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Holy Synod establishes impossibility of commemorating new Primate of the Church of Cyprus
16 March 2023 year

Holy Synod establishes impossibility of commemorating new Primate of the Church of Cyprus

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addresses religious leaders and representatives of international organizations due to the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves
11 March 2023 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addresses religious leaders and representatives of international organizations due to the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves

Comments by DECR Communication Service on Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople’s speech at World Policy Conference (Abu Dhabi, 9 December 2022)
3 February 2023 year

Comments by DECR Communication Service on Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople’s speech at World Policy Conference (Abu Dhabi, 9 December 2022)
[Documents]

News

Clergy of the Northern Deaneries of the Eastern American Diocese of ROCOR call for the protection of the persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church
24 March 2023 year 19:33

Clergy of the Northern Deaneries of the Eastern American Diocese of ROCOR call for the protection of the persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church

On Wednesday, 22 March, the Great Lenten Pastoral Retreat of the northern deaneries of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia concluded with the celebration of the Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.
The world should not shut eyes to the Orthodox faithful in Ukraine, a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia believes
22 March 2023 year 10:22

The world should not shut eyes to the Orthodox faithful in Ukraine, a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia believes

On March 18, Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe, a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, made an appeal to his flock and all the not indifferent persons in connection with ‘the tragedy of the most extraordinary and heartless persecution of Christians taking place in many parts of Ukraine.
The World Council of Churches has expressed concern over the situation of the Kiev Lavra of the Caves
21 March 2023 year 18:07

The World Council of Churches has expressed concern over the situation of the Kiev Lavra of the Caves

‘The World Council of Churches is concerned and saddened to hear about alleged actions taken against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’, the WCC General Secretary, Dr Jerry Pillay stated on March 17.
Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech: Struggle for the destruction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is outside limit
21 March 2023 year 15:47

Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech: Struggle for the destruction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is outside limit

Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech, a hierarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, has expressed support for the Ukrainian Orthodox faithful who are subjected to severe persecutions and prevented from the opportunity to pray at their shrines, in their churches.

Documents

Comments by DECR Communication Service on Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople’s speech at World Policy Conference (Abu Dhabi, 9 December 2022)
3 February 2023 year 17:58

Comments by DECR Communication Service on Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople’s speech at World Policy Conference (Abu Dhabi, 9 December 2022)
[Documents]

On December 9 during the World Policy Conference ‘For a Reasonably Open World’, Patriarch Bartholomew hurled a number of incorrect, groundless and openly slanderous accusations at the Russian Orthodox Church. In his speech, devoted almost completely not so much to the theme of the conference but to criticism of the Russian Orthodoxy, he gave a biased and distorted interpretation of the history of our Church and peoples she unites and alluded to an alleged deviation of the Russian Church from the Orthodox doctrine and canons.
Circular letter to all diocesan hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church
8 November 2022 year 15:00

Circular letter to all diocesan hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church
[Documents]

The Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Dionisy of Voskresensk issued the circular letter to all diocesan hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Minutes of the Holy Synod of 29th May 2022
29 May 2022 year 16:28

Minutes of the Holy Synod of 29th May 2022
[Documents]

On 29th May, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held its session at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
Commentary by the Communications Service of the DECR on the interview given by the metropolitan of Peristeri Gregory to the Greek TV channels ORTHODOX TV and Aparchi
16 February 2022 year 20:25

Commentary by the Communications Service of the DECR on the interview given by the metropolitan of Peristeri Gregory to the Greek TV channels ORTHODOX TV and Aparchi
[Documents]

The Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate deems it necessary to refute the canonically and theologically unjustified accusations made against the Russian Orthodox Church in an interview given by the metropolitan of Peristeri Gregory to the sites ORTHODOX TV on 5th February 2022 and Aparchi on 6th February 2022.

Publications

Appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill over the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves
16 March 2023 year 12:31

Appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill over the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves
[Patriarch]

On March 16, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia made an appeal over the situation around the Kiev Lavra of the Caves, the Patriarchal Press Service reports.
Vladimir R. Legoida: The atrocious experiment is being carried out on the faithful in Ukraine
15 February 2023 year 15:50

Vladimir R. Legoida: The atrocious experiment is being carried out on the faithful in Ukraine
[Interview]

The Ukrainian authorities are intensifying repressions against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Vladimir R. Legoida, chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media, gave an interview to the RIA Novosti news agency, in which he spoke about arrests, changes in church calendar, and church buildings in the Kiev Laura of the Caves.
Address of the DECR chairman Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk at the meeting of the UN Security Council
18 January 2023 year 11:25

Address of the DECR chairman Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk at the meeting of the UN Security Council
[Article]

On January 17, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, delivered an on-line address at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
Αρχιεπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας Θεοδόσιος: Πίσω από την επιστολή Επιφανίου μπορεί να κρύβονται δυνάμεις, που αντιτίθενται στη θεραπεία του σχίσματος
11 August 2022 year 12:25

Αρχιεπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας Θεοδόσιος: Πίσω από την επιστολή Επιφανίου μπορεί να κρύβονται δυνάμεις, που αντιτίθενται στη θεραπεία του σχίσματος
[Article]

Στις 4 Αυγούστου ο αρχιεπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας Θεοδόσιος, που ανήκει στο Πατριαρχείο Ιεροσολύμων, προέβη σε προσωπική δήλωση, στην οποία κατέθεσε τις σκέψεις του για το πραγματικό νόημα και τη σημασία της επιστολής, που απηύθυνε στις 27 Ιουλίου ο Επιφάνιος Ντουμένκο στον Πατριάρχη Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Βαρθολομαίο, κατόπιν εντολής της «Συνόδου της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας της Ουκρανίας».

Documents and Studies

26 May 2022 year

«Дело Максима Киника» и 4-е правило II Вселенского Собора и их значение в дискуссии о хиротониях

25 January 2022 year

The book by Archpriest Andrey Novikov on the problem of the church schism in Ukraine has come out

21 January 2022 year

Преодоление разрыва между Московским Патриархатом и Русской Православной Церковью Заграницей как ложная аналогия в вопросе об украинских раскольниках

17 November 2021 year

«Повелеваем, да святейшая епархия Киевская будет подлежащая святейшему Патриаршескому престолу… града Москвы…» (О некоторых канонических аспектах Патриарших и Синодальных документов Константинопольского Патриархата 1686 года)

19 September 2021 year

A Russian version of the book by a hierarch of the Church of Cyprus on the Ukrainian church issue has come out

17 September 2021 year

Выступление митрополита Волоколамского Илариона на презентации сборника «Воссоединение Киевской митрополии с Русской Православной Церковью. 1676-1686 г. Исследования и документы»

14 September 2021 year

Presentation of the Collection of documents about the Reunification of Kievan Metropolia with Russian Church in the 17th сentury will take place in Moscow

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill opens conference on primacy and conciliarity in Orthodoxy
16 September 2021 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill opens conference on primacy and conciliarity in Orthodoxy

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