| Archive Divine services to be celebrated on regular basis at the historical church in the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul 12 November 2018 year 10:49 On 11 November 2018, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Church of Ss. Constantine and Helen the Equal-to-the-Apostles, located in the territory of the summer residence of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Istanbul, by Rev. Georgy Sergeyev, appointed acting rector of the church by the decree of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. Among those present at the service were Mr. Andrei Podyelyshev, Russia’s Counsel General in Istanbul, as well as staff members of the Consulate General and compatriots living in Istanbul and its outskirts. During the Litany of Fervent Supplication, prayers were said for the preservation of the unity of Orthodoxy and for peace in Ukraine. To mark the centenary of the end of World War I, prayers were offered, commemorating the commanders and soldiers who had laid down their lives on the battlefields. After the Liturgy Fr. Georgy greeted the worshippers and conveyed to them blessings from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. As the priest noted, in view of the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of 15 October 2018, concerning the impossibility of Eucharistic communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople which had brutally violated the canons, the Russian-speaking Orthodox Christians living in Turkey are sending numerous appeals to the Moscow Patriarchate, asking to provide them with pastoral care. The appointment of the rector and the beginning of regular divine services at the historical church located in the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul is a sign of the Russian Orthodox Church’s concern for its children living in the Turkish land. After the Liturgy the priest met with representatives of the Russian-speaking Diaspora in Turkey. The Church of Ss. Constantine and Helen the Equal-to-the-Apostles was built in 1832 in the territory of the summer residence of the Embassy of the Russian Empire. After the Revolution it was closed, and the building was used as a boiler-house. The restoration of the summer residence, including the church, was completed in 2009. On 6 July 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performed the rite of lesser consecration of the church. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Newly formed community of the Moscow Patriarchate in Mexico prayerfully celebrates the 75th birthday of its Primate 22 November 2021 year 17:38 On November 19-22, 2021, with a blessing of the acting administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the clerics of the St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov) and Rev. Mark Rashkov, made a pastoral visit to the newly formed community in the Mexican city of Cancun. On Saturday, November 20, the 75th birthday of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Orthodox Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the local church of the Resurrection of Christ with a permission of the head of the Catholic diocese, Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cardenas. During the Divine Liturgy, Orthodox people in Cancun had an opportunity to worship and partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ. During the liturgy, ardent prayers were lifted up for the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. During the prayer for the repose of the dead, His Holiness Patriarch’s parents, Archpriest Mikhail and Matushka Raisa, as well as the Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of eternal memory, the spiritual father of His Holiness, were commemorated. After the Liturgy, “Many Years of Life” to His Holiness Kirill was sung. After the Blessing of Water, the clergy had a talk with the faithful. They discussed various matters concerning the ordering of the community life. Two years ago, the Orthodox people in Cancun, Mexico, appealed to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to bless their intention to organize a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Moscow Patriarchate office for institutions abroad instructed the administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, to help organize regular divine services for the members of the community and to explore a possibility for opening a parish. In 2012, with a blessing of Bishop Matthew, the rector of the church of the Intercession in Mexico, Father Kirill Chakon, made several visits to the community of the faithful in Cancun, where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy, administered sacraments and requested services at the local Catholic church kindly offered by Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cardenas of Chetumal and Cancun. On January 19, 2020, the Feast of the Theophany, with a blessing of Bishop Matthew, Rev. Mark Rashkov, head of the office of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, visited Cancun and, assisted by Rev. Kirill Chakon, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the Order of the Great Sanctification of Water. On May 8, 2021, the Bright Saturday, Rev. Mark Rashkov celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Resurrection of Christ in Cancun, after which he blessed Easter cakes and distributed to the faithful the Artos he brought from New York. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive On the eve of the Feast of Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates All-Night Vigil at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow 27 August 2018 year 21:27 On 27 August 2018, the eve of the Feast of the Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the All-Night Vigil at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. Concelebrating with His Holiness were: Archbishop Amvrosy of Vereya, rector of the Moscow Theological Academy; Archbishop Sergy of Solnechnogorsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administrative Secretariat; Archpriest Mikhail Ryazantsev, sacristan of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour; Hegumen Peter (Yeremeyev), abbot of the Vysokopetrovsky Stavropegic Monastery; Priest Nikolai Stolbikov, foreign students specialist of the Khabarovsk Theological Seminary; th DRPK graduates of the Khabarovsk Theological Seminary – Priest Vladimir Jang, Deacon Basil Hwang, Deacon Paul Pak and Deacon George Yun; as well as the Moscow clergy. During the Polyeleos, a shroud depicting the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos was brought out of the sanctuary. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill anointed the worshipers with oil. Among those present were attendees of the 4th Summer Institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church organized by Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies. The delegation led by Msgr. Didier Berthet, Bishop of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (France), president of the Council for Promoting Christian Unity of the Bishops’ Conference of France, included 12 representatives of clergy and academic community of the Roman Catholic Church. After the All-Night Vigil, in the Red Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, His Holiness met with the delegation of the Roman Catholic Church. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church noted an important role of such projects as Summer Institutes. “I consider these exchanges to be a matter of great significance. Representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate visit Rome, and you come to us. May God ordain that these trips help us understand each other, experience each other’s piety and faith,” His Holiness said. Patriarchal Press Service Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Patriarch Kirill: the Lord visited Fr. Kirill with illness, which he bore with humility and meekness Moscow, February 22, 2017 Photo: Pravmir.ru “In the last years of his life the Lord visited Fr. Kirill with an illness, which he bore with humility and meekness, showing an example of fortitude of spirit, patience, and wholehearted hope in God,” in the words of Patriarch Kirill. His Holiness expressed his condolences to the deputy abbot of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, Archbishop Feognost of Sergiev Posad, the monastery brotherhood, and all the family and friends of the newly-departed Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov), who served many years as the confessor of the monastery. The letter has been published on the site of the Moscow Patriarchate. Fr. Kirill died on Monday evening, February 20, at ninety-eight years of age. His funeral will be celebrated tomorrow, February 23, in the Dormition Cathedral at the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra by Patriarch Kirill. The primate offered his sincere condolences in the letter for the repose of the “well-known and revered elder in the Orthodox world.” He recounted Fr. Kirill’s life, growing up in the Ryazan region, and coming to faith after finding a Gospel book after the brutal WW2 Battle of Stalingrad, which opened his eyes to the reality of God. Fr. Kirill studied at the Moscow Theological Seminary and then the Theological Academy, and became a monk in 1954 at the lavra, where the remainder of his life was centered. “Goodwill, and the ability to empathize and rejoice with others attracted many to Archimandrite Kirill, and he, justifying their trust, attended to their sorrows, aspirations, and hopes with unwavering attention,” the letter reads. Patriarch Kirill recounts how he gained the respect of his contemporaries through his years of service to God and the Church, diligently celebrating the Divine services, and lovingly and modestly always attending to his spiritual children. “In the last years of his life the Lord visited Fr. Kirill with an illness, which he bore with humility and meekness, showing an example of fortitude of spirit, patience, and wholehearted hope in God. I pray to the Lord of life and death our Lord Jesus Christ for the repose in the mansions of Heaven of His faithful servant, the newly-departed Archimandrite Kirill,” writes His Holiness. “His soul shall dwell with the blessed, and his memory shall be from generation to generation,” he penned in conclusion. 22 февраля 2017 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archive On the Day of the Nativity of Christ, Patriarch Kirill celebrated Great Compline at the Church of Christ the Saviour 7 January 2018 year 21:28 In the evening of January 7, the Day of the Nativity of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Great Compline at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. His Holiness was assisted by a great assembly of bishops and clergy. Among them were representatives of Local Orthodox Churches to the Patriarchal See of Moscow from the Orthodox Churches of Alexandria, Antioch, Serbia, Jerusalem, Bulgaria and the Czech Lends and Slovakia. Among the numerous worshippers were mothers superior of Patriarchal convents, Moscow clergy, members of parish councils of Moscow churches, and staff members of synodal departments. The service was broadcast live by the TV Center and Soyuz TV channels. Patriarch Kirill read the beginning of the Gospel from the old altar-Gospel of the time of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, which is brought out of the Church of Christ the Savour’s altar twice a year: during the Christmas and Easter Great Compline. After the service, Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna extended greetings to His Holiness on behalf of the plenitude of the Russian Orthodox Church. He spoke about new Christian martyrs who spilt blood in the last century of the Russian Orthodox Church, ‘And we can see that the Christian blood and prayers of new martyrs have proved to be capable of restoring the Russian Orthodox Church to her former magnificence’. He also praised Patriarch Kirill for his missionary efforts, saying, ‘We see the fruit of your missionary work in the Russian land, because since you became the Primate of the Russian land you have tirelessly repeated that our love, education and mission work should be addressed in the first place to the youth. May the Lord bless your Primatial ministry with many good years for the sake of the prosperity of the Russian Orthodox Church and our beloved Motherland’. Maria Antipova, student