| On the occasion of his Name " s Day Patriarch Kirill and Met. Hilarion (Alfeyev) sent greetings to His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania: Greeting from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: Your Beatitude, Beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant, Please accept my cordial greetings on the commemoration day of the monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian. As the primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church you strive to perform your lofty ministry in accordance with God’s will, good, and acceptable, and perfect (Rom 12:2). May the All-Merciful Lord, by the intercession of your heavenly patron, grant to Your Beatitude His abundant help in your work for the benefit of the clergy and flock entrusted to your care, and preserve you in physical and spiritual health for many years. With fraternal love in Christ, +KIRILL Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Greeting from His Beatitude Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Your Beatitude, Please accept my respectful greetings with the commemoration day of the monk-martyr Anastasius, a great saint pleasing unto God and your heavenly patron. Performing the lofty ministry of the first hierarch of the Albanian Orthodox Church, you make a considerable contribution to the strengthening of peace and accord in Albania. Zealously stirring up the gift of God (2 Tim 1:6), you follow humbly the path of primatial ministry, teaching the faithful children of the holy Church of Christ by an example of your pious life to act in accordance with the words of the Apostle to the Gentiles, Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord (Rom 12:10-11). I wholeheartedly wish Your Beatitude joy and peace in the Lord, spiritual and physical health and abundant blessings from Christ Our Saviour. With respectful love in the Lord + Hilarion Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations Moscow Patriarchate His Holiness Patriarch Kirill , Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) 25 января 2016 г. Оценка: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Смотри также Комментарии Новые материалы Выбор читателей Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Patriarch Kirill meets with Turkish Ambassador to Russia Moscow, November 26, 2010 On November 25, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia received the Turkish Ambassador to Russia, Aydin Sezgin, reports the Patriarchal communications service, Patriarchia.ru . Also participating in the meeting at the Patriarchal residence on Chisty Lane in Moscow were Igumen Phillip (Ryabykh), Vice Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate External Church Relations department (DECR), Priest Sergei Zvonarev, DECR secretary of for the " far abroad, " and Shule Giurel, advisor to the Turkish Embassy. The Patriarch related his warm impressions of his visits to Turkey, and expressed his gratefulness that so many Orthodox pilgrims are able now to travel without obstruction to the Christian holy places on Turkish territory. " Judging from the impressions that they bring back with them, " the Patriarch said, " it is very important for these people to visit those places. I have received many requests from our bishops and pilgrimage groups in their dioceses for blessings to make similar pilgrimages. I am sure that the flow of religious tourism and pilgrimage to your country will grow, and this will undoubtedly help to deepen the relationships between our peoples. " The Patriarch said that it is important that there is now a religious dimension to already existing culture and economic ties between Russia and Turkey, and that he hopes this will continue. The Turkish Ambassador replied that His Holiness " visit to Turkey is also warmly remembered. " Our doors are always open to all Russians, including those who make trips of a religious nature. Of course, tourism is important to us, but even more important are personal relationships. " The Patriarch noted that many Russians visit Turkey on vacation, and there also exists a Russian-speaking diaspora in that country. He expressed his hope that these people will have the opportunity to receive spiritual care in Turkey. He sees positive trends, such as the spiritual care of Russia-speakers in Antalia by a priest of the Constantinople Patriarchate who received his education in the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. 26 ноября 2010 г. ... Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Patriarch Kirill calls upon the plenitude of the Russian Church to continue praying for peace in Ukraine Source: DECR Communication Service February 2, 2016 On February 2, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, presenting his report to the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, reminded the bishops that in the pre-council period, such commemorative dates were celebrated as the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia and the Millennium of the Repose of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles. ‘The conscious choice made by the holy prince and followed by the people of Rus’ is not just an event of the past’, His Holiness said, ‘We all, our peoples in the unity of each of them and in their common unity, should again and again confirm this choice, overcoming by the power of their will, intellect, heart and spirit the resistance we encounter not only among ourselves but also in the world around us. ‘Our people, who accepted holy baptism and became part of the rich depository of the Eastern Christian civilization, could produce a multitude of great spiritual warriors, zealots of faith and devotion. We commemorated the 700th anniversary