| Archive Пн His Holiness Patriarch Kirill attends a meeting of the Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision Group 19 May 2023 year 13:44 On May 19, 2023, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’, currently on his primatial visit to the Republic of Tatarstan, took part in a meeting of the “Russia-Islamic World” Group of Strategic Vision at Kazan City Hall. The topic of the meeting was “Russia-Islamic World: Traditional Spiritual and Moral Values as a Basis for Interreligious Cooperation”, Patriarchal Press Service reports. The annual meeting of the Group is held during the International Economic Forum “Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum 2023.” Russian and foreign members of the Group attend Forum’s events. The Group of Strategic Vision has been preparing the meeting in cooperation with the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), Spiritual Administrations of the Muslims of Russia, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, several international and national Muslim organizations, foundations, and analytical centers. Participating in the meeting from the Russian Orthodox Church are also Metropolitan Kirill of Kazan and Tatarstan; Metropolitan Dionisiy, chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman; Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), DECR vice-chairman; Archimandrite Alexiy (Turikov), personal secretary to Patriarch Kirill; Mr. Vladimir Legoida, chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’ Relations with Society and Mass Media; hieromonk Kirill (Korytko), secretary of Tatarstan metropolia; and hieromonk Grigory (Matrusov), chairman of the Patriarchal Experts Council for Interaction with the Islamic World. Rustam Minnikhanov, Rais (Head) of the Republic of Tatarstan and chairman of the Group of Strategic Vision, opened the meeting and welcomed the participants. Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and chairman of the KazanForum organizing committee, read out greetings from Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
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| Archive Пн His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church 4 April 2019 year 12:28 On 4 April 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began its session at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in Danilov Monastery in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church opened the session and addressed those gathered, saying: “I cordially greet all members of the Holy Synod. There are seventeen items on the agenda, one of which is the approval of the topics of the 28 th International Christmas Readings. The Supreme Church Council has paid much attention to them and after a prolonged discussed decided unanimously to present the topic “The Great Victory: Heritage and Heritors” to the Holy Synod. The topic is important in the context of the jubilee year of the victory. However, it is not enough to talk about the past. It is important to make a link of the Victory, which our nation won under the incredibly hard conditions, with the present time, to ponder over an ability of modern men to perform a deed and over the place of the Church in the formation of spiritual and moral patriotic feelings of people that will help them in peaceful years and – God forbid! – in the years of trials to remain faithful to historical tradition of our country to defend the Fatherland.” His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine; Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna; Metropolitan Vladimir of Kishinev and All Moldova; Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, head of the metropolitan area in the Republic of Kazakhstan; Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, head of the metropolitan area in Central Asia; Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga; Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus; Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, and Metropolitan Savva of Tver and Kashino, chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate are permanent members of the Holy Synod. |
| Archive Пн His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Mr. Franklin Graham 5 March 2019 year 19:57 On 5 March 2019, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Mr. Franklin Graham, President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Taking part in the meeting were also Mr. Viktor Hamm, vice president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; and Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), DECR vice-chairman. As His Holiness Patriarch Kirill noted, Mr. Graham’s father, Billy Graham – founder of the Evangelistic Association – visited Russia in the Soviet times, a difficult period in the relationships between the USSR and the USA. “Dr. Billy Graham was a friend of the Russian Orthodox Church. We have very good memories of him. Once again we express to you our condolences over his death,” His Holiness said to Mr. Franklin Graham. “Yesterday you visited our Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, where a round-table conference took place, dedicated to the peace-making role of Christians in the global and regional conflicts today,” Patriarch Kirill continued, emphasizing that the more complicated a political context is the greater responsibility believers ought to shoulder, taking an active position, engaging in the life of society and achieving improvements. The Primate of the Russian Church also raised a problem of religious and moral values in present-day society that cannot but concern Christians. “The commitment to the Christian understanding of marriage, family, sacredness of human life from the moment of conception – such principled and firm position shared by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and by you personally receives support from the Russian Orthodox Church,” His Holiness said. As Patriarch Kirill pointed out with regret, one of the major problems facing the Russian society and tackled by the Russian Orthodox Church is the problem of abortions. |
