Category - russian orthodox

Russian Orthodox relations with Vatican continue to thaw

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:46:35 +0100

On a five-day visit to Rome, a Russian Orthodox official in charge of interchurch relations has had a meeting with the Pope - a sign of improved relations between the two churches under Benedict XVI and the new Russian Patriarch.

Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox see eye to eye

Ecumenical News International — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:42:24 +0100

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.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch begins contentious visit to Ukraine

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:42:41 +0100

A 10-day trip to the Ukraine by Patriarch Kirill I from the Russian Orthodox Church is set to include visits to a monument established to victims of the Stalin-era famine.

Russian Patriarch takes populist root to appeal to youth

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:16:41 +0100

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill I has addressed thousands of young people on the dangers of alcoholism and an unchecked market economy as he takes the church to people used to the Kremlin as the biggest institution.

Russian Orthodox appoint Oxford-educated cleric to top job

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:09:21 +0100

Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev, who served as the Moscow Patriarchate's representative to European organizations in Brussels, has been appointed as head of the Russian Orthodox Church's Department of External Church Relations.

Russian Orthodox Church braces itself for full impact of economic crisis

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:29:57 +0000

The global financial crisis has affected the Russian Orthodox Church, which, like the State, is curtailing programmes and preparing for the possibility of further cutbacks.

New Russian Orthodox patriarch pledges to keep church together

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:30:42 +0000

Metropolitan Kirill, who was recently enthroned as the 16th patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, has stressed his task as ensuring unity and preserving the faith, but is also seen as more 'political'.

Metropolitan Kirill elected as Moscow Patriarch in Russian Orthodox Church

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:27:41 +0000

Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad has been elected as the new head of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Orthodox Church after serving a period as interim leader.

Argument and rumour surround choice of new Russian Patriarch

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:33:48 +0000

The question of who the new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church should be has produced heated debates about political and religious power.

Speculation about next Russian Orthodox head as Alexei II is buried

Ecumenical News International — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:22:10 +0000

The funeral of leading Patriarch Alexei II of the Russian Orthodox Church has taken place in Moscow, with the service being attended by President Dmitri A. Medvedev and Prime Minster Vladimir Putin