| International conference " Syria: path to peace " in Geneva Geneva, June 13, 2013 On June 7, 2013, the second conference " Syria: the path to peace " took place in Geneva, as part of the 23rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, reports Sedmitza.ru . The representative of Patriarch of Antioch and all the East John X, Bishop Isaac of Apameia, the UN high commissioner on human rights Navanethem Pillay, the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church at the World Council of Churches and international organizations in Geneva, Archpriest Michael Gundiaev, and other public and religious figures and diplomats took part in the meeting. One of the conference " s organizers was the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society that was represented in the forum by the IOPS deputy chairman E.A. Agapova. The President of the Historical Perspective Foundation and a member of the IOPS council N.A. Narochnitskaya took part in the event. The message of the grand Mufti of Syria Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, who for safety reasons could not be present at the event, was read aloud at the conference. The message relayed information about cruel violence perpetrated by militants against the peaceful population, about the destruction of churches and mosques by them. The Mufti called upon the UN Human Rights Council to be unbiased and impartial towards events happening in Syria. Bishop Isaac of Apameia devoted his speech to the situation of Christians in Syria. He expressed the deep concern about their exodus from their native land, named cases of kidnapping of clergy, acts of vandalism, and destruction of Christian Shrines. He especially noted the positive role of Russia in overcoming of the crisis. The hierarch stressed that Christians feel that they are an integral part of the Syrian society. In his speech, Archpriest Michael Gundiaev stated that Syria is gradually losing its unique model of peaceful coexistence between Christians and Moslems based on mutual respect. He also expressed a special concern about the destiny of the two missing hierarchs: Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo and Metropolitan Mar Gregory Johanna Ibrahim, who were kidnapped by militants near Aleppo on April 22, 2013. The following decision was made at the conference: to send an appeal to the UN Human Rights Council that would express deep concern over the kidnapping of clergy, and contain a call to the UN to make every effort to ensure the prompt and successful release of the Syrian Metropolitans from captivity. All the delegates agreed that a peaceful settlement must be carried out on the basis of the Geneva communique through the Syrian national dialogue, which will result in the resolution of the problem by Syrians themselves, and create an atmosphere wherein all residents of Syria can feel safe, regardless of their ethnic and religious background or political views. 17 июня 2013 г. ... Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Иван Пырков, Наталия Кочелаева Не оставляло ощущение, что высокой награды (Патриаршей литературной премии-2014) были удостоены не только победители, не только номинанты были отмечены за свои писательские успехи и саму жизненную позицию, но и читатели. Это такая премия, которой награждается, по сути, отечественная культура. Мы — говорим. Мы — пишем. Мы — думаем. Вот что, может быть, самое важное. English Edition [News] " That " s not true, we did not ban homosexuality. We banned the promotion of homosexuality among minors, " he said in an interview with Radio Europe 1 and TF1 TV channel. [News] The Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society (IOPS) is launching a campaign to collect humanitarian relief for the southeastern regions of Ukraine. [News] The self-defense forces in southeastern Ukraine do not have broad support and are " separatists, " Metropolitan Alexander (Drabinko), secretary of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, said. [News] " Bearing in mind the church tradition to intensify fasting and prayer in times of trouble, Metropolitan Hilarion of Donetsk and Mariupol has blessed his flock to go on a strict fast from Monday, June 2, until Saturday, June 7 before the Holy Trinity Day and pray much for peace and cessation of the military conflict, " the press service for the Donetsk Diocese has reported. [News] Chinese authorities have launched a crackdown on Eastern Lightning cult [Coming to Orthodoxy] St. Anthony of the Desert is a mission of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. All services are in English with a little Spanish. We are in the communion of international Orthodox Churches, with 350 million people worldwide, and in America we participate in the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops. [News] Leaders of Orthodox Christian churches - including a delegation of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) headed by Patriarch Irinej - were in Albania on Sunday. [News] Through a partnership with International Orthodox Christian Charities, students spent 10 days in Kosovo working to construct a youth recreation center with local Kosovar villagers and helping with infrastructure projects like drainage canals and freshwater wells. |
