| Accept The site uses cookies to help show you the most up-to-date information. By continuing to use the site, you consent to the use of your Metadata and cookies. Cookie policy Meeting with representatives of Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan takes place at Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies DECR Communication Service, 24.12.2023. On December 23, a delegation of the Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan of the Armenian Apostolic Church visited the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies at the invitation of its rector, Archpriest Maxim Kozlov, chairman of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church. The visit was a part of a special study course “Ancient Oriental Churches” taught at the department of church practical disciplines of the Institute of Postgraduate Studies together with the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR). It was a return visit; representatives of the DECR and the Theological Institute visited the Armenian church complex in Moscow on November 18, 2023. The Armenian delegation was headed by subdeacon Vartan Pogosian, an expert in ethnic and religious relations of the Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan, and included David Bagdasarian, director of the Tapan Museum of Armenian Church Art; Karapet Nalbandian, coordinator of the Youth Union of the diocese; representatives of the diocesan Centers for Armenian Studies, the Religious and Educational Center, the gymnasium named after St. Krikor Naregatsi; and parishioners of the Armenian Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Moscow. A meeting of representatives of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan with archpriest Maxim Kozlov took place in the assembly hall of the Institute. The rector warmly welcomed the guests and told them about the past and the present of the dynamically developing higher educational institution, which is playing a key role in coordinating all research and educational activities of the Moscow Patriarchate. Also, he noted the truly fraternal relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church, which have a centuries-old history and have reached a particularly high level at present largely thanks to the role played by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus " , DECR chairman Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and Archbishop Ezras Nersissian, head of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan. |
| Agreement about formation of the Center for Study of Orthodox Culture signed in Shanghai Shanghai, June 13, 2014 On June 11, 2014, a solemn signing of the agreement between the Shanghai International Studies University and the Patriarchal Council for Culture about formation of the Center for Study of Orthodox Culture at the University of Shanghai took place. The protocol of intent from the Chinese party was signed by The university President professor Cao De Ming, and for the Russian party, by executive secretary of the Patriarchal Council for Culture Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) . Dean of the university’s Russian language and literature department professor Chan Zh Li, senior researcher of the department professor Wang Chang Hong, numerous teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students were present at the ceremony. The tasks of the Center for study of the Orthodox culture include an introduction to traditional Russian culture, organization of research work, publication of books: specifically, the Chinese-Russian Biblical dictionary and the dictionary of Orthodox terms, exchange of undergraduate and postgraduate students, holding of workshops and conferences as well as courses of lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate students in China and Russia. In his welcoming speech the President Cao De Ming, noted: “It seems that Orthodox culture is an important part of the Russian culture; it exerted, exerts and will exert a wide and far-reaching influence on the spoken and written language in Russia, on the national self-consciousness, spiritual life, culture and traditions of the Russian people. In recent years there has been a discernibly favorable tendency of development of activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia. The Church is playing a more and more serious role in the political, social, educational spheres as well as in the relations of Russia with the near abroad (i.e. the former USSR republics) and foreign countries. Under these conditions a detailed acquaintance with the Orthodox culture and understanding of it is a major requisite for thorough comprehension of the Russian reality and culture which will definitely have a positive effect on improvement of the humanitarian relations between China and Russia and strengthening of the strategic cooperation between these countries in all spheres. |
