| Archive Moscow Patriarchate’s community in Cancún, Mexico, celebrates its first anniversary on the feast of Theophany 23 January 2020 year 16:53 A year ago the Orthodox citizens of the city of Cancún, Mexico, appealed to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, asking for his blessing, as they intended to establish a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad instructed the acting administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, to render assistance in organizing regular divine services for the community members and to explore a possibility for opening a parish in Cancún. Throughout 2019, with the blessing of Bishop Matthew, Rev. Kirill Chacon, rector of the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God in Mexico, visited the community of the faithful in Cancún, where at a local Catholic church, with the kind permission of Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas of Cancún-Chetumal, he celebrated the Divine Liturgy and administered Sacraments and rites. On 19th January 2020, the feast of the Holy Theophany, with the blessing of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Rev. Mark Rashkov, chancellor of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA, visited Cancún and in concelebration of Rev. Kirill Chacon celebrated the Divine Liturgy and performed the rite of the Great Blessing of Water. After the divine service Father Mark greeted all the worshippers with the feast of Theophany and conveyed to them blessings and warm wishes from Bishop Matthew of Sourozh. Acting on the instruction of the archpastor, Fr. Mark presented Rev. Kirill with a medal in commemoration of the centenary of the restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church and thanked him for taking pastoral care of the Russian Church’s believers in Mexico. That same day later Priests Mark and Kirill met with Msgr. Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, expressing their appreciation for providing on a gratis basis a church building to the Orthodox community for celebrating divine services. Fr. Mark conveyed to the Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal Christmas greetings from Bishop Matthew of Sourozh and presented him with the ‘Eleousa’ Icon of the Mother of God. Website of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA / DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates Divine Liturgy at the Russian Church’s Representation in Belgrade 6 February 2018 year 16:30 On 4 February 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Trinity – Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Belgrade. His visit to the Representation was timed to the 9th anniversary of enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia that took place on 1 February 2009. Concelebrating with the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church were Archpriest Vitaly Tarasyev, rector of the Russian Representation in Belgrade, and clergy of the Belgrade archdiocese. After the Liturgy, Archpriest Vitaly Tarasyev greeted His Holiness Patriarch Irinej, presenting him with the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God. His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia congratulated the rector of the Holy Trinity Church and its parishioners on the commemoration day of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church and on the 9th anniversary of enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. “At this holy place we are praying to the Lord that He grant health and longevity to this great hierarch of the Orthodox Church not only for the sake of the Russian people, but also for the sake of the entire Orthodox world,” His Holiness said. Patriarch Irinej reminded all those present about the difficult periods in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, mentioning the most severe persecutions that it underwent in the 20th century and its current spiritual revival. While speaking about the importance of maintaining and promoting brotherly relations with Russia, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej noted that for Serbia separation from Russia would mean separation from itself. “We trust in God, hoping that it will not happen,” he added. After the Divine Liturgy Patriarch Irinej of Serbia said a moleben of thanksgiving to mark the anniversary of the Primatial ministry of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Primate of Russian Church celebrates Liturgy at Novodevichy Convent in Moscow and leads consecration of Archimandrite Antony (Sevryuk) as Bishop of Bogorodsk on the feast day of Iveron Icon of the Mother of God Source: DECR Communication Service October 26, 2015 On 26 October 2015, the feast day of the Iveron Icon of the Mother God, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God. Concelebrating with His Holiness was an assembly of archpastors and pastors of the Russian Church. The wonderworking Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, which was brought to Russia from Mt Athos in 1648, is kept at the convent’s Church of the Dormition. When in the Soviet times the convent was closed, the icon became a part of the collection of the State Historical Museum. On 6 May 2012, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, returned the icon to the Russian Orthodox Church. During the Liturgy, Archimandrite Antony (Sevryuk) was consecrated as Bishop of Bogorodsk, a vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. After the Litany of Fervent Supplication, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church offered up a prayer for peace in Ukraine. After the Liturgy, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill said a thanksgiving before the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God and addressed the worshippers with a Primatial homily, saying in particular: “I cordially greet all of you with a feast of particular importance for the city of Moscow and the whole Russian Orthodox Church. Today we have offered up fervent prayers before the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, the protectress of our capital.” The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church congratulated Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna on his 80th birthday and wished him many years of life and spiritual and physical strength to celebrate the Divine Services and perform his ministry entrusted to him by the Church. Later that day His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visited the Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist, which is being reconstructed near the eastern wall of the Novodevichy Convent. 