Patriarchate of Moscow
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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Patriarch of Moscow expresses condolences over deadly earthquake in Colombia
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ has expressed his condolences following the devastating earthquake in Colombia, which caused...
Ecumenical Patriarch takes aim at Patriarchs of Moscow and Serbia (VIDEO)
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew criticized the Moscow Patriarchate and made pointed remarks concerning Serbian Patriarch Porfirije during an address on...
Ecumenical Patriarch marks 65 Years of Ministry with Patriarchal Concelebration on Imbros (LIVE)
A Patriarchal Divine Liturgy is being celebrated today, Thursday, August 13, 2026, on the island of Imbros to mark...
Youngest Romanian bishop urges young people in diaspora to ‘be bridges, not walls’
“You are the heart of the Church scattered throughout the world, like the seed of the Gospel carried to...
Romanian Orthodox Diocese urges faithful to declare Romanian identity in Australia’s 2026 Census
The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand is encouraging Romanians living in Australia to declare both their...
Feast of St Olave celebrated in Historic London Crypt
On Monday, 3 August 2026, Matins and the Divine Liturgy were celebrated with the blessing of Archbishop Nikitas of...
