Delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate attends celebration of Patriarch Bartholomew’s Name Day
14. June 2012 - 10:56
On June 10-12, 2012, the Name Day of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople was celebrated in Istanbul. A delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church took part in the celebration with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. The delegation was led by Bishop Savva of Voskresensk, a vicar of the Moscow diocese and abbot of the Novospassky monastery. He was accompanied by deacon Feodor Shulga, a staff member of the DECR secretariat for inter-Orthodox relations, and nun Nina (Pikova).
Upon their arrival in Istanbul on 10 June 2012, members of delegation prayed at Great Vespers in monastery of the Life-Giving Fount of the Theotokos in Valukli, where the burial-vault of the Patriarchs of Constantinople is located.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to the Church of Cyprus
13. June 2012 - 14:16His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia paid an official visit to the Orthodox Church of Cyprus on June 8-11, 2012.
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was accompanied by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR); Bishop Sergiy of Solnechnogorsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administrative Secretariat; Mr. Vladimir Legoida, chairman of the Synodal Information Department; archpriest Nikolai Balashov, DECR deputy chairman; archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for inter-Orthodox relations; protodeacon Vladimir Nazarkin, assistant to the DECR chairman; and Mr. Mikhail Kuksov, acting head of the Patriarch’s personal secretariat.
On the first day of the visit, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the hierarchs who accompanied him, attended the session of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus.
His All-Holiness visits Armenian Hospital
8. June 2012 - 10:03
On Saturday, June 2, 2012, His All-Holiness, accompanied by Metropolitan Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, visited the Armenian hospital of St. Savior (Surp Pırgiç) in Kazlıçeşme and attended an exhibition entitled "The Ottoman period until today -- 180 Years of History: the Armenian Hospital of Saint Savior. "
Feast of the Holy Spirit
8. June 2012 - 10:00
On Monday, June 4, 2012, His All-Holiness presided over the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Holy Spirit at the Holy Trinity Church of Stavrodromion. Among those in attendance were the Consul General of Greece, the Hon. Nicholas Matthioudakis and his wife, the Hon. Katerina Varvarigos, Consul of Greece in Adrianople, and pilgrims from Greece.
Archpriest Georges Florovsky’s book “Christianity and Culture” is published in the Chinese Language
7. June 2012 - 15:08
Archpriest Georges Florovsky’s book “Christianity and Culture” has been published for the first time in the Chinese language. This was reported by Archpriest Dionisy Pozdnyaev, the priest-in-charge of the community of the Chief Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, in Hong Kong.
The publication was realized by the Hong Kong Institute of Sino-Christian Studies, with support of the Orthodox Brotherhood of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Hong Kong and the Orthodox Fellowship of All Saints of China (United States).
