Great Patriotic

Artsakh President holds award ceremony on Victory Day

May 9, 2013 News

9/5/13 Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan held an award ceremony on occasion of the Victory Holiday, the Day of the NKR Defense Army and the Liberation of Shoushi. President Sahakyan congratulated the attendees of the event and handed in the awards. In his speech, the President said that during the Great Patriotic War our grandfathers [...]

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Patriarch Kirill honours memory of Great Patriotic War soldiers and victims of the 1930s mass starvation

July 31, 2012 News

On July 28, 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Memorial of Eternal Glory at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kiev and the memorial to the victims of the 1930s mass starvation. His Holiness laid wreaths at the memorials and said a prayer for the repose of ‘the [...]

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Armenian Catholicos addresses on Victory, Peace Day

May 11, 2012 News

9/5/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II issued a congratulatory message in connection with the Victory and Peace Day. “The victory, which was achieved against fascism [during the Great Patriotic War in World War II], is celebrated on this day. This celebration causes a double joy for the heart of each Armenian, [...]

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Patriarch Kirill lays a wreath to the Eternal Flame at the Kremlin Wall

May 9, 2009 News

Moscow, May 8, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia paid tribute to the memory of soldiers fallen in the Great Patriotic War.To the mournful music played by the honour guards orchestra, Patriarch laid a wreath to the Eternal Flame burning at the Kremlin wall. The Orthodox cross of yellow flowers against the [...]

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The Moscow Patriarchate priest proposes to consider drawing persona non grata list

March 5, 2009 News

Moscow, March 4, Interfax – Priest Sergy Zvonariov, a member of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, proposed to draw up a list of high-ranking foreign politicians and state officials who should be forbidden to enter Russia.”At the national level, we need to consider drawing the list of persona non grata, that is, [...]

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