Moscow Patriarchate

Priests should return to Chinese Orthodox churches – Moscow Patriarchate

May 17, 2013 News

 Moscow, May 16, Interfax – The recent visit to China by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has exceeded even the most ambitious expectations, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, said. “Even a year or two ago, only a few people could have imagined that Patriarch Kirill would [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church’s position on possible Patriarch-Pope meeting unchanged

March 13, 2013 Featured News

Moscow, March 13, Interfax – In light of the ongoing elections in the Vatican, the Moscow Patriarchate says that its position regarding a possible meeting between the Patriarch and the Pope remains unchanged. “As concerns a meeting with the Pope, our position is simple and unchanged: such a meeting cannot be held just for the [...]

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Relations between Orthodox and Greek Catholics in Ukraine goes through a new stage of difficulties, the Moscow Patriarchate official believes

February 7, 2013 Featured News

7/2/13 Moscow, February 7, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church does not entirely share the optimism of the Vatican’s representative to Russia Archbishop Ivan Yurkovich about improving relations between Orthodox believers and Uniates in Ukraine. “In many ways, we managed to overcome difficulties in relations between Orthodox and Greek-Catholics in Ukraine that existed in early [...]

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Azarov honored with superior honor award of Ukrainian Orthodox Church

January 6, 2013 Featured News

6/1/2013 - Interfax-Ukraine Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has been honored with the superior honor award of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) – the mark of distinction of Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) No. 002. Metropolitan Pavlo Lebed of Vyshgorod and Chornobyl handed the award to the Ukrainian prime minister on January 4, [...]

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An Exhibition of Russian Orthodox Icons Opens in the Argentinian Capital

December 19, 2012 Featured News

19/12/12 An exhibition of the traditions of Russian Orthodox icon-painting opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 13, 2012. This show acquaints the Argentinian audience with the traditions of venerating the Mother of God in Russia, and is scheduled to coincide with the fifth-anniversary celebrations of the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between [...]

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Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits the Parliament of Turkey

December 18, 2012 News

On 15 December 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Volkan Bozkyr, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly. The DECR chairman told him about the meeting of the working group for dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the [...]

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Moscow Patriarchate calls for Orthodox-Muslim alliance against extremism

December 11, 2012 Featured News

Nina Achmatova -11/12/12 Metropolitan Hilarion says Wahamism is a common threat to the two religions in Russia and the Middle East. In his view, Muslim extremists are driven “by the devil,” non faith. Moscow (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk has called on Orthodox Christians and Muslims to unite in the fight against Islamic extremisn [...]

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Metropolitan Filaret presents church awards to Athos monks

November 20, 2012 News

Bealrus Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate MINSK, 20 November (BelTA) – Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, received a delegation of the Athos monastery Hilandar headed by the Abbot of the Monastery, Archimandrite Methodius, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian Exarchate. “His Eminence Metropolitan Filaret had a conversation with the guests. [...]

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Doctors Implant Pacemaker In Metropolitan Volodymyr’s

July 11, 2012 Featured News

11/7/2012 Doctors implanted a pacemaker in Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, Volodymyr, the press-service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) said in the press-release. The Ukrainian cardiologists made the decision after consultations following the scheduled examination of the Metropolitan in National M.M.Amosov Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery on July 10. “The doctors [...]

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First celebration at a church in Lisbon recently transferred to Moscow Patriarchate

July 9, 2012 News

3/7/2012 On June 30, 2012, Bishop Nestor of Chersonese celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of St. Felix in Lisbon. The church was handed over to Orthodox Christians living in the Portuguese capital for limitless and free use by the Patriarchate of Lisbon of the Roman Catholic Church, the website of the Diocese of [...]

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Former Abkhaz Orthodox clerics sever links with Moscow Patriarchate

June 29, 2012 News

Sukhumi, June 29, Interfax – Two priests who have decided to organize an independent Abkhaz Orthodox Church said they have definitively severed all their links with Russian Orthodox Church, of which they were members before. Archimandrite Dorofey (Dbar) and Hieromonk Andrey (Ampar) convened a conference in 2011 that set up “Holy Metropolitan See of Abkhazia,” [...]

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Search opened for OCA Representative to Moscow Patriarchate, Dean of Moscow’s St. Catherine Representation Church

May 30, 2012 Featured News

SYOSSET, NY [OCA] 30/5/2012 The Orthodox Church in America is accepting applications for the position of Representative to the Moscow Patriarchate and Dean and Rector of Saint Catherine Representation Church, Moscow. While the OCA Chancery is coordinating the search for a suitable candidate, the final appointment to the position will be made by His Beatitude, [...]

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Moscow Patriarchate calls on Moldova not to pass law recognizing homosexuality as normal

March 14, 2012 News

Moscow, March 14, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate has cautioned the Moldovan administration about adopting a law on non-discrimination, which the country needs to pass to enter the EU. “There are things that cannot be neglected even to improve the financial situation of people. If society’s moral health depends on the adoption of a law [...]

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Poll: About half of citizens of central and southeastern Ukraine do not object to transfer of Orthodox churches to Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate

March 14, 2012 News

14/3/2012 Kyiv, March 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – About a half of the citizens of central and southeastern Ukraine support the transfer of Pochayiv Lavra, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Sviatohirsk Lavra and Sviato-Bohoiavlensky women’s monastery to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, according to the results of a poll conducted by R&B Group and announced by [...]

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Ukrainian World Congress Appealing To Rada For Debarring Transfer Of Kiev-Pechersk And Pochayiv Lavras To Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of Moscow Patriarchate

March 7, 2012 News

6/3/2012 The Ukrainian World Congress, an international non-government organization, is appealing to the Verkhovna Rada for debarring transfer of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra (Ternopil region) and the Holy Epiphany Monastery (Ternopil region) to the ownership of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate, reads a statement made by the organization’s press [...]

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Filaret asks Yanukovych to prevent transfer of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Pochayiv Lavra to Moscow Patriarchate

February 8, 2012 Featured News

8/2/2012 Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) Filaret has called on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to prevent the transfer of some national holy places to the Moscow Patriarchate by parliament. “I’m addressing you as a guarantor of constitutional rights on behalf of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate, with a strong request [...]

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The Moscow Patriarchate Steps In Between the Government And People

January 10, 2012 News

9/1/2012 Although the Orthodox Christmas celebrations, a joyous and a somewhat more sacramental time of year than the Christmas of December, took place barely 2 days ago, tensions continue to rise between the Russian government and a large number of the Russian populace over the recent legislative election which many perceive as fraud. More than [...]

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About 15 thsds of women annually die from home violence – Metropolitan Hilarion

December 23, 2011 Featured News

Moscow, December 23, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate urges society and authorities to consider scales of violence in Russian families. “Scales of home violence are impressive: about 15 thousands of women a year perish from hands of their husbands or cohabitors. This terrific statistics is only the top of the iceberg: great amount of women, [...]

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Orthodox metropolitan: Christians –most persecuted religion

November 30, 2011 News

30/11/2011 Christians are now the most persecuted religion is the world, Metropolitan Illarion from the Moscow Patriarchate stated at a Moscow conference on religious freedom. According to the envoy about 100 mln Christians are currently being persecuted because of their faith which accounts for 75% of all persecuted religious groups . The clergyman warned that [...]

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What kind of people are the current owners of the shrine in the Kholodny Yar?

November 10, 2011 News

By Yurii MELNYK 10/11/2011 The ancient Holy Trinity and St. Mot­rona’s Monastery has been established as far back as in the 12th century and well-known throughout the land. It was destroyed repeatedly in the turbulent periods of our history. The Mongol invasion, Catholic encroachment after the Union of Lublin, Turkish raids during the Ruin, Bolshevik [...]

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Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of Moscow Patriarchate Claim Improvement In Condition Of Metropolitan Vladimir

November 7, 2011 News

7/11/2011 The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate claims improvement in the condition of Metropolitan Vladimir, archpriest Heorhii Kovalenko, the press secretary to the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has told Ukrainian News. “Yes,” he answered to the question if the Metropolitan’s condition had improved. He underlined hereto that Vladimir was feeling normal …

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Orthodox students’ house opened at University of Fribourg, Switzerland

November 2, 2011 News

On October 28, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, led a solemn ceremony of opening a house for Orthodox students at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. The event was attended by Archbishop Diego Causero, apostolic nuncio to Switzerland, Rev. Gwido Vergauwen, rector of the university, Prof. Mariono Delgado, [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church revival “colossal” over 20 years – Moscow Patriarchate

October 31, 2011 News

Moscow, October 31, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church has made colossal achievements in its revival over the past 20 years, the Moscow Patriarchate said. “In 1991, the Russian Orthodox Church had 12,000 parishes, 117 monasteries and convents, two theologian academies, seven theologian seminaries, 16 theologian colleges and four schools. In 2011, we have 30,675 [...]

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Community of the Constantinople Patriarchate doesn’t intend to hand over Nice cathedral to the Russian Church

October 21, 2011 News

Paris, October 19, Interfax – The Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe (the Constantinople Patriarchate) continues to consider itself a legal owner of St.Nicholas Cathedral in Nice. “The religious association (of the parish – IF) has appealed against the decision of the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence which attributed ownership [...]

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Russian Church to open children hospice in Moscow

September 22, 2011 News

Moscow, September 20, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate organizes a fundraising action for children hospice on September 25 in frames of charitable event The Day of White Flower. “It is planned to open the hospice in Sts Martha and Mary Convent where the event will take place. Ambulatory service will start working on October 3, [...]

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