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The Moscow Patriarchate has refused to participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council that was expected to be held on Crete on June 16-27, Interfax reports. "All Churches should participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council, and only in that …
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill began his first visit to the North Caucasus. He arrived to the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (KBR), Nalchik, where he consecrated the church of St. Mary Magdalene. "This is …
Pope Francis will arrive to Armenia on June 24, he plans to visit the Armenian Apostolic Church's seat in Echmiadzin and conduct a liturgy with Armenian Apostolic Church leader Catholicos Garegin …
Today President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili and First Lady Maka Chichua congratulated the country's population on Easter holiday. President and first lady themselves celebrated the holiday in …
Today Kazakhstan celebrates the Day of Unity. It is a national holiday, which was introduced by a decree of President Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1995. For the republic with representatives of more than hundred nationalities, it became one of the …
Today, Pope Francis congratulated all Orthodox Christians on Easter holiday. "I address a cordial greeting to the faithful of the Eastern Churches who are celebrating Holy Pascha today," he wrote on his Twitter page. …
Today, all Orthodox Christians in the world celebrate the main Christian holiday - Easter. The resurrection of Christ according to the Julian calendar is celebrated in about 70 countries around the world with Orthodox churches and communities. On …
Today on March 27th the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) celebrates the feast of Easter (Holy Resurrection). Easter is the feast of purification, alienation, abandonment of sins and return to God. Both in the Old and the New Testament Easter is …
Today Catholics and Protestants celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. Yesterday the head of the Catholic Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, started a …
Restoration work on the Edicule (chapel) of the Temple of the Holy Sepulchre has begun in Jerusalem for the first time in history, the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission (REM) in the city informs. "Patriarch Theophilos announced at the …
Yesterday, the first meeting in history between the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the Pope took place at the international airport of Havana. The talks, which lasted over two hours, resulted in the signing of a joint declaration and …
The Kremlin is taking no part in preparations for a meeting between Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Pope Francis on February 12, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. …
Patriarch Kirill will meet with Pope Francis in Cuba, the Department of External Relations of the Moscow patriarchy said. Their meeting is scheduled for February 11. It should be noted …
Today Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas, one of the biggest and most ancient Christian holidays. The main solemn service was held in the Christ the Savior Cathedral by Patriarch Kirill of ...
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has appointed the publicist Alexander Shchipkov as the first deputy chairman of the Synodal Department for Church and Society and Media, the department reports. …
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated the Orthodox community of the republic on the approaching Christmas. "In Azerbaijan, known as a model of tolerance and a space of dialogue between civilizations and …
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II is celebrating his 83rd birthday today. Ilia II was born Irakli Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili. He graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary in 1957 and from the Moscow …
Properly developed relations between the Orthodox and Muslims is an important component in the fight against international terrorism, Patriarch Kirill said today during a meeting with the Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office, …
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II called on Georgians living abroad to return to their motherland. “A vicious rule is followed nowadays in Georgia – mothers leave families, depart for foreign countries and …
Great Christian shrines will arrive in Krasnodar tomorrow: the Ark will come to the capital of Kuban from the St. Elias Monastery in Odessa, where there is a part of the belt and the robe of Our Lady, as well as part of the sandals and …
