Patriarch Kirill

A profile of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on November 20, 1946, in Leningrad. After graduation from school, he entered the Leningrad Seminary and later the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated cum laude in 1970. On April 3, 1969, Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod tonsured…

Oct 26, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Bucharest will welcome three Church leaders next week

At the invitation of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the leaders of three Autocephalous Orthodox Churches will attend this year’s celebrations in honour of Saint Demetrios the New, Protector of Bucharest. His Beatitude Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Albania, and His Beatitude Rastislav, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and…

Oct 20, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Feast of Saint Demetrios the New, Protector of Bucharest, runs October 24-29, 2017

The traditional pilgrimage organized every year by the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archdiocese of Bucharest on the Feast of Saint Demetrios the New, Protector of Bucharest, celebrated on Oct. 27, will take place on 24-29 October 2017, according to the following schedule: Tuesday, October 24, the Path of the Saints Procession will begin at 12.30…

Oct 19, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Kirill to CROCEU members: We, as the one Orthodox Church, have common views, and we need to represent our interests together

On 8 October 2017, after the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition of the Lavra of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with participants in the off-site session of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU),…

Oct 10, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Greek Archbishop Hieronymos to take part in the celebrations marking the centenary of the restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church

On 4 September 2017, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, Met. Hilarion Alfeyev, conveyed to the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church the invitation to take part in the celebrations marking the centenary of the restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church. In Athens, at the residence of the…

Sep 6, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel expresses compassion and solidarity over St Petersburg bomb blast

Bucharest, 5 April 2017   His Beatitude KIRILL, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia   Your Beatitude, With deep sorrow we learned of the tragic explosion on the 3rd of April 2017, in an underground station, in the city of Sankt Petersburg, which resulted in 14 dead and 51 wounded. On behalf of the hierarchs,…

Apr 5, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Cooperation and exchange of experience between the Russian and the Romanian Orthodox Churches

His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Târgovişte and Patriarchal Exarch, participated as a delegate of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, in the festive events to mark the 70th birthday of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia, from 19 November to 22 November 2016. The events were opened by the celebration of the Divine…

Nov 29, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father and the fellowship of the holy Spirit be with all of you” (2 Cor 13:13). 1. By God the Father’s will, from which all gifts come, in the…

Feb 13, 2016basilica.ro

Patriarch Kiril and Pope Francis: „Family is based on Marriage, a Free and Faithful Act of Love between a Man and a Woman”

Friday, 12 February 2016, a historical meeting took place in Havana, capital city of Cuba, between the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Primate of the Catholic Church. During the meeting, His Beatitude Kirill and His Holiness Pope Francis signed a common statement and launched an appeal for the ceasing of the conflict…

Feb 13, 2016basilica.ro