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"There can be no Christian without good deeds."
— His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
Address of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh in Connection with the Spread of Coronavirus Infection
Dear fathers, brothers and sisters! The chancery of the Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA asks you to take into account the recommendations and blessing of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, with which he addressed his flock. Beloved in Christ fathers, brothers and sisters! In...
Statement of the Holy Synod in Connection with the Spread of Coronavirus Infection
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church views with concern the spread of coronavirus infection in the world and its consequences for millions of people, many of whom have not only faced the threat of infection but have also experienced...
The Beginning of the Holy Forty Days. Schedule of Services for the First Week of Great Lent
On the evening of Forgiveness Sunday, March 1, Vespers with the Rite of Forgiveness was celebrated at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York. After the singing of the Great Prokeimenon and the closing of the Royal Doors, the clergy changed into the black vestments of Great Lent. At the end of Vespers, Hegumen Nikodim...
Patriarchal Address on the Occasion of Orthodox Youth Day
Dear brothers and sisters! I cordially congratulate all of you on the bright feast of the Meeting of the Lord, on which, by established tradition, Orthodox Youth Day is celebrated. Today we prayerfully remember the Gospel event: the meeting of the righteous elder...
Working Meeting of Metropolitan Tikhon with the Administration of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA Held in Syosset
On Monday, February 3, with the blessing of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, the Chancellor and the head of the chancery of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest George Konev and Priest Mark Rashkov, visited the Primate of the Orthodox Church...
On the Eleventh Anniversary of the Enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh Concelebrates with the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church
On February 1, 2020, the eleventh anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, concelebrated with the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral...
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada on the anniversary of his enthronement.
To His Beatitude, the Most Blessed Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada. Your Beatitude, beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant! I cordially congratulate you on the seventh anniversary of your elevation to the throne of the Most Blessed Archbishops...
Protopresbyter Matthew Stadniuk Has Reposed in the Lord
On January 26, 2020, in the 95th year of his life, Protopresbyter Matthew Stadniuk, rector emeritus of the Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo in Moscow and rector of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York from 1970 to 1973, reposed in the Lord....
Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church Takes Part in Holocaust Remembrance Day in New York
Every year at the end of January, the UN marks Holocaust Remembrance Day. On January 27, Red Army troops liberated one of the most terrible Nazi death camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau, also known by its Polish name Oświęcim. On Saturday, January 25, at the synagogue...