Patriarchate of Moscow
Russian Orthodox Church says it won’t move the date of Russian Christmas
The Russian Orthodox Church has said it has no plans to move the date Christmas to Dec. 25 in line...
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Patriarch Kirill wishes Russians on Christmas to ‘stay on the light side’
Christmas is an important holiday for religious Russians, which gives people an opportunity to get together at the table and...
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Ukraine moves towards separate church, as conflict with Russia leads to major schism
Ukraine has taken a major step towards creating its own independent Orthodox church, separating it from Russia’s and deepening what...
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Ukraine-Russia tensions reach Greece’s holy Mount Athos
Orthodox church’s decision to make Ukrainian branch independent of Russia causes schism and predictions of violence by Shaun Walker in...
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Poroshenko asks Metropolitan Onufry to help have Ukrainian naval sailors freed
President Petro Poroshenko stresses that he had used and would continue to use all possible means to free Ukrainian sailors...
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Patriarch Kirill chairs jubilee session of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of Russia
On 6 December 2018, at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow the Presidium of the...
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DECR chairman meets with Russian Ambassador to France
On November 30, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who is...
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Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium earns Doctorate in Theology at Radboud University
Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium, President of the Orthodox Episcopal Conference of the Benelux under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, received a...
Historic “Saint Sava” Exhibition Opens in Belgrade Marking 850 Years Since Birth of Serbia’s First Archbishop
A major historical exhibition dedicated to Saint Sava was solemnly inaugurated on May 14, 2026, at the Gallery of...
Metropolitan of Mesogaia performs Blessing service for new Military Housing Complex
The inauguration of the new Military Housing Complex for Officers and Armed Forces Personnel took place on Thursday, May...
Archbishop of Athens attends historic address by Cyprus President Christodoulides at Greek Parliament
Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens attended the historic address delivered by Nikos Christodoulides at the Hellenic Parliament on May...
Ecumenical Patriarch delivers address at Mass for Pope Leo XIV’s first Anniversary
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the Mass celebrated on the evening of Saturday, May 9, 2026, at the Roman...
Albanian Government orders closure of Holy Cross School in Gjirokastër – What did the Church say (upd)
LAST UPDATE: 09:46 The Albanian government has ordered the closure of the private pre-university higher secondary educational institution "Holy...