| В каком смысле нужно понимать и в каком действительно понимают эти и подобные декларации нынешнего японского пра-вительства представители иностранных держав, миссионеры и японский народ, видно из следующих, небывалых до прошлого года фактов: уже в христианских церквах, наравне с иностранными министрами и другими иностранными христианами, открыто молятся Богу японские христиане (я сам видел это в минувшую католическую и протестантскую Пасху, в Йокохаме); уже о принявших христианскую веру японцах сами миссионеры извещают во всеуслышание в периодических изданиях, называя японцев по именам или описывая их так, что всякий, кто пожелает, тотчас может найти их. (См.: The Record of the presbyterian church in the U. S. of America, for June 1869. The Foreign Missionary. June 1869. New York.) Что же значит, что японское правительство и запрещает христианство, и в то же время игнорирует заведомых христиан? Что другое, как не то, что японское правительство сознает всю слабость и бесполезность своих собственных указов? В самом деле, стоящие теперь во главе правительства несколько отдельных князей и масса молодежи (успевшей или нет побывать за границей, но во всяком случае знакомой более или менее с иностранными науками и порядками), разумеется, еще не знают хорошо христианской веры (да и когда было узнать ее в 15 лет, в продолжение которых японцы не успели прийти в себя, ослепленные блеском наружных атрибутов европейской цивилизации?), но они видят и чувствуют, что им не защититься от этой могучей силы, которая так властно господствует над Европой и Америкой. Как атеисты, они, по всей вероятности, удивляются последнему факту и готовы предложить иностранцам тот вопрос, который некогда задал Нобунага католическим миссионерам: «Ужели вы в самом деле веруете?» Но много ли нужно для того, чтобы убедиться, что в Европе и Америке действительно веруют, и веруют искренно и глубоко? Те, которые так быстро перешли от презрения иностранцев к уважению и от ненависти к глубокой симпатии и которые с таким лихорадочным нетерпением стараются перенимать и заучивать все иностранное, разве замедлят окончательно убедиться, что христианская вера вовсе не колдовство, не учение противоправи-тельственное, не орудие к завоеванию чужих стран, а напротив, чистое духовное учение, основа государственного благоденствия, словом, единственная истинная религия на земле? Предположим даже медленный, постепенный ход. |
| Archive Patriarch Kirill meets with Portuguese ambassador to Russia 5 June 2018 year 17:20 On June 5, 2018, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, met with Portugal ambassador to Russia Pauly Viseu Pineiro. They were joined in their talk by Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relation. Addressing the ambassador, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church noted, ‘Portugal is loved in Russia. As my compatriots are aware of its rich culture and remarkable history they have a great interest in this country. One can say that we live on opposite borders of the European continent: we in the extreme west while we in the east. Nevertheless, people find some similarities in the mentalities and psychology between the Russians and the Portuguese people. In the life of the both nations, an important role is played by religious tradition’. During the talk His Holiness also mentioned the dozens of thousands of people in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova who reside on Portugal today. ‘They are Orthodox and it is remarkable that in Portugal today there are fourteen parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in which people can receive spiritual support’, he said. His Holiness told his guest about his meeting in Havana with the Head of the Roman Catholic Church to which most Portuguese people belong. ‘Pope Francis of Rome and I had an opportunity to express together our concern for the situation of Christians in the Middle East and generally in the modern world. The defense of Christian values and the Christian presence in the world, especially in the regions where Christians are subjected to danger, is our common goal and common task’, he stressed. Patriarch Kirill expressed the opinion that Christian communities in Russia and Portugal can play a positive role in strengthening spiritual and cultural relations. ‘You certainly know that in Russia there is a great interest in Portuguese culture and in Portugal there is an interest in Russian culture. And cultural exchange is a very important factor in the development of relations between our peoples and countries’, His Holiness said and expressed the hope that the presence of Mr. Pauly Viseu Pineiro as head of the Portuguese diplomatic mission will help develop good relations between Russia and Portugal. Mr. Pauly Viseu Pineiro said in response, ‘Your Holiness, I have come to you with an absolutely clear intention to assure you of my respect as ambassador of Portugal to the Russian Federation and to ask for your blessing upon the fulfilment of my mission in this country’. He mentioned that 19 years ago he had the honour of meeting and exchanging opinions with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill when he was chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations. They also discussed a wide range of issues of mutual concern. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated Divine Liturgy at the church of the Elevation of the Cross in Geneva 3 June 2019 year 11:12 On June 2, 2019, the 6 th Sunday after Pascha, the Blind Man, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Elevation of the Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, the cathedral church of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia diocese of Western Europe. His Eminence was assisted by Bishop Alexander of Vevey, vicar of the diocese Western Europe; Archpriest Pavel Tsvetkov, the church’s ecclesiarch; Archpriest Peter Perekrestov, ecclesiarch of the Cathedral of our Lady the Joy for All the Afflicted in San Francisco; and Hieromonk Ioann (Kopeikin), pro-rector for development, Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI). In the church, there was a shrine with a part of the relics and belt of St. John, Archbishop of Shanghai the Wonderworker of San-Francisco. The shrine had been brought to Swiss parishes with a blessing of Archbishop Kirill of San Francisco and