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«inter-Christian relations»
26 July 2024 year 13:42
Holy Synod recognizes importance of resuming theological consultations with Assyrian Church of the East
During its session held in Moscow on 25th July, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church heard a report by Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, on the fifth meeting of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East that had taken place in Saransk and Krasnoslobodsk
26 July 2024 year 11:43
Holy Synod deems it expedient that Working Group for Cooperation between the Russian Church and Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs should continue its work
At its session held on 25th July, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church expressed satisfaction over the participation of the Moscow Patriarchate’s delegation in the 4th meeting of the Working Group for Cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Directorate of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye. It was deemed expedient that the Working Group should continue its work.
24 July 2024 year 15:37
Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III: Ukrainian government’s support for schism and persecution of the major canonical Church is a religious pogrom against the faithful Orthodox Christians of that country
The Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East, Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III, sent a letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’, in which he denounced “great atrocities… committed by the local government” in Ukraine, which “are not only against the canonical Orthodox Church, but… against Christianity itself.”
28 June 2024 year 12:38
Delegation of Assyrian Church of the East visits holy sites in Mordovia Metropolia and Diveyevo Convent
On June 16-26, participants in the fifth meeting of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East visited monasteries, churches and historical and cultural sights in the Metropolias of Mordovia and Nizhny Novgorod, as well as in Moscow.
27 June 2024 year 14:50
Metropolitan Anthony meets with executive director of Malankara Church’s Department of Ecumenical Relations
On 27th June, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Rev. Ashwin Fernandes, executive director of the Department of Ecumenical Relations of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The meeting, which took place at the DECR, was also attended by Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations.
26 June 2024 year 16:15
Delegation of Indian Doctors Arrives in Moscow
On June 24, a delegation of doctors fr om the St. Gregory's Hospital and International Research Oncology Center in Parumala (Kerala, India), under the auspices of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, arrived in Russia to hold talks on cooperation with the Central Clinical Hospital of St. Alexii, Metropolitan of Moscow, and to exchange experiences in hospital ministry.
31 May 2024 year 21:05
Delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate meets with the Coptic Patriarch
On May 30th, a delegation of monastics fr om the Russian Orthodox Church, led by Metropolitan Isidore of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh, visited the residence of the Coptic Patriarchs in Abbassia (Cairo, Egypt), wh ere they met with His Holiness Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
30 May 2024 year 14:29
Pilgrimage Trip of the Monastic Delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate to the Christian Shrines of Egypt Begins
On May 28, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' and at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church, a delegation of monastics fr om the Russian Orthodox Church arrived in Egypt.
28 May 2024 year 14:25
Secretary of the Surozh Diocese took part in the events on the occasion of the visit of the Primate of the Malankara Church of India to the UK
On May 27, Secretary of the Sourozh diocese, Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, and Rector of the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Newcastle, Priest Viktor Akhryapin, attended the divine service and took part in the solemn meeting on the occasion of the great consecration of the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Newcastle, which was performed by the Primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, His Holiness Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Matthews III, who is on an official visit to Great Britain.
5 May 2024 year 08:50
Поздравление Святейшего Патриарха Коптского Тавадроса II Святейшему Патриарху Кириллу с праздником Пасхи
[Greetings and addresses]
Святейший Патриарх Коптский Тавадрос II направил Святейшему Патриарху Московскому и всея Руси Кириллу поздравление с праздником Пасхи.
27 April 2024 year 23:46
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addressed the blatant examples of pressure on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
On the 27th of April, in connection with new blatant examples of pressure on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, its episcopate, clergy, communities and monasteries, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ has sent messages to the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches and a number of religious figures, and also addressed representatives of international organisations.
26 April 2024 year 19:25
Sisters of Puhtica convent address Estonian Council of Churches with an open letter concerning pressure put on the abode
The abbess and sisters of the Puhtica Convent of the Dormition of the Mother of God addressed the Estonian Council of Churches and its chairman, Archbishop Urmas Viilma, with an open letter concerning the extremely alarming situation that has developed around the convent.
19 April 2024 year 13:32
Primate of the Malankara Church of India is awarded the Russian Orthodox Church’s Order of Glory and Honour
Тhe Primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, His Holiness Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, was awarded the Order of Glory and Honour, 1st Class, in consideration of his contribution to the promotion of friendly relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
9 April 2024 year 15:40
Our Churches and our peoples have undergone many trials. Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III on the Assyrian Church of the East and its ties with Russia
[Interview]
In an interview with the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East, His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III spoke about the close ties between the Russian and Assyrian peoples, the dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, and the goals of his ministry.
1 April 2024 year 14:17
Christian leaders in Jerusalem called for an immediate and sustainable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
The heads of Christian Churches and communities in Jerusalem have issued a joint message timed to coincide with the feast of Easter, which a number of churches celebrate in 2024 on the 31st of March.
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