On the 23rd of April 2019, at a parish house of the Church of ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Dr. Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation…
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Associations sent an appeal to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill as Honorary Chairman of the Interreligious Council of Russia, calling upon him to facilitate the release of the Ukrainian sailors detained on 25th November 2018, as well as the release of “hostages and captives in eastern Ukraine.” The Interreligious…
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated V. A. Zelensky on his election to the office of President of Ukraine. Mr. V. A. Zelensky President-Elect of Ukraine Dear Vladimir Alexandrovich, Kindly accept my congratulations on your election to the high and very important post of President of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people, who…
On 21st April 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended a literary soiree, last in the series of readings dedicated to the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Mr. Francesco Forte, Consul General of Italy, acted as anchorman of the literary soiree held at the Central House…
Holy and Great Friday was commemorated at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, presided over by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Photos: Nikos Manginas / Ecumenical Patriarchate
Thousands of Orthodox worshipers gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Holy and Great Saturday for the miraculous lighting of the Holy Light. On Great Saturday the Orthodox Church contemplates the mystery of the Lord’s descent into Hades, the place of the dead. Death, our ultimate enemy, is defeated from within….
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Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air will carry the Holy Fire from Jerusalem to Greece on Holy Saturday, using three additional aircraft to carry out non-commercial flights specially for this purpose, in addition to its scheduled commercial flights, and thus reach as many Greek destinations as possible. The aeroplanes will take off immediately after the arrival…
On Thursday, April 25, 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel blessed the new silver reliquary where the holy relics of Saint Philothea of Argeș will be kept. During a service held at the All Romanian Saints Hall of the Patriarchal Residence, Patriarch Daniel offered prayers and sprinkled with holy water the shrine in the presence of…