30 октября 2015 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archive Metropoltan Hilarion of Volokolamsk venerates shrines in Jerusalem and Bethlehem and celebrates Liturgy at the Lord’s Sepulcher 10 January 2019 year 11:24 Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), has continued his pilgrimage to the Holy Land he is making with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. On January 9, 2019, he visited the church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God built at Her tomb at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Gethsemane. His Eminence venerated the shrines in the Russian convent of St. Mary Magdalene, among them the miracle-working Icon of Our Lady ‘Hodegetria’ and the honourable relics of Protomatyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and Sister Varvara who were murdered near Alapaevsk in 1918. In the convent, the hierarch was welcomed by the head of the Ecclesiastical Mission of the Russian Church Outside Russia, Archimandrite Roman (Krasovsky) and the mother superior of the convent Sister Elizabeth (Shmelts) with sisters. Metropolitan Hilarion attended a thanksgiving at the relics of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and Sister Varvara in the church of St. Mary Magdalene. His Eminence also visited the Catholic Church of All Nations built in Gethsemane in 1924. Then Metropolitan Hilarion ascended the Mount of Olives to visit the Chapel of the Lord’s Ascension. During his visit to the Convent of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives (Russian Church Outside Russia), His Eminence was greeted by Archimandrite Roman and Mother Superior Varvara (Novikova) with the sisters. The convent church is famous for its 60 m-high belfry called ‘Russian Candle’. This belfry is still the tallest point in Jerusalem. In the convent, there is also the place of the First and Second Founding of the head of St. John the Baptist and the stone on which the Mother of God is believed to stand during the Lord’s Ascension. Among the venerated shrines are the Icons of the Mother of God ‘Swift to Hearken’ and ‘In Search of the Perishing’ and parts of the relics of Russian saints. In the Judaean Desert in the West Bank, there is a Monastery of St. Sava the Sanctified, built in 484. It was the next point in Metropolitan Hilarion’s pilgrimage. Its main shrines are the honourable relics of its founder and the tomb and caves of St. John Damascene. Later that day, the archpastor came to Bethlehem, where he venerated the place of the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. On the night from January 9 to 10, His Eminence and Archbishop Isidoros of Hierapolis (Orthodox Church of Jerusalem) celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. They were assisted by Archimandrite Alexander (Uelisov), head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, and clergy of the Patriarchates of Jerusalem, Moscow and Romania. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| 135th anniversary of Bulgaria " s liberation from the Ottoman Yoke solemnly celebrated at the Russian Dependency in Sofia Moscow, March 6, 2013 On March 3, 2013, the Sunday of the Prodigal Son and the 135th anniversary of Bulgaria " s liberation from the Ottoman yoke, Metropolitan Dometian of Vidin served the Divine Liturgy at the Dependency of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia with the blessing of Patriarch Neophyt of Bulgaria. The Rector of the Dependency, Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev), Hieromonk Simeon Minchev, and Priest Andrei Tregubov concelebrated with the Metropolitan. After communion Priest Andrei Tregubov gave a sermon on the Sunday Gospel. On this memorable occasion a thanksgiving service was celebrated after the Divine Liturgy. At the end of the service Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev) greeted Metropolitan Dometian. The Rector of the Patriarchal Dependency of St Nicholas presented the Hierarch with an icon of Saint Sergius of Radonezh. Metropolitan Dometian made a speech in reply. With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, Archimandrite Philip presented members of the community of the Patriarchal Dependency with Patriarchal awards. On the 60th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church " s representation in Sofia V.P. Garistov was awarded the order of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (III class), and a longstanding worker of the Church O.I. Chonkova, the principal of the Sunday school N.I. Zhivkova, and the Dependency’s press-secretary I.N. Alexeeva, were awarded orders of the holy Princess Olga, Equal-to-the-Apostles (III class). A number of parishioners were given Patriarchal certificates of gratitude. On the decision of the organizing committee of the celebration of the 135th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke, the chairman of the public forum “Bulgaria-Russia’, Svetlana Sharenkova, awarded Metropolitan Dometian of Vidin, Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev) and the Dependency secretary, Hieromonk Zotik (Gayevsky), the Samara Cross. That day the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Great-Martyr Panteleimon, which is attached to the Dependency, was served by Hieromonk Zotik (Gayevsky). Archpriest Nikolai Neshkov concelebrated. With the blessing of the Rector, Hieromonk Zotik gave Patriarchal certificates to the Church " s choir director L.V. Baleva-Yordanova and L.A. Velinova. (Report from the press service of the Church’s Foreign Relations Department). Pravoslavie.ru 8 марта 2013 г. ... Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| John Anthony McGuckin Euchologion JOHN A. MCGUCKIN The Greek term (Slavonic: Molitvoslov) for “Book of Prayers» Today, it denotes one of the main liturgical books of the Orthodox Church, giving directions for the ordering of many of the chief services. It contains ritual instructions for Vespers and Matins (Orthros), as well as rubrics and texts for the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, along with the variations found in the Liturgy of St. Basil, and the ordering of the Vespers and Communion ritual of the Presanctified Liturgy of St. Gregory the Dialogist. The book is a collection of, and commentary on, many other services and blessing rituals and gives texts as well as rubrical instructions necessary to the priest and bishop. Its range includes the three major ordination rites, the office of monastic tonsure, the ritual of exorcism, the rites of the minor orders, the initiatory rites for monastics and the establishment of monastic superiors, and the ordering of the funeral service and the sacraments of baptism, confession, anointing, and marriage, along with many other various blessings and prayers. Since the Euchologion is intended primarily for the clergy it does not contain the detailed responses of the choir, which has its own service books called respectively Triodion, Pentekostarion, Oktoechos, and Menaion. A very important witness to the state of the Orthodox liturgical ritual is the Barberini Euchologion (Ms. Gr. 336) from the late 8th or early 9th century. The Euchologion today comes in various editions (depending on the extent of its contents). The standard is called the Great Euchologion, but there is also found a Small Euchologion (Slavonic: Trebnik or “Book of Needs”); the Priest’s Service Book (Greek: Hieratikon; Slavonic: Sluzhebnik). The services properly pertaining to the episcopate are also collated in the Archihieratikon (Slavonic: Chinovnik). SEE ALSO: Divine Liturgy, Orthodox; Liturgical Books REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS Duchesne, L. (1903) Christian Worship: Its Origin and Evolution. London: SPCK. Читать далее Источник: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity/John Anthony McGuckin - Maldin : John Wiley; Sons Limited, 2012. - 862 p. Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное |
| Representatives of Local Orthodox Churches participated in a Liturgy at the Kiev Caves Lavra Kiev, November 8, 2015 On November 8, 2015, the 23th Sunday after Pentecost, the day before the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Kiev Theological Academy, the Divine Liturgy with participation of representatives of Local Orthodox Churches was served at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kiev Caves Lavra, reports Patriarchia.ru . Metropolitan Nifon of Philippopolis (the Church of Antioch), representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East at the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, headed the service. Archbishop Kassian of Lower Danube (the Romanian Orthodox Church); Chairman of the External Relations Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (DECR of UOC MP) Archbishop Mitrofan of Luhansk and Alchevsk; Metropolitan Isaiah of Tamassos and Orinis (the Church of Cyprus); Chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Rector of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary; Chairman of the Education Committee of the UOC MP’s Holy Synod Bishop Clement of Irpen; Bishop Varsonofy of Borodyanka; ordained monks and guests of the monastery concelebrated with Metropolitan Nifon. Bishop Clement of Irpen delivered a sermon after the Gospel reading. Following the Litany of Fervent Supplication His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon offered up a prayer for the peace in the Ukraine. After the Liturgy the Metropolitan greeted the faithful and expressed his joy for having an opportunity to visit the Ukraine and the Kiev Caves Lavra and participate in the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary. The hierarch has also noted that the Orthodox Church of Antioch historically has a close link with the Kiev Theological Academy where a large number of its (of the Church of Antioch) pastors studied. Alexander III (Tahan: 1869-1958), Patriarch of Antioch from 1931 till 1958, was among the alumni of the Kiev Academy. Rector of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary Metropolitan Anthony thanked Metropolitan Nifon along with all the hierarchs and guests gathered at the celebration. He noted that the faithful members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church were sincerely rejoicing as this significant anniversary – the 400th anniversary of the Kiev Theological Academy – was celebrated together with representatives of Local Orthodox Churches. This fact is indicative of the universal Orthodox importance of the event. The rector has also thanked the hierarchs for their prayer and support they are giving to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian people in these difficult times. Photo by http://kdais.kiev.ua/ 9 ноября 2015 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archive Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on the 11th anniversary of enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill 1 February 2020 year 14:11 On 1 st February 2020, the 11 th anniversary of his enthronement, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia officiated at the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was vested in his enthronement robes. Concelebrating with His Holiness was an assembly of hierarchs and clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches: Metropolitan Niphon of Philippopolis of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, Bishop Antonije of Moravica of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Feoktist (Dimitrov) of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Seraphim (Shemyatovsky) of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, Archpriest Daniel Andrejuk of the Orthodox Church in America; and Archpriest Kakhaber Gogotishvili of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Among those praying in the church were Archimandrite Stephan (Dispirakis), representative of the Patriarch of Jerusalem to the Patriarch of Moscow; Mr. Vladimir Legoyda, chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media and acting head