| Version: Russian Materials on the theme Church for Russian Orthodox community consecrated in Lebanon Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Vatican concedes to liberals on the issue of same-sex couples [Interview] Thanksgiving celebrated at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Tehran DECR chairman concelebrates Liturgy with Patriarch of Antioch at Russian Church’s Metochion in Damascus Christian leaders in Jerusalem called for an immediate and sustainable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip DECR Chairman met with a representative of the Church of England Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk met with representatives of the Coptic Church Delegation of Malankara Church arrives in Russia All materials with key words parishes abroad – inter-Christian relations Other news DECR representative took part in an interreligious meeting on the topic of the family Metropolitan Anthony holds talks with Primate of Malankara Church Metropolitan Anthony participates in events in India to mark the 1950th anniversary of the martyr’s death of the holy apostle Thomas Meeting takes place between chairman of the DECR and representatives of the Church of India responsible for relations with the Russian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Volokolamsk meets with newly-elected primate of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Chairman of the DECR meets with Indian nuns Календарь ← → Богослужебные указания Video 7 December 2023 year His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presides over jubilee meeting of Inter-Religious Council of Russia Other video Top news Paschal Message of Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia Patriarch : Messages Patriarchal message to the archpastors, clergymen, monastics and laypeople of the dioceses in the territory of Russia Patriarch : Messages His Holiness Patriarch Kirill approves texts of prayerful supplications in view of the spreading coronavirus infection Instructions to rectors of parishes and monasteries’ town churches, abbots and abbesses of the monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church over the threat of spreading coronavirus infection Documents Dialogue and unity Documents Statement of the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of December 6, 2019 Documents Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Documents On the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Documents Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian Church Documents On the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Documents Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian Church Documents Interview © Patriarchia.ru , 2005 – 2024 |
| New Orthodox church consecrated in New York New York City, October 6, 2014 On Saturday, October 4, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York (the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) consecrated the new Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist in New York (Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay). It can be said that for today this is one of the largest Orthodox churches in New York City and is inferior only to the St. Nicholas Cathedral on Manhattan (belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate) in respect of capacity and adornments. Most likely, only the Church of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia on 18th Avenue (the first of four Orthodox churches now active in this NY borough) can rival the newly consecrated church. The new Church of St. John the Baptist now occupies the building of a former Methodist church; only a small, splendid dome and a distinctive cross above the entrance indicate that this is an Orthodox church. One can understand the joy of the church Rector Archpriest Alexander Belya, the parish council and all the parishioners, who over several years had to move from one rented premise of Brooklyn to another. Within the shortest possible space of time the church was repaired by the Kadar Elite Construction company, led by Michael Kadar. Benefactors and volunteers from among the parishioners actively helped in arranging the church. On Friday evening trowel men were still working here, and on Saturday morning the church was already receiving its parishioners and clergymen from neighboring communities, arriving to the celebration. Clergy of the Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God “Of the Sign”, of the Church of St. John the Baptist, the Church of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, the Church of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “The Inexhaustible Cup” as well as priests and deacons of other parishes of the diocese concelebrated with Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York at the Divine Liturgy and the church consecration. After the service the constructioin company director Michael Kadar and the churchwarden of the St. John the Baptist’s Church John (Ivan) Belya were presented with the highest award of the ROCOR—the Synodal Order of the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God, 3rd Class. The active volunteer builders received diocesan diplomas. Pravoslavie.ru 6 октября 2014 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Orthodox Church Destruction Fought in Morocco June 8, 2012 The Russian Orthodox Church is fighting the demolition of a church in Casablanca after a defrocked priest illegally sold it to a local developer, church officials say. The Dormition Church of the Mother of God sits on valuable land in the city " s downtown. Built by Russian emigres in 1958, it is one of only two Russian Orthodox churches in Morocco. The Dormition officially belonged to a Moroccan parish linked to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, an international synod based in New York. Sometime between late December and early January, the defrocked