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"There can be no Christian without good deeds."
— His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
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Dear brothers and sisters! Passion Week and the feast of Pascha are approaching, and in this connection many questions will arise about services at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York during these days and the possibility of attending them. Not having time to answer...
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Speaks by Telephone with His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of America and Canada
A telephone conversation between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ and His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, took place on April 11, 2020. His Holiness cordially congratulated His Beatitude on the fiftieth anniversary...
On the Eve of the Feast of St. Tikhon, the Clergy of the Patriarchal Cathedral Make an Automobile Procession through All the Boroughs of New York
On April 6, on the eve of the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos and the 95th anniversary of the repose of St. Tikhon the Confessor, Patriarch of All Russia, after the All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, with the blessing of the Temporary Administrator...
Patriarchal Sermon on the 4th Sunday of Great Lent after the Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! This week of Great Lent is dedicated to the remembrance of St. John of the Ladder, the remarkable abbot of Mount Sinai, where the monastery that St. John headed still exists, with very strict...
Instruction of the Russian Orthodox Church in Connection with the Threat of COVID-19
The document was approved by decision of the Holy Synod of March 17, 2020 (Minutes No. 30). Out of pastoral care for people, and also in response to a request from the sanitary authorities, while preserving firm faith in the action of God’s good Providence and in Divine omnipotence, the following are adopted...
Instruction to Rectors of Parishes and Metochia and Abbots and Abbesses of Monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church in Connection with the Threat of the Spread of Coronavirus Infection
The document was approved by decision of the Holy Synod of March 17, 2020 (Minutes No. 30). Out of pastoral care for people, and also in response to a request from the sanitary authorities, while preserving firm faith in the action of God’s good Providence and in Divine omnipotence, the following are adopted...
U.S. National Day of Prayer at the New York Cathedral
On Sunday, March 15, the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent and the feast of St. Gregory Palamas, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York. During the service, special petitions and...
Metropolitan Hilarion: Every Person’s Life Is in God’s Hands
On March 13, 2020, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, after the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Moscow Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” on Bolshaya Ordynka, addressed...
Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church Takes Part in the Celebration of the 90th Birthday of Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation
On Thursday, March 12, a reception was held at UN Headquarters in New York in honor of the 90th birthday of Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation. The Russian Orthodox Church was represented by the Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest George Konev. Father...