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DECR Chairman arrives in South Africa
17 June 2025 year 10:14

DECR Chairman arrives in South Africa

On June 16, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Primate of the Russian Church celebrates Liturgy at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra on the Feast of the Holy Trinity
8 June 2025 year 13:57

Primate of the Russian Church celebrates Liturgy at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra on the Feast of the Holy Trinity

On June 8, the Day of the Holy Trinity, which is the patronal feast of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' arrived at the abbot of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
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Religions Working Group of Petersburg Dialogue Forum holds its meeting in Tashkent
4 June 2025 year 11:33

Religions Working Group of Petersburg Dialogue Forum holds its meeting in Tashkent

On 3rd June, the Religions Working Group of the Petersburg Dialogue Forum held its regular meeting in the capital of Uzbekistan. It focused on the topic entitled “Social Activity As an Instrument of Interfaith Cooperation and Dialogue.”
Assyrian Patriarch meets with the head of St. Petersburg Metropolitanate and the Governor of St. Petersburg
4 June 2025 year 10:27

Assyrian Patriarch meets with the head of St. Petersburg Metropolitanate and the Governor of St. Petersburg

On June 2, a delegation of the Assyrian Church of the East headed by His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III currently on an official visit to Russia, arrived in St. Petersburg.
Litiya celebrated in the territory of St. Sergius Cathedral in Johannesburg on the anniversary of the end of Anglo-Boer War
3 June 2025 year 10:49

Litiya celebrated in the territory of St. Sergius Cathedral in Johannesburg on the anniversary of the end of Anglo-Boer War

On 31st May, the anniversary of the end of the Anglo-Boer War, commemorative events took place in the Chapel of the Holy Grand Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, in the territory of the Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg, South Africa. Prayers were offered for the Russian people who had died in that war.
St. Elijah’s сhurch of Ukrainian Orthodox Church seized with police assistance in Bukovina Village of Zabolotye
31 May 2025 year 20:23

St. Elijah’s сhurch of Ukrainian Orthodox Church seized with police assistance in Bukovina Village of Zabolotye

On May 30, "clergy" and activists of the "OCU" (Orthodox Church of Ukraine), backed by police forces, stormed the premises of St. Elijah’s Church belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Zabolotye, Chernovtsi Oblast, Ukraine, forcibly seizing the church.
DECR Chairman celebrates Liturgy at St. Nicholas Church in Rome
26 May 2025 year 11:43

DECR Chairman celebrates Liturgy at St. Nicholas Church in Rome

The occasion also marked the 25th anniversary of the return of one of the oldest Russian Orthodox parishes in Italy from the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople — which the community had been forced to join in the 20th century — back to the Russian Orthodox Church.
As a result of the AFU attack, St. Nicholas Cathedral in the village of Epifan, Tula Oblast, was damaged
25 May 2025 year 16:28

As a result of the AFU attack, St. Nicholas Cathedral in the village of Epifan, Tula Oblast, was damaged

On the night of May 25, as a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), St. Nicholas Cathedral in the village of Epifan, Tula Oblast (Kimovskoe Deanery of the Tula Diocese), was damaged.
A moleben was served before the relics of St. Cyril Equal-to-the-Apostles in Rome
24 May 2025 year 15:26

A moleben was served before the relics of St. Cyril Equal-to-the-Apostles in Rome

On May 24, the feast day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlighteners of the Slavs, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, and Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, served a moleben at the Basilica of St. Clement in Rome.
OCU raiders seize a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Spaska village, Bukovina
13 May 2025 year 17:07

OCU raiders seize a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Spaska village, Bukovina

On 12th May, in Spaska village, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine, the OCU clerics seized the 19th-century Church of the Holy Great Martyr John of Suceava of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the law adopted in Estonia with the aim of banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church
10 April 2025 year 14:25

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the law adopted in Estonia with the aim of banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church
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On 10th April, the Holy Synod issued a statement after a law had been adopted in Estonia with the view of banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church.
18 October 2024 year 18:31

Statement of the Legal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate regarding the entry into force of the law of Ukraine No. 3894-IX "On the protection of the constitutional order in the sphere of activity of religious organizations"
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In connection with the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine No. 3894-IX from 20.08.24 "On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Sphere of Activity of Religious Organizations," the Legal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate reports that this legislative act grossly contradicts the norms and principles of international law.
Report on church relief efforts in Kursk and Belgorod regions for September 16th
17 September 2024 year 13:00

Report on church relief efforts in Kursk and Belgorod regions for September 16th
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Orthodox volunteers have begun working in one of the hospitals in the Kursk region, where the wounded are being treated, reports diakonia.ru. The Synodal Department for Charity has announced an additional recruitment of volunteers to assist in the Kursk hospital.
Report on church relief efforts in Kursk and Belgorod regions for 14th September
16 September 2024 year 10:35

Report on church relief efforts in Kursk and Belgorod regions for 14th September
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Since 16th August, 22,529 people have appealed for help to the Church Centre for All-Round Social Relief operating in the Trinity Convent in Kursk. Seeking assistance at the Church Centre on 14th September were 1,104 people (276 families).
Report on church relief efforts in Kursk and Belgorod regions for 12th September
13 September 2024 year 13:30

Report on church relief efforts in Kursk and Belgorod regions for 12th September
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Since 16th August, 20,373 people have appealed for help to the Church Centre for All-Round Social Relief operating in the Trinity Convent in Kursk. Seeking assistance at the Church Centre on 12th September were 1,220 people (305 families).
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