Western America and Bishop Irenaeus of Richmond and Western Europe, on the occasion of the 25 th anniversary of the glorification of the saint. After the Prayer of Fervent Supplication, Metropolitan Hilarion lifted up a prayer for peace in Ukraine. In his sermon after the service, His Eminence Hilarion conveyed to the congregation a blessing from His Holiness Kirill, Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia. Then he spoke about the Gospel’s story about the healing of a man born blind, stressing that the Lord healed the blind man not only physically but also spiritually, bringing him to faith in Christ not just as man but as God Incarnate. “Every Gospel’s story speaks of Jesus Christ as God”, His Eminence said, “And He continues to live in our midst, with us and in us, for when we partake of the Holy Communion, the Lord Jesus Christ comes to dwell in us entering into our human essence”. Speaking about the difference between Christianity and other religions, he said that the difference between the life of a Christian and that of a non-believer is the same as the life of a blind one and a sighted one. “Externally, everything in our life as Christians seems to be similar to the life of other people, but inwardly our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ makes us aware of the meaning of our life and all that happens in it”. His Eminence concluded his sermon with the traditional exclamation “Christ is Risen!” Then Bishop Alexander of Vevey greeted Metropolitan Hilarion and presented him with an Icon of All Saints in memory of the common prayer and a leaflet about the restoration of the church of the Elevation of the Cross. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Monument to Pushkin, rejected in Estonia, to be installed in Greece Moscow, May 28, 2014 A bust of Alexander Pushkin by Stanislav Nechvolodov was set to be installed in Tartu, but the Estonian authorities prohibited it. Now it will be installed in Delphi, where a memorial park to great literary figures of the world will be opened, reports AgionOros.ru . The monument to the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin will be installed on the Parnassus in Delphi, Greece. Its opening is scheduled for June 6, the poet’s birthday, when the Day of Russian language is celebrated, reported author Oleg Volovik, speaking at the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Athens at an evening dedicated to the heritage of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. The monument was evacuated from Estonia after the local authorities had “outlawed Pushkin”, and it eventually ended up on Mount Parnassus where Apollo and the Muses dwelled, and where lived the winged horse Pegasus—a symbol of poetic inspiration and eloquence. Parnassus is mentioned in many works of Pushkin. “The monument to Pushkin became unwanted in Estonia several years ago; the Estonian authorities did not grant permission to erect it. I would like to stress that this was the work of several bureaucrats—not of the Estonian people nor the residents of Tartu from which we evacuated the monument,” Volovik said. He is the chairman of the International Federation of Russian-speaking Writers, on whose initiative several monuments to outstanding compatriots were installed all over the world. There was a plan to install the monument to Pushkin on the territory of the University of Tartu in 1999 when the 200th anniversary of the poet’s birth was celebrated. “We decided that this monument should stand on the slopes of the Mount Parnassus in Greece, in the town of Delphi. Work is now being carried out in Delphi, and with the help of our Greek friends we will place Pushkin on Parnassus. The opening will take place on June 6—the great poet’s birthday and the Day of Russian Language, and we are inviting everyone to the festive event,” Volovik announced. The monument to Pushkin in Delphi will be open in the memorial park of great literary figures of the world, related Volovik in his interview with RIA-Novosti . The bust to Pushkin by Stanislav Nechvolodov will be set up near the world-famous sanctuary in Delphi, in a little pine grove. 31 мая 2014 г. Смотри также Комментарии Seraphima 1 июня 2014, 08:00 I wonder what the sculptors thought/told the bureaucrats in return. How many Russians in Greece are expected to attend this event?? Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
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| Archive Russian Orthodox Church representatives attend grand meeting devoted to 25th anniversary of Institute of CIS Countries 29 June 2021 year 16:07 On June 29, 2021, the Anniversary Academic Readings timed to the 25 th anniversary of the Institute of the CIS Countries, an institute of diaspora and integration, took place at the Round Hall of the President-Hotel in Moscow. Established in 1996, the Institute has become a platform for studying problems and consolidating relations between the countries and peoples in the post-Soviet space. The grand meeting attended by Russian state, political and public figures, Russian and foreign diplomats, scientists, journalists, and representatives of religious communities in Russia was chaired by the Institute’s director K. F. Zatulin. Among the participants were Archbishop Dimitry of Vitebsk and Orshansk, Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, secretary for the affairs of the diaspora of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relation, and Hegumen Kirill (Sakharov), rector of the church of St. Nicholas-at-Bersenevka. Messages of greetings were brought and speeches were made by M. Yevdokomov, director of the First Department for the CIS Countries of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Admiral I. Kasatonov, Soviet and Russian military leader; Academician S. Glaziev, adviser to the Russian President on regional economic integration, G. Rapota, Russian-Byelorussian statesman; V. Dzhabarov, first vice-chairman of the Committee for International Affairs of the Council of the Federation; V. Toganian, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Armenia to Russia; Kh. Maleki, first deputy head of the Iranian diplomatic mission in Moscow, and others. Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev greeted the assembly on behalf of the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. He pointed to the efforts of the Russian Orthodox Church to preserve the historical spiritual unity of the peoples living in its canonical territory. ‘Building the united spiritual space of historical Russia, cherishing the bonds tying our peoples, has become an important task of the Moscow Patriarchate in the last three decades and a part of the everyday service of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia’, he said. The meeting expressed to the Institute of the CIS Countries good wishes of new successes in its work and achievement of its goals. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem 7 June 2019 year 16:44 On June 6, 2019, with a blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), arrived in the Holy Land. At the airport the high guest was met by Archimandrite Alexander (Yelisov), head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, and Hieromonk Dometian (Markarian), deputy head of the Mission. The archpastor celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of All the Russian Saints in the Gorneye Convent in Ein-Karem. He was assisted by Archimandrite Alexander (Yelisov), as well as the clergy of the mission and the convent. Addressing the nuns after the service, Metropolitan Hilarion conveyed to them a blessing from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, who, as the archpastor noted, “Always mentally abides with the Holy Land and this holy convent”. His Eminence also congratulated everybody on the Third Finding of the Head of St. John the Baptist, celebrated that day, and spoke about the mission of the saint who was instructed by God to prepare the way for the promised Saviour of the world: “St. John prepared that way by his life, his preaching and his sacrificial ministry, which ended in his martyrdom. And as Lord the Saviour said, ‘Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist” (Mt. 11:11). Later that day, Metropolitan Hilarion met with His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine. His Eminence conveyed to His Beatitude greetings and best wishes from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, after which they exchanged opinions on issues of mutual concern with regard to inter-church relations. Metropolitan Hilarion also visited the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem and venerated its shrines – the Life-Giving Lord’s Sepulcher, Golgotha and Stone of Anointing. On the same day, His Eminence visited the St. George Church in Lydda and the Church of the Righteous Tabitha in Jaffa (Joppa). DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Interreligious Working Group for Humanitarian Aid to Syrian population holds its 8th meeting 27 June 2019 year 18:22 On June 27, 2019, with a blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), the Interreligious Working Group for Humanitarian Aid to the Syrian Population under the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations held its 8 th meeting at the DECR grand hall. The meeting was attended by Hieromonk Stephan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations – the leader of the group; S. Melnikov, executive secretary of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations; Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East; Ildar-hazrat Ziganshin, member of the Central Muslim Board Presidium and imam-mutahsib of the Tyumen Region; Mufti Albir Krganov, chairman of the Moslem Assembly in Russia; Salih-Hazrat Ibragimov, Imam-mutahsib of the Nizhnekamsky region, Tatarstan; Rev. Igor Kowalewski, general secretary, Conference of the Catholic Bishops in Russia; K. V. Bendas, first deputy of the Presiding Bishop and chancellor of the Russian Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith; O. Yu. Goncharov, first deputy head of the Euro-Asian Division of the General Conference of the Church of the Seventh-Day Adventists; Hieromonk Ermogen (Korchukov), executive secretary of the Interreligious Foundation for Promoting Joint Humanitarian Projects; Imam M. Nirsayanov, head of the international department of the Moslem Assembly in Russia; Ms. A. Ugleva, expert in external and international communications, Russian Union of the Christians of Evangelical faith (Pentecostals); Ms. M. Nelyubova and F. Champion, DECR. The meeting summed up the work the Working Group carried out in the first half of 2019. Special note was made of the trip made by the Interreligious Working Group delegation to Damascus on March 30-31, 2019. They handed over to Syrians in need another consignment of humanitarian aid consisting of one thousand boxes with high-quality basic foodstuff. The meeting also discussed the implementation of a project for the restoration of a school in Damascus, noting that the restoration work was carried out according to the previously approved plan. The Working Group heard a report on the work carried out by the Interreligious Foundation for Promoting Joint Humanitarian Projects in the first half of the year 2019 and approved a further work plan for 2019. It was agreed that the religious communities in Russia should continue raising funds for purchasing humanitarian aid and its joint delivery to Syria. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
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