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Russian Patriarch Arrives in Japan

September 15, 2012 Featured News

Russian Patriarch visits Japan 15/9/2012 Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church who is on a visit to Japan has visited the Sendai Orthodox diocese which was badly hit by the earthquake and tsunami in March last year. He gave the local priests money for buying church utencils. The Patriarch started his visit to Sendai [...]

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Patriarch Kirill’s interview to Japanese journalists

September 14, 2012 Featured News

14/9/2012 On 4 September 2012, in anticipation of his primatial visit to Japan, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia gave an interview to correspondents of Japan’s major mass media: – NHK: This year marks the centenary of the demise of St. Nicholas of Japan. What are the aims of Your Holiness’s visit [...]

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill answers questions of Japanese journalists on the even of his visit to Japan

September 7, 2012 News

4.09.2012 On 4 September 2012, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church gave an interview to representatives of the major mass media of Japan at the Patriarchal and Synodal resident at St. Daniel’s Monastery. Taking part in the talk with His Holiness were correspondents of the NHK TV&Radio, Kyodo Tsushin news agency, and Yomiuri national [...]

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Catholicos thanks Japanese diplomat for supporting Armenia

March 10, 2012 News

10/3/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II on Friday received Keiji Ide, the Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan and the country’s Deputy Chief of Mission in Russia. Karekin II pleasingly reflected on the developing cooperation between Armenia and Japan. And, in the person of the Minister, the Catholicos extended his gratitude to …

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Awards in the Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence

February 22, 2012 News

21/2/2012 Romanian Church On 21 February 2012, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, awarded religious ranks to several priests in “Saint Great Martyr George” chapel of the Patriarchal Residence, as confirmation of their pastoral-missionary activity unfolded within the framework of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Thus, His Beatitude awarded the rank of iconomos [...]

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Few Japanese wish to baptize, the country’s Orthodox leader regrets

February 8, 2012 Featured News
Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and all Japan

The Japanese Orthodox Church 8/2/2012 *** He can’t find a successor Moscow, February 6, Interfax – The Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church faces problems in its mission: people in the “land of the rising sun” do not hurry to baptize. “We have newly converted believers, who have been baptized. But the majority of the baptized are [...]

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First World War and the Balkan Knot

December 10, 2011 Featured News

7/12/2011 His Grace Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno attended yesterday an opening of the International Scientific Conference dedicated to political relations on the Balkans and Europe before the First World War. The theme of the conference was The First World War and the Balkan knot – the Balkans before the First World War. Fifty scientists from [...]

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Humanitarian concert organized by the Embassy of Indonesia

June 28, 2011 News

27/6/2011 On behalf of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, His Grace Vicar Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno attended on June 23, 2011 at the Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation the humanitarian concert of a folklore group from the Indonesian province of Aceh, suffered by the tsunami in 2004. During the musical and dance performance Aceh in Serbia [...]

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Metropolitan Council Charity Committee forwards $5000 donation to IOCC

June 8, 2011 News

06/03/2011 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — The Charity Committee of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America recently approved and sent a $5,000.00 donation to International Orthodox Christian Charities for its ongoing relief and recovery efforts. The donation to IOCC is the second approved by the Charity Committee in nearly three months. On March [...]

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Patriarch Kirill to visit Japan

April 28, 2011 News

Moscow, April 28, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is planning to visit Japan in 2012, in particular, to check progress in the Orthodox churches’ reconstruction process. “I am planning to visit Japan next year, in particular, the Sendai diocese destroyed by the disaster, to express solidarity with Japanese brothers and sisters, [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church raises RUR 21 million to aid Japan

April 19, 2011 News

Moscow, April 18, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church has raised over 21 million rubles (about $750,000) by mid-April to aid the victims of natural disaster in Japan, the official Church website reports. Most funds were transferred to the account of the Japan autonomous Orthodox Church. Its primate Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and All Japan [...]

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April 8, 2011- Fourth report from Bishop Seraphim of Sendai

April 12, 2011 Featured News

Earthquake and Tsunami in Tohoku area, March 11, 2011 Report and Information on Eastern Japan Diocese April 8 Fourth report from Bishop Seraphim Aftershock quaking still happens three or four times every day and last night, another magnitude 7 earthquake occured near Sendai and hit the damaged building and suffered people’s heart again. Since the [...]

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Japanese Orthodox hierarchs to develop ongoing recovery Efforts

April 9, 2011 Featured News

04/08/2011 BALTIMORE, MD [IOCC] — Nearly a month after the fourth largest earthquake ever recorded struck the eastern coast of Japan and touched off a devastating tsunami, earthquakes continue to rattle the nerves of survivors and complicate relief efforts. More than thirty earthquakes measuring 6.0 and above on the Richter scale have been experienced in [...]