priest secretly sold the church to a Moroccan real estate firm using false documents, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia reported Friday. That former priest, French citizen Nikolai Semenoff, then hired local workers to enter the church and prepare it for demolition, the rector of the Resurrection Church in Rabat, Morocco, said in comments carried by the Orthodox organization " s website. " On Feb. 1, 2012, the church, recently renovated through the efforts of local parishioners, was entered by laborers who destroyed the valuable iconostasis, tore the old icons off the walls and tried to extract the holy items from the church to an unknown destination, but were stopped by the tenant of the parish property, " Priest Maksim Massalitine said. Police detained Semenoff at a Casablanca airport later that month. An investigation into the church " s sale is under way. Semenoff is prohibited from leaving the country during the inquiry. On April 16, the real estate firm sent an eviction notice to the building " s tenant, La Fondation Marocaine pour la Jeunesse, l " Initiative et le Developpement. The notice asked the tenant to vacate the building within three months so that it could be demolished. The Moscow Patriarchate has asked the Russian Embassy in Morocco to prevent the demolition. " We are attempting in every way possible to oppose the demolition of the church, " archbishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, head of the Patriarchate " s department for institutions abroad, said Wednesday, Itar-Tass reported. More than a hundred Russian Orthodox faithful who have relocated from Morocco to the United States have signed a petition to the Moroccan government to forbid the demolition, Itar-Tass reported. On Monday, several dozen worshipers joined by Christians and Muslims protested outside the church, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia reported. There is now a 24-hour-a-day vigil surrounding the church. The Moscow Times 8 июня 2012 г. ... Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archive His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s talk with Primate of Serbian Orthodox Church 27 April 2022 year 19:23 On April 27, 2022, a talk took place between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia through remote video communication. Participating in the talk from the Russian Orthodox Church were also Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR), and Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, DECR vice-chairman. From the Serbian Church, there also was Bishop Irinej of Baka. The Primates of the two Churches exchanged Paschal greetings and cordial acclamations of the Bright Resurrection of Christ. During a prolonged brotherly talk, they discussed the events going on in Ukraine. Special attention was given to the humanitarian situation in Donbass. Patriarch Kirill thanked the Patriarch of Serbia for the support and solidarity of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. “There is the firm belief that in this grave time the Serbian Church is with us”, His Holiness said. In particular, he noted with gratitude the church aid to refugees from Ukraine coming to the country spiritually nourished by the Patriarch of Serbia. He mentioned specially the fundraising organized in Serbian churches with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije to be them conveyed to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and her Primate, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy. In the course of the talk, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia asked his interlocutor to convey words of gratitude to President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vui for the help that the Serbian state gives to Ukrainian refugees. Importance was given in the talk to the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill informed His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije about the grave situation of the canonical Church, the oppression to which she is subjected. “I bow my head before the feat of our clergy”, he said. His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije said that the events in Ukraine directly touched his heart and the hearts of fellow-bishops and all the Orthodox Serbian people who also endured hard trials in the end of the 20th century. “We share your feelings and pray for you and ready to do all that is possible to support the Russian Orthodox Church and the faithful people in Russia and in Ukraine”, said the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He also informed Patriarch Kirill about topical events in the church life of the Patriarchate of Serbia. A discussion followed about the situation in the world Orthodoxy and in the sphere of inter-Orthodox relations. They agreed to continue brotherly communication in various formats. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary: a ‘neo-Orthodoxy’ alien to the faith of the Church is being created now 11 August 2021 year 13:28 Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary, chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, stated that it is especially important for the Orthodox Ukrainian to preserve faithfulness to the true faith now that attempts are made to introduce to the Church’s doctrine some innovations alien to it. The church situation in Ukraine is not only a problem of the survival of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, but also a catalyst of the situation throughout the world when attempts are made to impose a ‘neo-Orthodoxy’ on the Church, he said in his comment to the ‘Pershyi Nezalezhniy’ (First Independent) Ukrainian TV news channel. According to His Eminence, faithfulness to the Orthodox faith has always helped Ukrainians to preserve their identity, but now the situation in the entire Orthodox world is dependent on this faithfulness. “Today, we see in the Orthodox world a