of the repose of the greatest of them – St. Sergius of Radonezh in 2014. Today the example of his life and spiritual feat is especially needed by our society and his behests that we should preserve fraternal love and unity resounds today as a distinctive alarm. ‘The Holy Prince Vladimir and St. Sergius made the most important impact not only on the spiritual unity of our people but also on the national unity of earlier separate forces. ‘In the recent years, we have witnessed how those who have rejected Christian principles bring tragic and sometimes bloody division in the Ukrainian people, one of the peoples – heirs of the Holy Prince Vladimir. We all should give all possible support to His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry, the episcopate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, its clergy and faithful in their efforts for peace. Your Beatitude, your efforts are an example of how Orthodox Christians seek unity there where division is propagated and sow love there where hatred is spread. I ask you all, dear fellow-archpastors to continue praying together with your flock for our brothers and sisters who are in trouble in the Ukrainian land and for those who are driven away from their churches and subjected to mockery and insult. Let us continue praying for all Ukraine, so that peace and love of one another may come to it’, Patriarch Kirill said in conclusion. Information Service of the Bishops’ Council DECR Communication Service 3 февраля 2016 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| On the occasion of the anniversary of his enthronement, Patriarch Kirill and Met. Hilarion (Alfeyev) sent greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch. Greeting from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: Your Beatitude, beloved brother in the Lord and Concelebrant: I wholeheartedly congratulate you on the day of your enthronement. Standing at the helm of the holy Church of Antioch under difficult circumstances in a great trial of affliction (2 Cor. 8:2) you have been doing the courageous and selfless responsible work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ (Eph. 4:12). I assure you that the Russian Orthodox Church will always support people of the same faith in keeping with the Apostle’s words whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it (1 Cor. 12:26). I prayerfully wish Your Beatitude the inexhaustible God’s help in your primatial ministry, spiritual and physical health and many blessings from the Lord, holy and true (Rev. 6:10). With brotherly love in the Lord, + Kirill Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Greetings from His Beatitude Metropolian Hilarion of Volokalamsk: Your Beatitude: I respectfully greet you with the anniversary of your election to the see of primates of the Church of Antioch. Your are proclaiming the word of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:19) and strengthening your flock in spirit during hard times of persecution carried out by the forces seeking to uproot the Christian faith in the ancient Biblical land of the Middle East. You are encouraging the people of God to rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, contine constant in prayer, rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep (cf. Rom. 12:12-15). This appeal finds a cordial response in the hearts of the faithful. I wholeheartedly wish Your Beatitude abundant mercies from Christ the Saviour, spiritual and physical fortitude in the Lord, and I wish a just and lasting peace and prosperity to your beloved flock. With respectful love in the Lord, + Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk Chairma of the Department for External Church Relations Moscow Patriarchate His Holiness Patriarch Kirill , Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) 13 февраля 2016 г. Рейтинг: 8.5 Голосов: 2 Оценка: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Смотри также Комментарии Новые материалы Выбор читателей Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archive Patriarch Kirill’s book Thoughts for Each Day of the Year published in Italian 18 March 2021 year 15:54 Thoughts for Each Day of the Year – a book by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia – has come out in its Italian translation. The edition includes fragments from His Holiness’s homilies, scholarly articles, addresses, speeches, books and interviews for over 35 years of his pastoral ministry. The book allows its readers to learn more about Patriarch Kirill as a pastor of the Church of Christ, a thinker who addresses topical issues of the present-day world, and a man with profound spiritual experience and unique charisma of a preacher. Each day of the calendar year is marked by a certain passage. In the foreword to this edition, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, rector of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, notes that while the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, first and foremost, attends to his Church and flock and seeks answers to the questions of importance for believers in Russia and near abroad countries, he is also concerned over the current developments in the countries of the European Union, in America and the Middle East. He raises a wide range of topics. At the same time, when opening this book, the reader should not forget that underlying all the manifold activities of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill is one principle which he himself regards as fundamental: serving God and the Church in all things and with total devotion. The publication of this book in the Italian language is an evidence of the European public’s interest both in the personality of Patriarch Kirill and in the life of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Italian translation was done by Giovanna Parravicini. The edition was prepared by Poznaniye Publishing House together with the Russkiy Mir Foundation. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| On the feast of St. Nicholas, several thousand pilgrims prayed in Myra of Lycea Bari, May 31, 2011 On May 18–23, 2011, at the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, another pilgrimage was made by Russian Orthodox faithful to holy places of ancient Byzantium. Participating in the journey organized by the Pilgrimage center of the Moscow Patriarchate in cooperation with the Department of External Church Relations were clergymen and laypeople from Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Yaroslavl, and other diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, led by Archbishop Kirill of Yaroslavl and Rostov. The pilgrims visited Constantinople, Antalya, Demre (Myra in Lycea), and ancient Ephesus. On May 19, the pilgrims prayed at the services held in the main church of the Constantinople Patriarchate—the cathedral of Great Martyr George, and venerated the holy shrines there, which include a particle of the Whipping Pillar of our Lord Jesus Christ, relics of St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory the Theologian, Holy Empress Theophania, Martyr Solomonia, and Martyr Euphemia. Then the group from Russia visited the church of the Mother of God in Blachernae, the Hagia Sophia Cathedral, and the Church of St. Irene. On May 21, the feast of St. John the Theologian, Archbishop Kirill served Divine Liturgy in the partially preserved church once built in Ephesus on the place where the beloved disciple of Christ reposed. Then the pilgrims visited the ruins of the Church of the Most Holy Mother of God, in which the Third Ecumenical Council took place in 431, reports the DECR Communication department . On May 22, the feast of the translation of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonder Worker from Myra in Lycia to Bari, Archbishop Kirill served Divine Liturgy in the basilica on the place where the great saint once served. Many clergy and laypeople attended the service, including those who came with Archbishop Kirill on pilgrimage, as well as members of the Russian speaking diaspora in Turkey, and several thousand Orthodox believers who were vacationing in the resorts of Antalya. At a meeting between Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople held in June of 2009 in Constantinople, the tradition of Russian pilgrimages to the ancient Christian holy sites located in modern Turkey was discussed. From that time on, pilgrimages have taken place regularly. 1 июня 2011 г. ... Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Invited to the winter session (September 2012-February 2013) are Metropolitan Vladimir of Omsk and Tavricheskoye, Metropolitan Veniamin of Penza and Nizhniy Lomov, Archbishop Mark of Hust and Vinogradov, Archbishop Simon of Murmansk and Monchegorsk, and Bishop Savva of Tiraspol and Dubossary. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church opened the session and addressed its participants with welcoming words. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill awarded Metropolitan Vladimir of Lagoda and St. Petersburg with the Order of St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1 st class, in consideration of his fruitful archpastoral ministry to the Holy Church of Christ and in connection with the 50 th anniversary of his episcopal consecration and the 60 th anniversary of his ordination as priest. His Holiness informed the participants of the agenda and noted that the Synod will have to consider a lot of documents. “We shall consider a draft prepared by the Inter-Council Presence that will help our work for rehabilitation of drug-addicts. At first, it was planned to present the draft to the Bishops’ Council, but it was later decided to present it to the Synod for thorough examination. The draft would be proposed to the Church as a guiding document,” His Holiness said and added that “the Synod will have to meet the requests of some bishops to set up new dioceses in the territories of their canonical responsibility and to make decisions on the election of new bishops.’ The Synod will also sum up the involvement of the Church in celebrations that took place in the Year of Russian History: the 1150 th anniversary of the Russian Statehood, the 400 th anniversary of the Ending of the Time of Troubles, and the 200 th anniversary of the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812. mospat.ru Другие публикации на портале: © 2007-2024 Портал Богослов.Ru. Издатель: БОГОСЛОВ.RU Адрес издателя: 141300 Московская область, город Сергиев Посад, территория Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. Все права защищены. Свидетельство о регистрации СМИ Эл ФС77-46659 от 22.09.2011 |