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Patriarch Kirill calls for fundraiser for Orthodox people in Japan

March 28, 2011 News

The Church received over $37,000 raised to help people in Japan Moscow, March 28, Interfax – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill has called on believers to begin a fundraiser to help orthodox people in Japan. “I give my blessing for a special fundraiser for the Orthodox communities of Japan located in the areas [...]

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Information on Orthodox Church in Japan

March 24, 2011 Featured News

23/3/2011 Dear Orthodox family, Thanks God, through the prayer of Orthodox family, situation of the suffered places is getting better. We appreciate your emails with prayer and thoughtfulness. They were translated and uploaded to Japanese page to encourage brothers and sisters struggling in Tohoku. And we were much grateful to know donation for this disaster [...]

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All Orthodox priests in Japan Survived

March 18, 2011 News

Moscow, March 18, Interfax – Cleric of the Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church Archpriest Nikolay Dmitriev, who works in Hakodate, reports that communication with all the country’s Orthodox priests has been restored and none of them was injured. “We’ve communicated with every Orthodox priests of Japan,” Father Nikolay was quoted as saying by the Foma magazine. [...]

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HELP THE JAPANESE ORTHODOX CHURCH

March 17, 2011 Featured News

CLICK HERE TO DONATE The Fund for Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Dear Friends, Tragedy has struck Japan, including many of our Orthodox Christian brothers and sisters in that nation. A powerful earthquake claimed thousands of lives, caused a tsunami and damage with fire, radiation, and blackouts. As of this writing, [...]

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Hawaii mission makes aide plea for the Orthodox Church of Japan

March 17, 2011 News

Click here to make your valuable donation to help the Church of Japan “For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints…” (2 Corinthians 8:3) Dear Friends, With the blessing [...]

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Second message by Bishop Seraphim and report on the state of Church in Japan

March 17, 2011 Featured News

17/3/2011 Since the disaster happened, we received many letters and emails from in and out of Japan. We express our gratitude from the bottom of the heart. Although communucation is still not enough recovered, we have been collecting information using various tools. Little by little, we found out the situation of churh and parish members. [...]

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Report and Information on Eastern Japan Diocese

March 17, 2011 News

Earthquake and Tsunami in Tohoku area, March 11, 2011 Report and Information on Eastern Japan Diocese revised: Mar.16 As you read magnitude 9 earthquake attacked the northeastern part of Japan. And 30 feet tsunami swept through the east coastal areas in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefecture. In addition to that, serious trouble happened in the [...]

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Report on the situation of the Japanese Orthodox Church after devastating Quake and Tsunami

March 16, 2011 Featured News

Report by the Serbian Orthodox Church 15/3/2011 With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Longin of Nova Gracanica-Midwestern America after several attempts we made the contact with the Orthodox Church in Japan. Metropolitan Danilo, the head of the Japanese Orthodox Church and the priesthood were very touched by the care of the Serbian Orthodox Church [...]

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Bartholomew I to Japan and the world: enough nuclear energy

March 16, 2011 News

15/3/2011 A vibrant and heartfelt appeal to States to abandon the use of nuclear energy: this is the message sent by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the Japanese people to express the solidarity of the Orthodox world. The message was sent on the first Sunday of Lent, also called the Sunday of Orthodoxy, on the [...]

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Russian Church fundraises for Orthodox believers in Japan

March 16, 2011 News

Moscow, March 15, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate is fundraising for needs of Orthodox believers who suffered from the earthquake in Japan. “We start collecting aid in Sts Martha and Mary Convent in Moscow. We’re fundraising for needs of the country’s Orthodox communities,” head of the Synodal Department for Charities and Social Work Bishop Panteleimon [...]

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Orthodox churches on Japan’s Pacific coast destroyed, communications lost – Bishop

March 16, 2011 Featured News

Moscow, March 15, Interfax – Bishop Seraphim of Sendai (the Japanese Autonomous Church) told about serious consequences of the earthquake in Japan for the country’s Orthodox believers. “On God’s mercy the church in Sendai was not seriously damaged and life in the city is being restored. However, churches on the Pacific coast are destroyed and [...]

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Orthodox Faithful of Japan Ask for Prayers

March 14, 2011 Featured News

13/3/2011 The strongest earthquakes have repeated several times in Japan these days. There was an explosion at a nuclear power plant, after which the authorities started a massive evacuation of the nearby areas. There are said to be more than 1700 victims; more than 10 thousand people missing. Immediately after the explosion at the nuclear [...]

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