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Primates of Orthodox Churches concelebrate festive Divine Liturgy at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow marking St Tikhon’s enthronement centenary

On 4 December 2017, a festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow to mark the enthronement centenary of St Tikhon, the first Russian Patriarch after the restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917. Installed in the centre of the church was the shrine with the holy…

Dec 9, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Eldress Theophania, abbess of the Intercession Monastery: Saint Matrona brings all to the faith in Christ

Before presenting His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel with the icon of Saint Matrona of Moscow, Stavrophore Eldress Theophania, the abbess of the Intercession Monastery, gave a speech in which she expressed her joy for the Divine Liturgy celebrated for the first time in history by a Romanian Patriarch at this monastery, stressing the quick help that…

Dec 8, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania

On Sunday, 3 December 2017, His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania at the patriarchal residence in St Daniel Monastery, during the visit of the delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the celebrations dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the patriarchal…

Dec 8, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel venerates St Matrona’s holy relics

Before celebrating the Divine Liturgy at the Intercession Monastery in Moscow for the first time on Dec. 3, 2017, Romanian Patriarch Daniel bowed down before and venerated the holy relics of Saint Matrona of Moscow. Called the eighth pillar of Russia by Saint John of Kronstadt, Saint Matrona is highly honoured by the Russians but…

Dec 8, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel blesses children residing in the orphanage of the Intercession Monastery in Moscow

After celebrating the Sunday Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania blessed the girls residing in the orphanage of the Intercession Stavropegic Monastery in Moscow. Following a religious and folk song concert performed by the choir of the orphanage on Dec. 3, His Beatitude appreciated the children and congratulated them for their effort. The…

Dec 8, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch receives an honorary doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

In the agenda of the 10th Academic Conference of the Orthodox-Jewish Dialogue which takes place in Jerusalem from 5 to 7 December 2017, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem decided to pay His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the honorable distinction of the Doctor Philosophiae honoris causa. For this reason, His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch arrived at…

Dec 7, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Romanian Patriarch Daniel calls for fraternal communion and missionary co-responsibility at Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church

Invited to Moscow by Russian Patriarch Kirill to attend the celebrations dedicated to the centenary of the restoration of the Russian Patriarchate, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel addressed the over 350 Russian hierarchs present at the concluding session of the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, held on Saturday, 2 December 2017, pointing out the…

Dec 7, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Primates of Local Orthodox Churches

In the evening of 4 December 2017, at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence, the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Putin, met with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the Primates and heads of the delegations of the Local Orthodox Churches who had come to Moscow to take part in the celebrations…

Dec 6, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel celebrates Divine Liturgy for first time at Intercession Monastery in Moscow

Moscow, 03.12.2017 – During his visit in the capital of Russia on the centenary of the restoration of the Russian Patriarchate, Patriarch Daniel presided over the Sunday Divine Liturgy at the main church of the Intercession (Pokrovsky) Monastery, where the relics of Saint Matrona of Moscow are kept. This was the first time for a…

Dec 4, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Russian Patriarch Kirill welcomes the delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate in Moscow

On Saturday, Russian Patriarch Kirill welcomed the delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate, headed by Patriarch Daniel, at the Hall of the Throne of Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. The plane bringing the Romanian delegation landed on Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport at 11:05, local time. The Patriarch of Romania is attending the celebrations marking the…

Dec 2, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch Daniel pays historic visit to Russia at the invitation of Patriarch Kirill

A delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate, headed by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, will visit Russia on 2-5 December 2017 to attend the events marking the centenary of the restoration of the Russian Patriarchate and the Local Council of 1917-1918. Patriarch Daniel’s participation at the events organized by the Moscow Patriarchate was one of the topics…

Dec 1, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu