Patriarch Kirill

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visits St. Sophia Cathedral in Harbin

May 15, 2013 News

  On 13 May 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, currently on a visit to China, visited St. Sophia Cathedral in Harbin. He was accompanied by Ambassador Andrei Denisov of the Russian Federation to the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Sergei Paltov, Russian Consul General in Shenyang, Mr. Zhang Lebin, deputy director of the State Administration [...]

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Patriarch Kirill: The dreams of the Chinese Orthodox Church’s bright future begins to come true

May 15, 2013 Featured News

On May 12, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia had a talk with Chinese believers at the Russian Embassy in Beijing. The Primate of the Russian Church had met many of them before when he visited China as chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations. He reminded his [...]

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Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy in Beijing

May 15, 2013 Featured News

On May 12, 2013, the second Sunday after Pascha, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the territory of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Beijing in which the Russian Orthodox Mission in China used to be. The Primate of the Russian Church was assisted by Metropolitan [...]

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Patriarch Kirill’s visit confirms “special quality” of Beijing-Moscow relations – Chinese president

May 14, 2013 News

Beijing, May 13, Interfax – Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he attaches great importance to the visit to China by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. “You are the first patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and Russia’s supreme religious leader to visit our country. It vividly demonstrates the high level and the [...]

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Patriarch Kirill I visits historical site of first Russian church in Beijing

May 13, 2013 Featured News

12/5/13 Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill I who is making a visit to China on Sunday examine a Cross of white marble installed on the territory of the Russian Embassy in memory of the first Russians who came to live in Beijing. A plate placed at the foundation of the Cross contains the [...]

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Patriarch Lauds ‘Special Relationship’ in China Visit

May 11, 2013 Featured News

BEIJING, May 10 (RIA Novosti) – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, has met with the Chinese President on the first day of his five-day visit to China. The Chinese President Xi Jinping has called the head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s visit to the country an [...]

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Patriarch Kirill praying for release of Syrian archbishops from captivity

May 10, 2013 Featured News

Moscow, April 23, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia hopes that Christian leaders abducted near the Syrian city of Aleppo will be released unharmed. “I am making all possible efforts now to facilitate the soonest possible release of the abducted archbishops from captivity. I am praying that the Lord keep them unharmed [...]

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Patriarch Kirill chairs a regular meeting of the Supreme Church Council

April 16, 2013 News

On April 12, 2013, the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church met for a regular meeting at the Supreme Church Council Hall in the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. The meeting was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. He made introductory remarks. Bishop Sergiy of Solnechnogorsk [...]

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill receives H.E. Mahmoud Gamil Ahmed ElDieb, Ambassador of Arab Republic of Egypt to Russian Federation

April 16, 2013 Featured News

On 12 April 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H.E. Mahmoud Gamil Ahmed ElDieb, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Russian Federation, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery. Taking part in the meeting was also Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, DECR [...]

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Feminism could destroy Russia, Russian Orthodox patriarch claims

April 10, 2013 Featured News

Miriam Elder in Moscow 10/4/13 guardian.co.uk Kirill, head of church and close ally of Putin says feminist organisations ‘proclaim the pseudo-freedom of women’. Feminism is a “very dangerous” phenomenon that could lead to the destruction of Russia, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said. “I consider this phenomenon called feminism very dangerous, because feminist organisations [...]

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Patriarch Kirill chairs a meeting of the Church-Public Organizing Committee for the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia

March 30, 2013 Featured News

On March 27, 2013, the Church-Public Organizing Committee for the 1025th Anniversary of the Baptism of Russia met at the patriarchal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery. It was chaired by His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Along with hierarchs and clergy of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, the committee includes high governmental [...]

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Primate of the Russian Church celebrates at Christ the Saviour Cathedral on the Sunday of Orthodoxy

March 26, 2013 News

On 24 March 2013, the first Sunday in Lent known as the Sunday of Orthodoxy, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and the Office of the Triumph of Orthodoxy in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral, press service of the Patriarch of Moscow and [...]

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Patriarch Kirill Gives Pope Mother of God Icon

March 22, 2013 News

The Moscow Times -22/3/13 A bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church has met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, where he presented him with the Mother of God icon and expressed hope that ties between the two churches would continue to improve, the church’s official website said. During the meeting on Wednesday, Hilarion Alfeyev, the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, extended [...]

