All-Night Vigil at the church of the "Joy to All the Afflicted" Icon in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow
1. September 2010 - 14:48
On 27 August 2010, the eve of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk officiate at the All-Night Vigil at the church of the "Joy to All the Afflicted" Icon in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow. Concelebrating were Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, a vicar of Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain (Patriarchate of Constantinople), president of the "The Friends of Mount Athos" charity society, clerics of the church, and a well-known Swiss theologian, hieromonk Gabriel (Bunge) who became an Orthodox before the divine service.
Russian Patriarch unveils Kremlin icon hidden since 1917
1. September 2010 - 8:58
A fresco of Christ on the Kremlin Wall in Moscow rediscovered after being
plastered over during the 1917 Bolshevik revolution has been presented in a
ceremony attended by Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church and
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
Moscow needs about 600 new Orthodox churches - Patriarch Kirill
31. August 2010 - 9:00Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes two hundred churches that are to be built by Moscow city authorities in frames of a special program are not enough. "If we take a relative figure that corresponds to the statistics of Baptism (about 80% of ethnically Orthodox population) then to take (Moscow - IF) figure to the average Russian rate of 11 200 people per parish, we need 591 churches more," the Patriarch said on Monday at a special session in Moscow dedicated to the mentioned program.
Over 5 thsd people came to the first patriarchal prayer for new school year at Christ the Savior Cathedral
31. August 2010 - 15:57On Tuesday morning, over 5 thousand schoolchildren, students, their parents and teachers have come to a prayer service dedicated to the beginning of a new school year first time ever conducted by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
"We'll pray for your successes," the Patriarch said before he began.
Orthodox church to be built in Beslan to commemorate victims killed by terrorists
30. August 2010 - 8:52A commemorative cross will be erected at the yard of the destroyed school in Beslan on September 2, then an Orthodox church will be built here to commemorate victims of the terrorist act, the local administration told Interfax on Thursday. Besides, this year the plan of mourning events includes concert-requiem Memory of the Heart suggested by Mothers of Beslan committee.