| Archive Patriarch Kirill greets the participants of the XXVIII annual General Assembly of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy 22 July 2021 year 10:30 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus " r greets the participants of the XXVIII annual General Assembly of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy To: The Organizers, Participants and Guests of the XXVIII annual General Assembly of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy Esteemed Sergei Anatolievich Gavrilov, president of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, Esteemed participants and guests of the General Assembly, dear brothers and sisters, Please accept my heartfelt greetings to all of you who have gathered on the island of Crete for the session of the XXVIII annual General Assembly of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, the topic of which is the future of the world and the future of Europe after the pandemic. At this present difficult time for us all, the thoughts of the participants inevitably turn to the problem of the coronavirus infection which has changed the lives of millions of people and has become a global challenge for all of humankind. This challenge has generated alarmist fears, privations, pain and grief from loss. Yet it has also enabled the manifestation within many of our contemporaries such lofty moral qualities as sacrificial love, mercy and the willingness to serve one’s neighbour. It has been above all medical staff who have found themselves on the frontline of the fight against an invisible and cunning enemy. Their ministry has become a true act of self-sacrificing heroism harnessed to a risk to their own lives and health. Alongside medical workers in the ‘red zone’ there are also clergymen. They prayerfully comfort and encourage the sick, give them holy communion and have accompanied the deceased on their journey into eternity. Not for a single day has the Orthodox Church halted her saving ministry. The epidemic, however, has brought into our lives a great number of changes that have significantly narrowed down the opportunities for fraternal communication, pilgrimages to Orthodox holy sites and the joint prayers of Christians from various Local Orthodox Churches. |
| Archive Пн Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church attend International Conference ‘Islam and Orthodoxy – Religions of Peace’ 22 November 2019 year 20:46 The International Conference Islam and Orthodoxy – Religions of Peace’ took place in Bishkek on 21 November 2019, with support and participation of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Presidential Administration of Russia, the Kyrgyz State Commission for Religious Affairs, the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan, the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan, the state bodies, and scholarly and expert community of Russia and the countries of Central Asia. Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, head of the Central Asia metropolitan area, led a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The delegation included Bishop Gennady of Kaskelen, vicar of the Diocese of Astana and chancellor of the Kazakhstan metropolitan area; Rev. Dimitry Safonov, secretary for interreligious relations of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations an executive secretary of the Interreligious Council of Russia. The international conference was dedicated to the cooperation among Orthodox and Muslim religious communities in Euroasia in countering extremism, and to the defence of traditional moral values and religious education. H.E. Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, addressed the participants at the opening of the conference at the Ala Archa State Residence. He underscored that interreligious dialogue is not enough at present and that strategic partnership of traditional religions is necessary. Greetings from Russian President Vladimir Putin were read out by H. E. Udovichenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kyrgyz Republic. Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan greeted then participants on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. |
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| Archive Пн Round table on law-application practice in the sphere of freedom of conscience takes place in Lugansk 23 December 2022 year 19:52 On December 22, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation held a Roundtable teleconference with the Public Chamber of the Lugansk People’s Republic on “The Issues of Law-Application Practice in the Sphere of Freedom of Conscience: Regional Aspect.” The initiative was launched by the Commission of the RF Public Chamber for Harmonization of Interethnic and Interreligious Relations, the Russian Association for the Protection of Religious Freedom, and the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media with support of the Presidential Grants Foundation, website of the Department reports. Archpriest Sergy Zvonarev, secretary for far abroad countries, the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; archpriest Nikolay Germansky, dean of the Rakityansky district of the diocese of Gubkin, Belgorod region; and pastor Oleg Goncharov, secretary general of the Russian Association for the