| AUTH’s Rehabilitation Study On Halki Restoration Maria Korologou 02 June 2013 May 31, 2013 The rehabilitation study for the Theological School of Halki prepared by the Faculty of Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, was presented on May 30 by the faculty’s working group before the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Head of the working group is the Dean, Yiannis Milopoulos. This is a historic moment for AUTH, which undertook the project as a minimum offer to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. According to the university’s announcement, the project paves the way for the reopening of the Theological School of Halki. The professors’ participation was voluntary, while the project’s inelastic expenses were covered by the AUTH Research Committee. The AUTH delegates who made the presentation were professors: George Papakostas, Sassa Lada, Kleio Axarli and Vilma Xastaoglu of the School of Architecture, Ioannis Doudoumis and Christos Ignatakis of the School of Civil Engineering and Thomas Xenos of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The project, Investigation on the rehabilitation methods of the historic building of the Theological School of Halki, was assigned to the AUTH by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in October, 2011. The research team consisted of 26 professors and 23 postgraduate students from all the schools of the Faculty of Engineering. The AUTH research team investigated the current state of the building and recorded the necessary repairs and improvements, as well as suggestions for the building’s utilization in such a way that it meets the requirements of a modern academic institution. Source: Greek Reporter Tweet Donate Share Code for blog AUTH’s Rehabilitation Study On Halki Restoration Maria Korologou May 31, 2013 The rehabilitation study for the Theological School of Halki prepared by the Faculty of Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, was presented on May 30 by the faculty’s working group before the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople and the ... |
| Archive “For the Unity of the Church” by Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin is published in four languages 18 January 2022 year 11:26 The book offers the original of the letter by Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria and members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church written in the Bulgarian language and the Russian, English and Greek versions sent out to the heads and hierarchs of some Local Orthodox Churches, including the Patriarchates of Alexandria, Jerusalem and Romania, and the Orthodox Churches of Cyprus, Greece, and Albania. The letter is a short historical and canonical study in which the actions of Phanar are thoroughly analyzed on the basis of the documents about the transfer of the Metropolis of Kiev to the Moscow Patriarchate in 1686, canonical rules as well as the tomoi published by the Patriarchate of Constantinople. In the preface to the book, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, points out that Metropolitan Daniel shows in his work that the actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Ukraine, which break the two-thousand-year-long canonical tradition, have been caused by dogmatic distortions, such as negation of the conciliarity principle and claims to the primacy in the Orthodox Church of the Patriarch of Constantinople instead of Jesus Christ. The edition prepared by the Poznanie Publishers in cooperation with the Foundation for Support of Christian Culture and Heritage is the third in the series of ten books on the international and inter-Orthodox relations. Among the authors of the next publications are Bishop Antonije of Moravica (Serbian Orthodox Church) and Protopresbyter Anastasios Gotsopoulos (Orthodox Church of Greece). Metropolitan Daniel’s letter will undoubtedly make it into the history of the Church. The reason for its writing in March 2019 was a discussion in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church about the tragic situation in Ukraine, the interference of the Patriarchate of Constantinople into the Ukrainian church issue, its involvement in the formation of the so-called Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), and ‘the tomos of autocephaly” granted to the newly-established schismatic structure. Press Service of Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Have you been able to see many of the Orthodox churches in Japan? I lived in the churches of Tokyo and Kyoto. We used to visit the churches in Osaka and Kobe, since they were close to our church in Kyoto. I have been to the church in Sendai three times: once, I accompanied a delegation headed by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, who visitied Japan in 2012 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the repose of St. Nicholas of Japan, Equal-to-the-Apostles. The visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the Cathedral Church of Sendai Eparchy, September 15, 2012. It was the second Patriarchal visit in the history of the Japanese Church. How long have you been in Russia? I've been living in Moscow for two years now. I'm in the second year of the Master's program of SS. Cyril and Methodius General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, created in 2009 by the decision of the Holy Synod and on the initative of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. The rector of this school is Metr. Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. The program we have is substantial and intensive. Special attention is paid in our courses to the study of foreign languages, in particular, English. The professors of General Church Postgraduate Studies work at the Department of External Church Relations. The subject Inter-Orthodox Relations especially interests me. The professors of this discipline are people working in DECR, who are acquainted with the most pressing issues in this area. Besides the study of the required subjects, I am writing my Master’s thesis on Vladimir Lossky’s book Outline of the Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church.” In my work I wanted to show to what extent this book has interest and is topical for the Orthodox faithful of Japan. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokalamsk and Fr. Nikolai (Ono) after his tonsure. Where do you serve? Being a hierodeacon, I serve in the Moscow church named after the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” on (Great) Ordynka (Street). 3 After my arrival in Russia I became the subdeacon of the dean of this church, Vladyka Hilarion. And there, on April 30, 2013, I was tonsured a monk by His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill; and on May 5, 2013, on the day of Holy Pascha, I was also ordained by him to the rank of hierodeacon. The priests, helpers, and parishioners of this church are good, kind people. The Synodal Choir sings splendidly. For me, this church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God is beloved and dear, and holds a most important place in my heart. |