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Vandal of Moscow Icons Released from Jail

March 20, 2013 Featured News

MOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) – A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a man that vandalized icons in Russia’s largest Orthodox cathedral to a year of limited freedom, but released him for time served. The court found St. Petersburg resident Yury Piotrovsky guilty of “vandalism incited by religious hatred” for pouring ink on two icons [...]

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Continued violence in Syria will lead to humanitarian catastrophe – Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 16, 2013 Featured News

15/3/13 Russian Patriarch Kirill has warned that continued violence in Syria will create a humanitarian catastrophe, cost countless lives and leave the country in ruins. Emerging from a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Moscow Friday, he also pointed out that the Syrian crisis can only be resolved through a peaceful dialogue. This Friday [...]

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For the first time since the Great Schism, ecumenical patriarch to attend pope’s inaugural Mass

March 15, 2013 Featured News

15/3/13 The metropolitans of Argentina and Italy will accompany Bartholomew. Moscow Patriarchate hopes in closer cooperation with Rome but excludes for now a meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill. Istanbul (AsiaNews) – The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I will attend Pope Francis’s inaugural Mass. The Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office informed AsiaNews about the decision, noting [...]

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The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church meets in session chaired by Patriarch Kirill

March 13, 2013 News

March 12, 2013, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has met for a regular session at the Synod’s Hall at the synodal and patriarchal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery, Moscow. It is chaired by His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The permanent members of the Holy Synod are Metropolitans [...]

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Patriarch Kirill meets with President Alexander Ankvab of Abkhazia

March 13, 2013 News

On March 4, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, received A. S. Ankvab, President of the Republic of Abkhazia, at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery. They discussed the religious and cultural relations between the peoples of Abkhazia and Russia. Participating in the meeting were Metropolitan Hilarion of [...]

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates the Liturgy for the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov

March 10, 2013 Featured News

On March 6, the 400th anniversary of Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov’s enthronement as Tsar, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin. Concelebrating with His Holiness were: Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Church’s External Relations Department; Archbishop Mark [...]

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros Al-Raï

March 2, 2013 Featured News

On 27 February 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude Mar Béchara Boutros Cardinal Al-Raï, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel Monastery. Accompanying the Maronite Patriarch were Archbishop Boulos Sayah, Patriarch’s vicar general; Mr. Walid Ghayad, press officer; Mr. [...]

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Epistle of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the Day of Orthodox Youth

February 16, 2013 Featured News

16/2/13 Dear Brothers and Sisters: I express my heartfelt congratulations to you on this feast day of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple and the Day of Orthodox Youth. Turning my mind’s eye to the events which led to the establishment of this church holiday, we and Righteous Simeon both joyfully greet the Savior [...]

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Patriarch Irinej at Russian Church in Belgrade

February 13, 2013 Featured News

11/2/13   In Belgrade liturgically celebrated four years of Patriarchal  service of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, served the Divine Liturgy at the Podvorye of the Moscow Patriarchate in Belgrade on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the Patriarchal service of His Holiness Kirill of Moscow and [...]

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Patriarch Kirill on four years as Patriarch: a lot has been done, a lot remains to do

February 3, 2013 Featured News

Moscow, February 1, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia served a liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on the fourth anniversary of his enthronement as patriarch. “These four years were full of so many events that would be enough for forty years and even more,” the Patriarch said after the [...]

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Russian Patriarch Urges Church Presence in Social Networks

February 3, 2013 Featured News

3/2/13 MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti) – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on Saturday lamented a high number of antichurch internet posts and said the Russian Orthodox Church he leads should be present in social networks to tell the truth to its audience. “Blogs and social networks give us new opportunities for the [...]

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Patriarch Kirill hopes visit by Ilia II to Moscow will strengthen Georgian-Russian relations

February 1, 2013 News

Moscow, January 21, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expects the visit by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia to Moscow to promote the development of Russian-Georgian relations. “This visit will promote the development of bilateral relations between our countries and peoples,” Patriarch Kirill said on Monday while meeting with Ilia II [...]

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