of the Patriarchal Press Service; hegumenesses of convents and clerics of Moscow and the Moscow Region; staff members of the Synodal and other church bodies, representatives of parish councils, faculty and students of the church educational institutions. During the Litany of Fervent Supplication prayers were lifted up for the unity of the Orthodox Church and for the protection of the Church from divisions and schisms. Special prayers were said for His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the Russian Church under his guidance. The Primate of the Russian Church lifted up the prayer for peace in Ukraine. After the Divine Liturgy His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry read out a message of greetings from the members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, addressed to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, and presented His Holiness with a mantle and a bouquet of flowers. The Primate of the Russian Church delivered a Primatial homily and presented church awards. Patriarchal Press Service Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| 738. “Questions on the Eastern Churches” 13: “Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion,” in press in ECJ 12/1 (2005) 155-165. 739. “‘To drink of the one Spirit’ (1 Cor 12:12): The Theology of Ecclesial Communion in the Byzantine Divine Liturgy,” paper read 12 May 2004 at the Orientale Lumen EuroEast I—2004 Conference Proceedings, May 10-13, 2004, Constantinople, Turkey (Fairfax VA 2004) 87-105 (appeared 2007). 740. “Acceptance Speech” upon receiving in absentia the 2007 McManus Award of the US Catholic Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, read by Rev. Prof. Mark Morozowich of The Catholic University of America and published online at 741. “Почитание святых в византийской литургической традиции” Рус. перевод С. Голованова и http://vselenstgvo.narod.ru/archiv/taftsaints.zip Отдельный список книг (автор или соавтор) 1. The Great Entrance. A History of the Transfer of Gifts and other Preanaphoral Rites of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (OCA 200, Rome: PIO 1975) xl + 485 pp. (2nd, revised edition, OCA 200, Rome: PIO 1978f) xlii + 490 pp.=A History of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, vol. II: The Great Entrance. A History of the Transfer of Gifts and Other Preanaphoral Rites of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (OCA 200, 2nd revised ed. Rome: PIO 1994) reprinted with new series title. 2. The Liturgy of the Hours in the Christian East: Origins, Meaning, Place in the Life of the Church (Ernakulam, Cochin KCM Press 1984) xi + 303 pp. 3. Beyond East and West. Problems in Liturgical Understanding (NPM Studies in Church Music and Liturgy, Washington, DC: The Pastoral Press 1984) x + 203 pp. 4. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West. The Origins of the Divine Office and its Meaning for Today (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press 1986) xv + 410 pp. Second Revised Edition (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press 1993) xix + 421 pp.—La Liturgia delle Ore in Oriente e in Occidente. Le origini dell’Ufficio divino e il suo significato oggi (Testi di teologia 4, Cinisello Balsamo [Milano]: Edizioni Paoline 1988) 544 pp.; 2a ed. con nuova traduzione, Pubblicazioni del Centro Aletti, Rome: Lipa 2001—La Liturgie des Heures en Orient et en Occident. Origine et sens de l’Office divin (Mysteria 2, Turnhout: Brepols 1991) 390 pp. |
| Archive Recitals given in Slovakia and Czechia by the choir of the Moscow Cathedral of the Epiphany 1 October 2019 year 10:50 From September 27-29, 2019, the choir of the Cathedral of the Epiphany, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, gave recitals in Slovakia and Czechia. The choir was conducted by the cathedral’s chief precentor Alexander Majorov. The tour was made with the support of the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture. During their tour, the choristers were accompanied by the rector of the Cathedral of the Epiphany and the chairman of the Patriarchal church-public council for development of Russian church music, Archpriest Alexander Agheikin. On September 27, the day of the Elevation of the Honourable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the Russian choir sang festive hymns during the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the church of St. Rostislav Equal-to-the-Apostles. The foundation stone was laid for this church during the visit of Patriarch Alexy II of blessed memory to the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia in 1966. On September 28, the choir took part in the prayer service sung at the church of the Great Martyr George the Conqueror in Prague Castle – the oldest church in Prague (10 th cent.) in which the Holy Martyr Princess Ludmila of Prague is buried. On the eve of the commemoration day of St. Ludmila, a prayer service with the akathistos was celebrated at her tomb by His Beatitude Rostislav, who was assisted by Metropolitan Sergiy of Barnaul and Altai (Russian Orthodox Church) and hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. His Beatitude noted that the prayer together with the choir of the Moscow Cathedral of the Epiphany at the heart of Christian Czechia was a special event in the life of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. In the evening, the choir gave a recital of the 20 th century Russian choral music at the Chrystal Hall of the Czechian representation of Rossotrudnichestvo. On September 29, the choir sang liturgical hymns in the church of Ss Peter and Paul at the Karlovy Vary representation of the Russian Orthodox Church. On September 28, the Rossotrudnichestvo representation in Czechia opened a multi-media exposition of masterpieces of Old Russian iconography from the Russian Museum funds (St. Petersburg). Presented are over one hundred works of art. In addition, on September 16 the State Museum of the History of Religion opened an exhibition on Monasteries and Monasticism in Russia, at the Chrystal Hall of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Prague. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
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