Russian Patriarchate

Patriarch Ilia planning to visit Russia for centenary of restored Patriarchate 

His Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia has accepted the invitation of His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill to visit Moscow on December 4 for the celebration of the centenary of the restoration of the Russian Patriarchate, saying he is ready to visit, health allowing, reports Ria-Novosti, quoted by orthochristian.com. Patriarch Ilia has had several health problems lately.…

Nov 6, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

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

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Patriarch Bartholomew invited to Russia

On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, together with Protopriest Igor Yakimchuck and Fr. Anatoly Churyakov of the DECR, during their visit to the Phanar. The meeting was also attended by Metropolitan Emmanuel of France and Metropolitan…

Sep 22, 2017Sorin Ioniţe