{"id":226879,"date":"2019-02-05T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T12:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=226879"},"modified":"2019-02-05T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T12:41:59","slug":"metropolitan-nifon-attends-festivities-dedicated-to-patriarch-kirills-10th-enthronement-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/metropolitan-nifon-attends-festivities-dedicated-to-patriarch-kirills-10th-enthronement-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Nifon attends festivities dedicated to Patriarch Kirill\u2019s 10th enthronement anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste and patriarchal exarch, attended the festivities held in Moscow to mark Patriarch Kirill\u2019s 10th<\/sup> enthronement anniversary, on Jan. 30 \u2013 Feb. 2, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking part in the event were delegations of the local Orthodox Churches of Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland and the Czech Lands and Slovakia.<\/p>\n

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His Eminence Metr. Nifon in Moscow. Photo: Oleg Varov\/Patriarchia.ru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Festive Divine Liturgy<\/h4>\n

The main event was the patriarchal Divine Liturgy celebrated at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow on February 1, presided over by His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All East.<\/p>\n

Slujba a fost prezidat\u0103 de Preafericitul P\u0103rinte Ioan, Patriarhul Antiohiei, \u00eempreun\u0103 cu care au concelebrat: Preafericitul P\u0103rinte Kirill, Patriarhul Rusiei, Preafericitul P\u0103rinte Irineu, Patriarhul Serbiei, Preafericitul P\u0103rinte Rastislav, Mitropolitul Cehiei \u015fi Slovaciei, Preafericitul P\u0103rinte Tihon, Mitropolitul Americii \u0219i Canadei (OCA), ierarhi reprezentan\u0163i ai Bisericilor Ortodoxe Surori, dar \u015fi ierarhi ru\u015fi, preo\u0163i \u015fi diaconi.<\/p>\n

Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included HB Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, HB Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, HB Metropolitan Rastislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, HB Metropolitan Tikhon of America and Canada (OCA), representatives of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, other hierarchs, priests and deacons of the Russian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n

The Divine Liturgy was attended by state officials, State Duma deputies, Moscow city officials and representatives of state and public organizations in Russia.<\/p>\n

Among the worshippers were abbots and abbesses of monasteries, staff members of the synodal departments, representatives of Orthodox youth organizations and numerous believers.<\/p>\n

Prayers were offered in Church Slavonic, Arabic and English.<\/p>\n

The sermon before communion was delivered by Archbishop Anthony of Vienna and Budapest, chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate.<\/p>\n

At the end of the Divine Liturgy, Patriarch Kirill delivered a speech noting the contribution of the entire Russian Orthodox Church to his 10-year patriarchal stewardship.<\/p>\n

The Patriarch of Moscow said that during these years he \u2018felt the power of the prayers of the bishops, clergy, monastics and lay people.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018I have felt and realized that it is these prayers that have sustained my feeble strength and helped me to carry out my ministry with a complete awareness of my responsibility before God and people for all that happens in the life of the Church and in the spiritual and moral life of our contemporaries.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Patriarch expressed special thanks to the Primates of the local Orthodox Churches, to those who attended the event, but also \u2018to those who for whatever reason could not come to Moscow.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018It is a great honour and joy for me to labour with the renowned First Hierarchs, to strengthen Orthodox unity, to safeguard God\u2019s Church from false teachers and division, to come to the defense of persecuted Christians,\u2019 the Head of the Russian Orthodox Church noted Feb. 1.<\/p>\n

Church distinctions were bestowed to several Russian hierarchs on the occasion of the patriarchal anniversary.<\/p>\n

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Still during the Divine Liturgy on Feb. 1, 2019. Photo: Oleg Varov \/ Patriachia.ru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meeting with representatives of local Orthodox Churches<\/a><\/h4>\n

On January 31, His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill met with the members of the delegations of the local Orthodox Churches who attended the event in the capital of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n

The meeting took place at Danilov Monastery, during which the members of the delegations read out greetings to Patriarch Kirill on the occasion of the 10th<\/sup> anniversary of his enthronement.<\/p>\n

In his speech, Patriarch Kirill mentioned the developments in ecclesiastical life in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The Russian Patriarch spoke about the celebrations as \u2018an important time of stewardship\u2019 that forces him \u2018to continue the pastoral work, in the difficult circumstances of the challenges posed by contemporary society, which becomes more and more secularized.\u2019<\/p>\n

The same day, the Patriarch of Moscow and the heads of the delegations met with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, at State Kremlin Palace<\/em> in Moscow.<\/p>\n

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Metropolitan Nifon conveying greetings on behalf of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at Danilov Monastery. Photo: Patriarchia.ru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow<\/h4>\n

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill was enthroned as Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church during a special ceremony held at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow on February 1, 2009.<\/p>\n

In 2017, His Beatitude visited Romania to take part in the festivities dedicated to St Demetrius the New, Protector of Bucharest.<\/p>\n

This was the first visit of a Russian Patriarch to Romania after 1989, and the first time His Beatitude Patr. Kirill visited our country after his enthronement in 2009.<\/p>\n