of Moscow State University, and Mikhail Kotelnikov, chief conductor of the Youth Synodal Choir, brought greetings to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on behalf of the Orthodox youth in Moscow. Then His Holiness addressed himself to the congregation with a primatial homily. This was followed by traditional greetings extended to the patriarch by bishops, clergy and laity. Patriarchal Press Service/ DECR Communication Service Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive His Holiness Patriarch of Serbia visits Russian Orthodox Church metochion in Belgrade 7 July 2020 year 09:35 On 5 July 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia officiated at the Divine liturgy at the Church of the Holy Trinity, a metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Belgrade and congratulated parishioners on the upcoming feast of Ss Peter and Fevronia of Murom celebrated on July 8. In Russia, the commemoration day of these saints, patrons of Christian marriage, is also known as the Day of Family, Love and Faithfulness. Concelebrating with His Holiness were Archpriest Vitaly Tarasjev, rector of the metochion, Archpriest Miladin Bogdanovi from the diocese of Šabac of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and Protodeacon Stevan Rapaji, secretary of the church court of the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci. Attending the service were also Ms. Mileta Radojevi, director of the Serbian administration for cooperation with churches and religious communities, and Prince Philip Karaordevi with his wife. On behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia Archpriest Tarasjev thanked His Holiness Patriarch Irinej for officiating at the Divine liturgy and wished him peace, good health and God’s aid in his primatial ministry. Fr Tarasjev spoke about the commemoration day of Ss Peter and Fevronia, explaining that it has been celebrated as the Day of Family, Love and Faithfulness by the Church and the state in Russia since 2008. The Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church thanked the rector of the metochion for his words and also underscored that marriage is a sacred union through which God’s grace comes to human beings. His Holiness added that history of both Russian and Serbian people has known many sacred marriages and noted that now nowadays family is being attacked as no other human or social institution. His Holiness Patriarch Irinej underscored the importance of keeping family as a home church and as a blessed by God union of man and wife at present when spiritual, moral and cultural values are being undermined. The service was followed by a festive reception. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion on details of the talk between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis of Rome 10 May 2022 year 13:02 On March 16, 2022, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia had an online talk with Pope Francis of Rome, which was focused on the situation in Ukraine. Speaking on the air of the TV program “The Church and the World”, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, at a request of the program anchor Ms. E. Gracheva, commented on the Pope Francis of Rome’s statement in an interview to the Corriere della Sera newspaper. In particular, the head of the Roman Catholic Church said that during the March online negotiations, Patriarch Kirill “for the first 20 minutes read to me, with a card in hand, all the justifications” of Russia’s actions in Ukraine. “After the Pope presented the discourse in this light, we have decided to publish its details”, the DECR chairman said, “The Patriarch told the Pope approximately the following: “You receive from the western mass media the specific information about what is happening in Ukraine. I will tell you something that you may not know”. According to Metropolitan Hilarion, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church related to Pope Francis of Rome the prehistory of the conflict in Ukraine and the events in Donbass in 2014. “The Patriarch dwelt especially on the events in Odessa, which led to the widespread dissatisfaction of the Russian-speaking population and provoked, in their turn, the events in Donbass”, His Eminence continued, “Then the Patriarch spoke about the NATO expansion to the east; that NATO has come closer to Sankt-Petersburg at the distance of a few minutes of flight, and if Ukraine had joined NATO, then it would have come as close also to Moscow as at the distance of a few minutes of flight Finally, His Holiness the Patriarch said the most important thing: that his flock lives on the both sides of the conflict, and his heart is aching for what is happening”. Metropolitan Hilarion noted that after the video meeting, the press service of the Holy See quite correctly presented the information about the talk between the Primates of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. “As a witness and participant in that conversation, I do remember that that the atmosphere was very friendly, that there was no kind of disagreement between the Pope and the Patriarch and no kind of discontent on this or that side. It was a brotherly talk. It is possible though that the sides kept their views”, the hierarch concluded. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| On Monday, February 1, the seventh anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Patriarch Kirill was vested in the vestments worn during his enthronement in 2009. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was concelebrated by: Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine; Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, Patriarchal Vicar of the Moscow diocese; Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova; Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan; Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District; Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of all Belarus; Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad; Metropolitan John of Varna and Velikopereslavl (Bulgarian Orthodox Church); Bishop Arseny, Vicar of the Archdiocese of Plovdiv (Bulgarian Orthodox Church) as well as ruling and vicar bishops of the Russian Church who arrived in Moscow for the Holy Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fomisnk joined the hierarchs in Moscow to congratulate His Holiness and to participate in the work of the Holy Council of Bishops. His Holiness was joined by representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches: Metropolitan Athanasius (Orthodox Church of Alexandria); Bishop Anthony Moravia (Serbian Orthodox Church); Archimandrite Stefan (Dispirakis) (Jerusalem Orthodox Church); Archimandrite Theoktist (Dimitrov) (Bulgarian Orthodox Church); Archimandrite Seraphim (Shemyatovsky) (Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia). Metropolitan Nifon of Philippopolis, representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East prayed in the altar. At the conclusion of the Liturgy, Metropolitan Onufry read out a congratulatory address to His Holiness Patriarch on behalf of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, and then presented to His Holiness an Icon of the Mother of God of " Kazan " , a Patriarchal Paraman and a bouquet of flowers. Patriarchal Parishes in the USA (Moscow Patriarchate) 2 февраля 2016 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archive Patriarch Kirill arrives in Minsk 13 October 2018 year 17:04 On October 13, 2018, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, began his fifth primatial visit to the Byelorussian Orthodox Church. At the Minsk airport the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was met by Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchate Exarch for All Belarus; I. Petrishenko, deputy prime minister of the Republic of Belarus; L. Gulyako, high commissioner for religious and ethnic affairs; M. Babich, Russian ambassador to Belarus, and representatives of the episcopate and clergy of the Byelorussian Orthodox Church. Addressing mass media reporters at the airport, His Holiness Kirill said, ‘I have come to Minsk, to the Byelorussian land I hold so dear to my heart, in the year of the 1030thanniversary of the Baptism of Rus’. And in connection with this remarkable event – the celebration of the anniversary of our common Christian history – it has been decided to hold in Minsk a session of the Holy Synod. It is the first session in the history of our Church to be held in the Byelorussian land. We are to make many important decisions, among them, to make a response to what is happening today in the family of Orthodox Churches, to the situation developing in Ukraine. I hope that the Orthodox Church will find resources in herself to overcome the crisis phenomena which exist, to preserve her unity so essential for the religious revival of our peoples. May God’s blessing be upon the Byelorussian land’. During his trip, Patriarch Kirill is accompanied by Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the department for external church relations; Archbishop Sergiy of Solnechnogorsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate administrative secretariat; Archpriest Andrey Bondarenko, acting head of the patriarchal protocol service; and Rev. Alexander Volkov, head of the patriarchal press service. The meeting of His Holiness with the Byelorussian flock is dated for the 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ and the feast of the Protecting Veil of the Most Holy Mother of God. On October 13, the Primate of the Russian Church will celebrate the compline at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Minsk. On October 14, the feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God, His Holiness will celebrate the grand consecration of the monument church dedicated to All Saints, preside over the first Liturgy at the newly consecrated church and lay a wreath at the Victory Monument in Minsk. On October 15, Patriarch Kirill will meet with the Byelorussian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Independence Palace. On the same day, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet at the Minsk diocesan administration. Patriarchal Press Service Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Participants in the Celebration of the Jubilee of the Russian Metochion in Beirut Meet With Russian Ambassador 10 November 2021 year 11:21 On 6th November 2021 at the Russian embassy in Beirut there was held a meeting of the Russian ambassador to Lebanon A. N. Rudakov with Patriarchal exarch of Western Europe and director of the department of the Moscow Patriarchy for foreign organizations the metropolitan of Chersoneses and Western Europe Anthony and other participants of the solemnities dedicated to the seventy-fifth anniversary of the metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Beirut. Among the participants of the meeting were also the representative of the Patriarch of Antioch to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia the metropolitan of Philippopolis Niphon, the representative of the Patriarch of Serbia to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia the bishop of Moravica Anthony, the representative of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia archimandrite Seraphim (Shemyatovsky), the dean of the metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Beirut archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev), the representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), professor of the Moscow Theological Academy and doctor of theology archpriest Vladislav Tsypin and the executive director of the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage Ye. I. Skopenko. Mr. Rudnakov emphasized the social significance of the jubilee celebrations blessed by His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Beirut. He expressed his great appreciation of the work of the metochion and expressed his willingness to support the church community and its cultural projects. The metropolitan of Chersoneses and Western Europe Anthony informed the diplomat of his work as head of the department of the Moscow Patriarchy for foreign organizations and the exarchate. Metropolitan Anthony presented to Mr. Rudnakov as a gift a copy of the Our Lady of Kazan icon and an album documenting the ministry of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
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