Protection of Religious Freedom and member of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations arrived in Lugansk. Acting as moderators of the teleconference in Moscow were Vladimir Yu.Zorin, chairman of the Commission for Harmonization of Interethnic and Interreligious Relations; Sergey A. Melnikov, chairman of the Russian Association for the Protection of Religious Freedom; and Pavel V. Lebedev, responsible for the work with state structures, the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media. Alexey V. Karyakin, chairman of the Public Chamber of the Lugansk People’s Republic, moderated the teleconference in Lugansk. Invited to the teleconference were representatives of the federal and regional government bodies, experts in state-confessional relations, and religious leaders. Discussed were the development of dialogue among them, the integration of religious associations in the new regions of Russia into socio-cultural and legal space of the Russian Federation, and the implementation of the Presidential Decree No.809 dated November 9, 2022, “On the Approval of the Fundamentals of State Policy for the Preservation and Strengthening of Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values.” Many participants presented reports and expert opinions. |
| Archive Пн The Metropolitans of Volokolamsk Hilarion and Voskresensk Dionysius open online seminar for deaneries of the dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church 14 December 2021 year 10:48 An online seminar entitled ‘How a deanery functions in the dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church’ began at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate Studies on 13th December 2021. The chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and the rector of the institute the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion and the chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchy the metropolitan of Voskresensk Dionysius addressed words of greetings to the seminar’s participants. Metropolitan Hilarion emphasized that one of the most important tasks facing deans is concern for the “purity of the Orthodox faith and a worthy ecclesiastical and moral upbringing of the faithful” (Statute of the Russian Orthodox Church, XVI.16.a), which is particularly relevant at the present time when the Orthodox world has been subjected to confusion and division. Metropolitan Hilarion reminded the audience that since ancient times it has been essential that the Church strives for the “unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Eph. 4.3), even though throughout the course of church history the spirit of division and claims to autocratic and not conciliar power within the Church has encroached upon Christians, leading to sinful and painful schism which erect serious barriers for communication between the faithful. A similar situation, so the metropolitan believes, can be seen at the present in the events brought about by the actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in attempting to exert autocratic authority in the absence of open dialogue. The metropolitan called upon the audience to study carefully this ecclesiological problem in order to be able to give full and informed answers to priests and parishioners within the dioceses. Metropolitan Dionysius in his presentation stressed that this meeting with the audience was extremely important to the chancellery of the Moscow Patriarchy and called upon the participants to present some feedback with regard to those problems which area deans encounter in the course of their ministry. |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion spoke at an online seminar of the International Hellenic University 17 February 2021 year 11:45 On the 16 th of February, 2021, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, took part in a seminar of the International Hellenic University (MOET of IHU, Thessaloniki). The event, dedicated to the topic of “Orthodox Theology and Human Responsibility”, was held online. In the address titled “Freedom and Responsibility as Viewed by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill” Metropolitan Hilarion stated that the topics of rights and freedoms, their connection with responsibility, moral choice and human dignity have regularly been addressed by Patriarch Kirill throughout the years of his church ministry in sermons, speeches, lectures and written works. “I believe that Christianity, like no other religion, can offer the most convincing worldview to people today, - noted the first hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church in one of his addresses in 2010. – Indeed, if the highest value for a man of our time is freedom, it is in the person of the God-Man Jesus Christ that human nature has attained its highest freedom—the freedom from evil and sin. Christianity offers a much loftier vision of freedom than just a negative concept of freedom ‘from’ something— from exploitation, violence and restrictions. With Jesus Christ, man can attain freedom ‘for’ something—for complete self-fulfilment in love for God and one’s neighbours. It is in this harmonious interaction (synergy) between God and man, as taught by Christianity and implemented in the lives of the saints and zealots of the Church, that everyone can find the answer to the issues concerning freedom, meaning of life and public service” Based on the opinions expressed by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk emphasized: “a worldview anchored in the teaching of the Gospel cannot be subject to revision in order to please the ideologies or political preferences of certain groups of people”. |
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