russian Orthodox Church on Friday to help achieve the liberation of northern Cyprus from Turkish occupation, the result of a 1974 invasion that he likened to the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. “The pious Cypriot people look in [...]

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Historic visit by Moscow Patriarch

June 9, 2012 Featured News

Kristina Boudylina 9/6/2012 CYPRUS welcomed Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev of Moscow who arrived yesterday for an official visit at the invitation of Archbishop Chrysostomos II. The Russian Patriarch arrived on a special flight at 12pm for a four-day visit accompanied by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Bishop Solnechnogorsk Sergei and other clergies and dignitaries of the Russian [...]

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Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church completes its first working day

June 9, 2012 News

On 6 June 2012, a regular session of the spring-winter session of the Holy Synod opened at the Patriarchal and Synodal Spiritual, Administrative and Cultural Centre of the Russian Orthodox Church in the south of Russia under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The visits of His Holiness to [...]

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Orthodox celebration in Namibian capital

June 9, 2012 News

On June 2, 2012, the Paternal Saturday of the Trinity, Father Daniel Lugovoy, rector of the church of St Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the requiem service in the church of St Mark in Windhoek, the capital city of the Republic of Namibia. After the service, the congregation continued their [...]

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Conference of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society takes place in Moscow

June 9, 2012 News

On 4 June 2012, the second conference of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (IOPS) timed to its 130th anniversary took place at the conference hall of the Russian Camber of Accounts. The Presidium consisted of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, chairman of the Committee of the IOPS honoured members; Mr. Sergei [...]

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The role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the preservation of identity of diaspora

June 9, 2012 News

8/6/2012 Serbian Unity Congress and the Ministry for Religion and Diaspora organized a Round table discussion with the topic “The role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the preservation of identity of diaspora” on Monday, 21st of May. The discussion was opened by the president of Serbian Unity Congress Dr Slavka Draskovic, and the State [...]

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