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Zenit.org ).- Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is affirming that the Russian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church stand together on many current social issues. The Russian Orthodox leader …
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, front right, kisses a cross held by new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, during the enthronement service in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. Human-rights activists
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Moscow – Millions of Russian Orthodox Christians on Thursday celebrated their traditional Christmas holiday with midnight masses and family gatherings. Patriarch Kirill I, leader of the Russian Orthod…
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill blesses the faithful during his visit to Simferopol, Ukraine on the Crimean Peninsula on 31 Jul 2009. Establishing a Russian Orthodox seminary in the West was Kirill'…
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The external relations’ head of the Moscow Patriarchate has reiterated that Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church will not take part in meetings with the newly-elected leader of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) as she is a female bishop, reports Ecumenical News International.
“Despite the fact that we do not recognise the Protestant church as a church, there had in the past been meetings between the chairperson of the EKD and the Patriarch. That is not possible anymore. The… >>
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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia won the Person of the Year national prize 2009 in Religion nomination, reports Interfax-Religion.
Patriarch Kirill is named a Person of the Year for outstanding contribution in spiritual revival of Russia, the Russian Orthodox Church official website has reported.
Person of the Year 2009 was also given to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Leo Bokeria, President… >>
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Despite a meeting between Patriarch Kirill I of Russia and Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia, simmering tensions persist within Georgia over the stance of the Orthodox church following the brief, but bloody, August 2008 war with Russia, reports Ecumenical News International.
Both Patriarch Ilia and Kirill’s predecessor, Patriarch Alexei II, spoke out against the bloodshed sparked by conflict over the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which Georgia says still belong to it.
The st… >>
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MOSCOW. Nov 20 (Interfax) – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has extended condolences over the death of Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev. ‘Father Daniil was widely known both among the Orthodox Christians of Moscow and a large number of other
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Orthodox Patriarch Kirill Russia’s Orthodox Church has cursed and excommunicated a journalist for satanic lies in accusing the abbess of a monastery of intimidating locals into selling their homes…
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A visit to Ukraine by Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church has laid to rest talk of the need for formal independence of one of the most significant parts of the church, say top aides.
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A 10-day visit to Ukraine by Kirill I, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, was clouded both by demonstrators and by political, religious and military tensions.
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KIEV — The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has rejected calls from Ukraine’s president to create a local Orthodox church that would be independent from Moscow, saying he firmly supports the status quo. Patriarch Kirill recently arrived in Ukraine for a prolonged visit, which observers say is aimed at reasserting Moscow’s religious and political influence over this predominantly Orthodox nation of 46 million, which is trying to integrate with the West. President Viktor Yushchenko has led a campaign to win recognition for a separatist church that broke away from the Moscow Patriarchate in the 1990s. “The main aspiration of …
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KIEV — The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has rejected calls from Ukraine’s president to create a local Orthodox church that would be independent from Moscow, saying he firmly supports the status quo. Patriarch Kirill recently arrived in Ukraine for a prolonged visit, which observers say is aimed at reasserting Moscow’s religious and political influence over this predominantly Orthodox nation of 46 million, which is trying to integrate with the West. President Viktor Yushchenko has led a campaign to win recognition for a separatist church that broke away from the Moscow Patriarchate in the 1990s. “The main aspiration of …
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AP – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church rejected calls from Ukraine’s president to create a local Orthodox church that would be independent from Moscow, saying he firmly supports the status quo.
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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes gentleness and humility are the best medicine from stresses and diseases, reports Interfax-Religion.
“What are most widely spread illnesses? Stresses, nerve strains. If we look at reasons of these stresses, there will be no need to go to psychotherapist. The radix of it is in human sin as there would be no illness without sin,” the Patriarch said in his sermon after the Divine Liturgy in the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Laura on St. Sergius Day…. >>
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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has consecrated a church of Sts Konstantin and Elena on Monday in summer residence of Russian consulate in a place of Buyukdere near Istanbul, reports Interfax-Religion.
According to correspondent of Interfax-Religion, members of the Russian Church delegation accompanying Patriarch in the trip to Turkey have taken part in consecration and in the subsequent Divine Liturgy. The chorus of the Moscow Sretensky monastery sang during the service, and some e… >>
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(AP) – ANKARA, Turkey – Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill says reopening a Greek Orthodox seminary could help to strengthen religious freedoms and minority rights in Turkey. The seminary near Istanbul was closed to new students in 1971 under a law that put religious and military training under state control. The patriarch says he has information that the seminary, which trained generations of Greek…
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(AP) – ISTANBUL, Turkey – Newly elected Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has led Sunday prayers with Istanbul Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in a show of unity. The churches in Istanbul and Moscow have been jostling for influence for years, but recently have pledged to overcome differences and achieve greater unity. Orthodox churches are largely autonomous, but the Istanbul-based…
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In just a few months, Kirill I has staked a claim to a powerful voice in Russia’s affairs and to newly energized leadership of the only sizable institution outside of Kremlin control.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has denied the speculation that he has acted as a mediator between Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Pope Benedict XVI, reports Interfax-Religion.
“It is nonsense,” Lukashenko said referring to the speculation.
“I have never become a mediator. I said I would be happy if His Holiness [Pope Benedict XVI] and our [Patriarch] Kirill, who is a young and active man, met on Belarusian soil. I would be happy. ‘God will help us with that,’ said… >>
