His Holiness Patriarch Kirill blesses the Religious Education Centre of the Byelorussian Exarchate
26. June 2015 - 8:33
On 20 June 2015, after the All-Night Vigil celebrated in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia proceeded to the building of the Religious Education Centre of the Byelorussian Exarchate and, together with the concelebrating bishops and clerics, blessed the church of St. Cyril of Turov. The ordained lectures of the Minsk theological seminary blessed the premises of the Centre.
Archimandrite Silouan Elected as the Metropolitan of Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of the British Isles & Ireland
25. June 2015 - 12:40
Lebanon: The Holy Synod of Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East has elected Orthodox Church elected Archimandrite Silouan as the Metropolitan designate of of Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of the British Isles & Ireland during a session held at Balamand, Lebanon.
Source: OCP
Metropolitan Hilarion attends the opening of an exhibition devoted to St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles
25. June 2015 - 12:38
On June 23, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), attended the opening of an exhibition ‘The Baptizer of Rus’. Towards the 1000th Anniversary of the Demise of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles’.
Patriarch Kirill pays tribute to the defenders of the Brest Fortress
23. June 2015 - 14:28
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the ‘The Hero Brest Fortress’ in the night of June 21, which marks the 74th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated memorial service in commemoration of the defenders of the Brest Fortress and all those fallen in the Great Patriotic War. The service was celebrated at St. Nicholas Church, the historical garrison cathedral located in the fortress.
Patriarch of Jerusalem confers titles on Remli Graduates
22. June 2015 - 9:45
On the evening of Saturday, the 31st of May/13th of June 2015, Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem visited the town of Remli, the ancient Arimathea. He was accompanied by Metropolitan Isychios of Kapitolias, Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina, and Protopresbyter Issa Mousleh, the Patriarchate’s liaison with Arabic-speaking Mass Media.