| On the 29 th of October, the Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East led the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Moscow Assyrian Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mat Maryam) - the Representative Office of the Assyrian Church in Russia. His Holiness Catholicos Mar Awa performed the rite of the great consecration of the renovated temple altar and Divine Liturgy in the company of members of the Assyrian delegation. Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church who accompanied the Assyrian First Hierarch were present, as well as the Ambassador of Iraq to Russia K. al-Janabi, the leadership of the Representation of the Kurdistan Region in Russia and the Consul of the State of Palestine in the Russian Federation J. Malki. At the end of the service a solemn act, reception and meeting of the Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa with members of the youth movement of the parish of Mat Maryam were held in the representative premises of the temple complex. The hosts of the festive evening were the rector of the temple, the representative of the Assyrian Church in Russia, Chorbishop Samano Odisho and the head of the parish community churchwarden V.V. Ilyushin. On the 30 th of October, a delegation fr om the Assyrian Church of the East visited the churches of the Patriarchal Chernigov Palace and the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Institute of Postgraduate Studies. The meeting of Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa with the members of the faculty and students took place in the Assembly Hall of the Institute. The meeting was followed by a conversation between the distinguished guest and Archpriest Maxim Kozlov, Rector of Instutute, during which the parties discussed issues of academic co-operation between the educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. In the context of his visit to the Institute of Postgraduate Studies, Catholicos Mar Awa also had a conversation with S.G. Alferov, a lecturer of the joint course of the DECR and the Institute called " Ancient Oriental Churches " . The Primate of the Assyrian Church welcomed the teaching of this course, noting that the initiator of its establishment back in the early 1970s at the Moscow and Leningrad Theological Academies was Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), of blessed memory - mentor of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus " Kirill. His Holiness the Catholicos also approved the idea of creating a special educational programme within the framework of the course, dedicated to the study of the heritage of the Syrian Christian tradition, and expressed readiness to assist in the organisation of joint thematic events, including in Iraq. |
| The linguistic preparation of Chinese students as a form of missionary activity was examined in her presentation by Ye.A. Vasina (senior lecturer at the department of theory and methodology of translation at Moscow State University, senior lecturer at the department of the Chinese, Vietnamese, Burmese, Thai, Lao and Khmer languages at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations), while the study of Chinese at the Russian spiritual mission as the foundation for the translating of theological texts was touched upon by A.V. Lebedeva (senior lecturer at the department of Chinese philology at the faculty of Eastern Studies at Saint Petersburg State University). Also giving presentations were Chinese postgraduate students at Moscow State University Konstantin Tchou Jutsi (department of church history at the faculty of history) and Yulia Tjan Siuaniu (department of the philosophy of religion and religious studies at the faculty of philosophy). Konstantin touched upon the distorted notions of Orthodoxy within Chinese society, while Yulie informed the audience with a comparison of the concepts of equality in Confucianism and Christianity. Priests carrying out their pastoral service in various parts of China Father Ioann Scholokov (Shanghai), Father Andrei Bukhteyev (Dalian) and Father Kirill Shkarbul (Taipei) shared their experience of the modern-day life of the Orthodox communities in China in their online presentations. They all noted the presence of unfading interest in Orthodoxy among the Chinese. After the presentations a discussion was held on the topics and the practical steps that were to be taken with regard to Orthodoxy becoming a Chinese phenomenon. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 12 апреля 2024 г. (30 марта ст.ст.) пятница Прп. Иоанна Лествичника (649). Свт. Софрония, еп. Иркутского (1771). Прор. Иоада (X в. до Р. Х.). Апп. Сосфена, Аполлоса, Кифы, Кесаря и Епафродита (I). Св. Еввулы, матери вмч. Пантелеимона (ок. 303). Прп. Иоанна безмолвника (VI). Прп. Зосимы, еп. Сиракузского (ок. 662). |
| Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk warmly congratulated all those present on the 10 th anniversary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, saying in particular: “Our task is to not only graduate educated people, but also give to all our students an opportunity to be introduced to the treasury of the Holy Tradition of the Church. It refers not only to those who will dedicate their life to serving the Church, but also to those who come to us from secular institutions of higher education and may after graduating from our institute continue working in a secular field. “We should not only provide our students with the bulk of knowledge, but also help them make the life of the Church their own life. Among those enrolling in the Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies are bishops, clergymen and devout laypeople, as well as those who are only making their first steps in church life. At the same time they are making the first steps in the field of theological education. “Among our tasks is to increase educational attainment of our students and graduates. To do that, we should pay attention to such matters as lecture attendance and teaching theology and other disciplines to a high standard. “We have attained a certain level, but should constantly raise it. It requires efforts from all the faculty and, of course, the administration of the Theological Institute. Our task is to be an exemplary educational institution, in some sense a leader in theological science, since it so happened that for over these ten years the Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies has been a driving force helping promote theological education at various levels, including secular institutions. “It is important to offer high quality theological education. That is why, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, we have been working to upgrade the whole corpus of study materials for theological schools. It refers not so much to postgraduate and master’s programmes, as to bachelor’s programmes, that is, to the first level of higher education. The task given us by His Holiness the Patriarch and the Supreme Church Council is to upgrade, as quickly as possible, the whole corpus of course books for theological schools. According to my estimate, we have to write and publish at least sixty new course books. About ten books have already been written; some twenty books are being compiled; and we still have some thirty more to write. The books will be written by individual and collective authors. I hope very much that this work will bear its fruit and we will be able to provide our theological schools with good quality study materials.” |
| According to the testimony of the Head of the DER, ‘one of the aims of the reforms to theologian education in the Russian Church is to bring it into conformity to the standards of secular academic studies in Russia and also of Western academic theology’. The Archpastor emphasized that St Tikhon’s is ahead in the reforms to theological education and has set an example for other educational institutions. In particular, the experience of St Tikhon’s was used when the Church set up its St Kyrill and Methodius Postgraduate and Doctoral Courses, under the Chancellorship of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. Today there is close collaboration between the two educational institutions: the Master’s programme and a strategy for future development are being worked on. Metropolitan Hilarion expressed the hope that collaboration between the Church’s Postgraduate Courses and St Tikhon’s University will develop further, that there will be exchanges of experience and tutors and that graduates of the University will apply for the Postgraduate Courses. In Metropolitan Hilarion’s words, modern society lacks witness to the values of the Gospel because there are psychological and even linguistic barriers between the Church and society. ‘The Church lives according to concepts, thoughts and experiences that are very far from many of our contemporaries. And it is quite complex for people to cross the frontier that separates this world from the world of the Church. To take this step people need guides which they lack. We do not have enough bridges between the world of the Church and secular society’. “You may become those bridges, those guides, you who study in an Orthodox University, but are acquiring a wide range of knowledge in various fields’, continued Metropolitan Hilarion, talking to his student audience. ‘One of the missionary challenges of the Church is the education of those who will be able, living in society and working in secular jobs, to carry out the great and vital missionary task bequeathed to us by the Lord Himself’. |
| After 1922 and the population exchanges between Greece and Turkey, the area was declared a restricted military zone and the church survived as an ammunition depot. However, while this designation served as protection for as long as the area remained a military zone, the Izmir Municipality’s plans for the construction of a new highway have now put its very existence in danger. In 2011, Doay Korkmaz, a postgraduate student of architecture at the Izmir Institute of Technology, presented his master thesis, titled “Investigation of Conservation Problems of the Prophet Elias (Elijah) Church in Izmir,” the only known study of the church so far. The potential destruction of Profitis Ilias will erase all hope for future research on the structure and remnants from previous eras that might still exist on the ground. This would have a negative impact on the study of Christian Smyrna and most of all on the history of the Greeks of Asia Minor, whose places of worship continue to vanish at an alarming rate after 90 years of neglect. Source: Ekathimerini Tweet Donate Share Code for blog Orthodox church in Izmir faces demolition Dimitris Rigopoulos August 23, 2013 [caption id="" align="" width="" ] Profitis Ilias is set to be demolished at a time when the ambitious plans of the Izmir Municipality to revive lost city monuments are in full swing. [Esref.Ucar/Panoramio][/caption]Plans ... Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. |
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