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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends a message to Primates and representative of Local Orthodox Churches who have assembled in Crete

17 June 2016 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends a message to Primates and representative of Local Orthodox Churches who have assembled in Crete

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sends a message to His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches who have assembled in Crete.

Round Table on ‘Why the Council on Crete has not become a Pan-Orthodox Council?’

18 June 2016 year 09:33

Round Table on ‘Why the Council on Crete has not become a Pan-Orthodox Council?’

The Round Table on ‘Why the Council on Crete has not become a Pan-Orthodox Council?’ took place at the ‘Russia Today’ International Multimedia Press Centre on June 17, 2016.

‘Unity cannot be imposed on churches’ — Russian Orthodox Church spokesman to RT

15 June 2016 year 21:35

‘Unity cannot be imposed on churches’ — Russian Orthodox Church spokesman to RT

The landmark meeting of the heads of all Orthodox Christian churches could be postponed as five out of 14 churches have pulled out. The head of external relations at the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Hilarion, explains the situation to RT.

Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria appeals to all the Local Orthodox Church to attend the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete

14 June 2016 year 22:34

Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria appeals to all the Local Orthodox Church to attend the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete

Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa has appealed to all the Local Orthodox Church to attend the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete, the Rompheia news agency reports.

Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia sends a letter to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople

14 June 2016 year 20:44

Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia sends a letter to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople

Patriarch-Catholicos Iliya II of All Georgia has sent a letter to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, informing him of the decision made by the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church concerning the Holy and Great Council.

Metropolitan Hilarion: All Churches should participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council

13 June 2016 year 23:41

Metropolitan Hilarion: All Churches should participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, at the briefing for mass media gave comments on the decisions of the Holy Synod, reminding the journalists the Procedure of the Council which says that the Patriarchate of Constantinople convenes the Council with consent of all Local Orthodox Churches.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Voices of the Churches should not be disregarded

13 June 2016 year 23:16

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Voices of the Churches should not be disregarded

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, said in his comments on the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church that the situation that has come about is not catastrophic.

Russian Orthodox Church insists on the need to postpone the date of the Pan-Orthodox Council

13 June 2016 year 20:04

Russian Orthodox Church insists on the need to postpone the date of the Pan-Orthodox Council

On June 13, 2016, at its extraordinary session, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church considered the situation, which has arisen because of the refusal of a number of Local Orthodox Churches to participate in the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church.

Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod begins its extraordinary session

13 June 2016 year 16:26

Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod begins its extraordinary session

On June 13, 2016, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has begun its extraordinary session at the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow. It is chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: the Council by no means should become a cause of division

12 June 2016 year 23:37

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: the Council by no means should become a cause of division

On June 12, 2016, 7-th Sunday of Pascha: The Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya-Ordynka in Moscow.

V. Legoida: Interference of authorities in internal church affairs and inter-church relations is inadmissible

11 June 2016 year 13:07

V. Legoida: Interference of authorities in internal church affairs and inter-church relations is inadmissible

V. Legoida, head of the Synodal Department for the Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media, has stated that interference by authorities in the Church’s internal affairs and inter-church relations contradicts not only the secular law but also canonical statutes.

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