tendency to substitute the principles of canon law, life of discipline and even the faith in order to shift key points”, he said, “And I would even say that what is being created is a certain ‘neo-Orthodoxy’, a compete novel to the Orthodox Church. Therefore, for Orthodox Ukraine it is now a matter of survival not only for us as Orthodox people in Ukraine - we are now generally a catalyst of the situation in the Orthodox world”. Many are looking at Ukraine, at how the church situation will develop, he said. “Most of our people, thank God, are faithful to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and they testify to this by ‘their feet’ because people come to church; thousands and hundreds of thousands come to processions with the cross. It is a testimony [to the support of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church] contrary to commissioned public opinion polls artificially created with the aim to convince our society that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is numerically decreasing, that we have no supporters”. According to Metropolitan Anthony, the church, divine service, procession with the cross - all this testify to the true situation in Ukrainian Orthodoxy; for most Ukrainians are parishioners of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Two communities, victims of OCU raids, celebrate Pascha in new churches 4 May 2021 year 11:31 Pascha 2021 has become special for two communities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, who have been deprived of their churches seized by the ‘OCU’. After a raiding attack made by schismatics, who captured on 21 February 2019 the church of the Nativity of St John the Baptist at the Bronitsa village, Kamen-Kashirskiy district, Volyn region, the canonical Church’s community driven away from their church, had to assemble for divine services at an adjusted facility, but this time they celebrated the feast of the Radiant Resurrection of Christ in a new church erected for very few months. The office of the foundation laying was accomplished by Bishop Afanasiy of Kamen-Kashirskyi, vicar of the diocese of Volyn, on November 8, 2020, and already on March 27, 2021, the cupola crosses were blessed and installed on the church dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God ‘Swift to Hearken " and built by the community instead of the captured one. The photos of the first Paschal Liturgy were published in Facebook by the rector of the community, Rev. Nazary Priymak. The parishioners of the St. Michael community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Nesvich village, Lutsk district, Volyn region, also celebrated Pascha in a new church build instead of the church taken away by the ‘OCU’. The photos of the Paschal service were published in Facebook by the rector of the community, Archpriest Nikolay Kovalchuk. It is still necessary to carry out a great deal of construction work but the parishioners already assemble in it for divine services. As the Union of Orthodox Journalists reported on its website, because of the raiding actions of the ‘OCU activists, the local St. Michael community of the canonical Church has lost access to their own church since March 4, 2019. Already on March 18, by an order of the head of the Volyn regional state administration, the parish was re-registered in favour of schismatic and later by another order the church, which is an architectural monument, was transferred for use to a newly formed community of the ‘OCU’. At first, the aggrieved community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church assembled at the church house near the church but the people were pushed from it as well. For a long time, the parishioners, who remained faithful to the canonical church, assembled for worship in a tent installed near the church but when colds came, the fellow-villagers were let in her home by one of the parishioners. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Faithful in Zhytomyr region stand in prayer protesting against illegal transfer of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church community to OCU 31 May 2022 year 10:23 On May 29, 2022, in the village of Popelnya, Zhytomyr region, the faithful have been standing in prayer protesting against the illegal transfer of the community of St. Nicholas’ church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to OCU, the Union of Orthodox Journalists reports with reference to the press service of the Zhitomir diocese. The parishioners of the church in Popelnya have been ardently praying for several hours straight. The diocese reports that thanks to the resistance of parishioners it was possible to avoid a conflict with an initiative group which organized the signatures collection for the community’s transfer to the OCU. The parishioners belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the OCU supporters agreed to clear the territory of the church. The police and representatives of the territorial defense unit stayed to stand guard over the church building. The signatures collection was initiated by Vasily Zarechny, a local resident. He called on Archpriest Pyotr Lis, rector of the church, to transfer to the OCU. The rector told the faithful that it was impossible to change the Church as it is impossible to change mother and wife. “This is the Church of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers. Our native Ukrainian Orthodox Church is the only one true canonical Orthodox Church in our land,” he said. The day before the standing in prayer, the cars with loudspeakers were running along the village. The local people were called to come to the church and put their signatures for the transfer to the OCU. Some locals who responded to the call said they had not understood for what they came to vote. Among the signers there were former parishioners of the church and people who called themselves non-believers and even Buddhists. The diocese asks how these people who have nothing in common with this church can seal its fate. “It is interesting to note that contrary to the standard practice of signatures collection, exact residence address was not put next to the signer’s name. Therefore it was impossible to ascertain the identity of the large part of those advocating for the transfer to the OCU,” the diocese points out and adds that issues pertaining to church life must be resolved exclusively by religious community. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Zakarpattia: parishioners of the canonical Church have to worship outdoors in winter 16 February 2021 year 18:16 Even a cold weather that has recently set in did not prevent the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s community at the Delovoye village (Zakarpatska Oblast, Ukraine), who have been deprived of their church because of the raiding of schismatics. On February 15, 2021, the feast of the Meeting of Our Lord, a great number of parishioners worshiped during the Divine Liturgy next to a tiny chapel that has become now a place for the community’s worship. The service was streamed live by Archimandrite Benedict (Khromey) on his page on Facebook. It was reported in 2019 that the re-registration of the canonical Church’s community at the Delovoye village to an ‘OCU’ schismatic structure with the help of public agents who had swindled out the statute documents from the priest. However, at that moment, the actual capture of the church by schismatics failed as parishioners succeeded in defending the church of the Dormition from raiders. There are few proponents of the ‘OCU’ in the Zakarpattian village while the community of the canonical Church is large in number. During the raiding attacks several hundreds of the faithful came out to defend their church. At present, judicial processes are going on in which the Orthodox community contests the actions of the authorities by pointing out that the re-registration of the church building took place on the basis of actually stolen documents. However, one of the court decisions in favor of raiders from the ‘OCU’ has come into force. And despite an appeal filed after the ‘OCU’ representatives resorted to the executive service on February 3, 2021, the church of the Dormition was blocked by OMON (Special Purpose Police Unit) and later representatives of the schismatic structure were allowed to enter the building. The following day, the schismatic ‘service’ at the captured church was attended only by some 20 people, while the large community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, deprived of their church, had to assemble for worship in the open despite the February cold. The community will continue using legal methods to defend their church while considering a possibility for building a new church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - the decision to give a plot of land for such construction has been made by one of the women parishioners. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| 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 |
| Archive Conference going on in Kiev Lavra of the Caves on conciliarity and primacy in Orthodoxy 11 November 2021 year 19:10 On November 11, 2021, the International Reflection-Action Conference on the Conciliarity of the Church: Theological, Canonical and Historical Dimensions opened at the assembly hall of the Kiev Lavra of the Caves. It is chaired by His Beatitude Onuriy, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine. The conference is organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and devoted to a discussion on the principle of the conciliarity of the Church, the issue of primacy among the Local Churches and the crisis in the Ukrainian and world Orthodoxy caused by the actions of the Patriarch of Constantinople. The academic forum is attended by representatives of seven Local Orthodox Church from nine countries: the Churches of Antioch, Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Poland, the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia and the Orthodox Church in America. After the common prayer and introductory remarks by chancellor Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary, the participants were addressed by His Beatitude Onufriy, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine. The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church pointed in particular to the need for the Local Churches to discuss problems together in order to resolve the crisis that has put the Orthodox world on the brink of schism. Representatives of the Local Churches read out messages of greetings from His Holiness Porfirije, Patriarch of Serbia, His Beatitude Sava, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland, and His Beatitude Tikhon, Metropolitan of All America and Canada. A message of greeting was also sent to the organizers and participants of the conference by the chairman of the Department for External Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary presented a paper on the Conciliarity of the Church in Face of Contemporary Challenges. Bishop Irinej of Novi Sad and Bac, PhD, professor at the University of Belgrade, presented through video communication a paper on the Theme of Autocephaly - the Only One Needed for a Pan-Orthodox Council. Archbishop George of Wroclaw and Szczecin spoke on the theological-liturgical dimension of the catholicity of the Church. In conclusion of the plenary session, rector of Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary Bishop Silvestr of Belgorod read a paper on the Issue of the Ordination of Schismatics in the Canonical Tradition of the Church. After the lunch break, the forum continued its work. Seventeen more papers will be presented physically and virtually, reports the Information-Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
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