| Fund-raising for the Serbian Church in Kosovo and Metochia continuing Moscow, May 12, 2013 Fund-raising for the Serbian Church in Kosovo and Metochia is continuing. " It is known to everyone how tragic the current situation of Serbian residents of Kosovo is,” noted his Holiness Patriarch Kirill in his report at the Holy Council of Bishops on February 2, 2013. “The Russian Orthodox Church traditionally gives support to its sister Church—the Serbian Orthodox Church—in its difficult mission in this region. " In January 2012, with the blessing of his Holiness Patriarch Kirill, fund-raising for support of Serbian churches and monasteries in Kosovo as well as charity programs of the Serbian Church was begun. A part of the raised funds the equivalent of 200,000 Euros, raised in the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow, was given at the request of Bishop Theodosius of Razhko-Prizren in summer 2012 to the Orthodox seminary in Prizren that had been renewed after several years of neglect. With those funds, restoration work was carried out and several buildings were put into operation, thus doubling the total number of the seminary " s students and teachers in autumn. The Serbian Church and people in Kosovo still need help desperately. Many Monasteries and Churches require restoration or repairs, works in the Prizren seminary are still far from completion, and Church organizations are supporting people who are struggling for survival. " I am calling dioceses and monasteries to be more actively involved in support to our brothers and sisters in faith who are in an extremely difficult situation, " stressed his Holiness Patriarch Kirill in his report at the Holy Bishops " Council. -------------------------- For those who wish to make a donation to this fund in Euros, please use the following bank transfer information: Bank correspondent: SWIFT: OWHBDEFFXXX VTB BANK (DEUTSCHLAND) AG FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY Beneficiary " s bank: SWIFT: ERCCRUMMXXX Acc.0103471397 CB ERGOBANK LLC Bldg. 1, 2 4 Staropansky Pereulok 109012, Moscow, Russia Beneficiary " s name: 40703978000001012685 Sretensky Stauropegial Monastery ROC (MP) ______________ ruskosovo@gmail.com Pravoslavie.ru 13 мая 2013 г. ... Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America 25 October 2019 year 11:47 On 24 October 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a working visit to the USA with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America in Syosset, NY, and met with His Beatitude Tikhon, Metropolitan of All America And Canada, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Metropolitan Hilarion venerated the shrines at St. Sergius of Radonezh chapel and was welcomed by Metropolitan Tikhon and the OCA administration staff. The DECR chairman greeted His Beatitude and his fellow workers on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and presented a panagia to His Beatitude. Taking part in the meeting of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon with Metropolitan Hilarion were OCA chancellor Archpriest Alexander Rentel, OCA director for external affairs and interchurch relations Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky, secretary to the Metropolitan Archdeacon Joseph Matusiak, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov) and Rev. Mark Rashkov of the Moscow Patriarchate representation in New York, and subdeacon Vyacheslav Li who accompanied Metropolitan Hilarion in his trip. Topical issues pertaining to the present situation in the inter-Orthodox relations as well as the development of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church in America were discussed during the talk held in a warm friendly atmosphere of mutual understanding. The sides confirmed their interest in holding events and services to mark the 225th anniversary of the Orthodox mission to North America commenced by the monks from the Valaam monastery in North America and also the 50th anniversary of the autocephaly of the OCA granted by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1970 as well as the canonization of St. Herman of Alaska. Intention was expressed to continue interchurch contacts at the high level during celebration of the 25th anniversary of the OCA Moscow Representation opened at St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church in- the-Fields in 1994. The celebration will take place on December 7, 2019. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk has arrived in Egypt 7 November 2022 year 12:18 On November 6, 2022, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, arrived in Cairo. The aim of the visit is to meet with His Holiness Tawadros II, Patriarch of the Coptic Church, in the days when the Primate of the Coptic Church celebrates his 70th birthday and the 10th anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal see. Upon his arrival, Metropolitan Anthony visited Cairo’s historical Christian city centre to venerate its shrines. He also went to the famous ‘Suspended Church’ (al-Muallaqa), which was built on the ruins of the ancient Roman fortress ‘Egyptian Babylon’ and for a long time had been Coptic Patriarchs’ cathedral. He also visited the Church of Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus to venerate these saints of the first centuries of the Christian era. The church was built in the 4th century over the grotto in which the Holy Family stayed for three month during their forced flight to Egypt to escape Herod’s persecution. Metropolitan Anthony also visited the church built in that grotto the first foundation of which dates back to 58 AD. Then he visited the church of Protomartyr Barbara in which a part of her holy relics and a part of the relics of Ss Juliana and Damian and other saints are kept. His Eminence also visited the Convent of Holy and Great Martyr George the Victory-Bearer (Mar-Gigris) where he was warmly welcomed by Mother Superior Thecla who expressed great joy over the visit to the convent by a high-ranking representative of the Russian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Anthony will meet with His Holiness Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II on November 7. During his trip, the DECR chairman is accompanied by Hieromonk Stephen (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, Rev. Alexander Ershov, assistant to the DECR chairman, and Dr Anton Milad, adviser to the Coptic Patriarch. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
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