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| | Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and all Russia |
 | | From his early childhood Alexey Ridiger served in the church under the guidance of his spiritual father Archpriest Ioann Bogoyavlensky, later Bishop of Tallinn and Estonia (+1949); from 1944 to 1947 was senior subdeacon of Archbishop Pavel (Dmitrievsky) of Tallinn and Estonia (+1946) and later of Bishop Isidor. | | | His Holiness Patriarch Alexy pays great attention to the training of clergy for the Russian Orthodox Church, to the religious education of laymen and to the spiritual and moral education of the younger generation. | | | His Holiness Patriarchy Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia is the fifteenth Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church since the establishment of the Patriarchal office in Russia (1589). |
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| | Wikinfo Russian Orthodox Church |
| | The Church was originally a subsidiary of the Byzantine Orthodox Church, and the Byzantine patriarch appointed the metropolitan who governed the Russian Church. | | | This is seen by the leadership of the Russian church as a throwback to prior attempts by the Vatican to proselytize Russian Orthodox Church faithful to become Roman Catholic. | | | The Russian Orthodox Church ( Ру́сская Правосла́вная це́рковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Orthodox Church |
| | The patriarchate of Alexandria ranks second among the ancient patriarchates and traces its origins to Saint Mark the Evangelist, who is believed to have been the first bishop in Africa. | | | His position is one of considerable moral authority, described as that of a bishop who is âa first among equals.â The other churches recognize his role in convening and preparing consultations and councils of Orthodox churches. | | | Unlike the pope, the patriarch does not possess administrative powers beyond his own territory, or patriarchate, and he does not claim infallibility. |
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| | Russian London / Orthodox priests \'selling prayers\', claims Russia\'s Patriarch Alexey / |
| | Patriarch Alexey said "vulgarity" had seeped into the flesh and blood of thousands of Church workers who collect money from the faithful in exchange for the lighting of candles in front of icons. | | | According to Patriarch Alexey II, head of the Russian Orthodox church, some priests have embraced Western-style capitalism with a little too much relish, and have gone as far as drawing up fixed-price lists for miscellaneous religious services such as christenings, blessings, confessions and prayers. | | | Ruthlessly suppressed by the Communists, the Orthodox Church is gradually reclaiming buildings and land confiscated by the Bolsheviks in 1918. |
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| | Commentary Religious Liberty and Truth |
| | While, on the face of it, it now seems "fair," after decades of persecution, for the government to give the Church an equal "playing-field" in the open marketplace of religious ideas, we must remember that the official Church under communism was often a conscious partner with the atheist state, cooperating in her own persecution. | | | This is the experience of the American separation of Church and State which, while today it seems to favor an agnostic approach to life, nonetheless does not give unfair advantage to any one religious group, church, or synagogue. | | | As one priest of the patriarchate has wisely put it: "We must find more Americans who are willing to work with us and who recognize the symbolic role that Russian Orthodoxy has played in this culture....But we also must find more Orthodox leaders who realize that we cannot return to the past. |
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| | Goodwill act may not heal old wounds The San Diego Union-Tribune |
| | Alexey II has said repeatedly that he will not meet with the pope until they have resolved serious problems that have arisen between the churches following the fall of communism. | | | VATICAN CITY – Pope John Paul II has kissed a treasured Russian icon and sent it back to Moscow as a sign of his affection for the Russian Orthodox Church and his desire to end 1,000 years of division between the Catholic and Orthodox worlds. | | | The Russian Orthodox Church accuses Catholics of seeking converts in its traditional territories, especially in Ukraine where the Eastern Rite Catholics and Russian Orthodox churches are also at odds over church property. |
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| | Alexey / Personalities of St. Petersburg / Petersburg CITY / Guide to St. Petersburg, Russia |
| | His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and àll Russia is the 15th primate of the Russian Orthodox Church since the patriarchal office was established in Russia in 1589. | | | From his yearly childhood Alexy Ridiger served in the church, first under the guidance of his spiritual father, Archpriest Ioann Bogoyavlensky, later Bishop Isidor of Tallinn and Estonia (d. | | | In the late 30s, they made two pilgrimages to the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration in Valamo Island on Ladoga Lake, which largely determined the religious way of life the future Patriarch was to choose. |
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| | - Church in the World |
| | Pope John Paul II has returned to the Orthodox Church relics of two revered fourth century saints, who were bishops of Constantinople and doctors of the Orthodox Church, in a highly significant gesture intended to bring Catholics and Orthodox Christians a step closer to unity. | | | John Paul II made some progress in relations with the Greek Orthodox Church on his historic visit to Athens in 2001, but the 62 bishops of the Greek Orthodox Synod in October rejected plans for a return visit to Rome by Archbishop Christodolous. | | | John Paul II and Bartholomew presided together over an ecumenical Liturgy of the Word, which mixed prayers, chanting and singing in Latin from the Catholic tradition with those in Greek from the Orthodox. |
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| | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| | On Tuesday, November 16, 2004 His Holiness Patriarch Alexey II of Moscow and All-Russia opened the Faith and Word first international conference of Orthodox media in the church of Christ the Savior in Moscow. | | | The opening of the Conference was attended by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle, as well as representatives of local Orthodox Churches and the Roman Catholic Church. | | | The method of drawing nearer is extremely important, as well as that both Churches rest on common truths and faith in the Resurrected and Living Lord Jesus Christ, the Creator and the Savior. |
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| | Today's Ecumenism ...and the "Still, Small Voice" |
| | In January 1995, at a meeting in Rome on the subject of rapprochement between Roman Catholics and Orthodox, a representative of the Moscow Patriarchate expressed his conviction that Orthodox and Roman Catholics are "two families, two Churches; [they] have everything in common: the sacraments, a hierarchy, spirituality, theology"-Russkaya Mysl, 9-15 February 1995. | | | 5 (We have heard that Patriarch Bartholomew has privately expressed the same desire, and that he will invite the Pope to be present together with heads of the various Orthodox Churches for the 1,900th anniversary celebration on Patmos of the writing of the Book of Revelations. | | | The Pope has himself already announced that he wants union with the Orthodox, and sent a message to Patriarch Bartholomew saying that he was asking all Roman Catholics to pray that the two Churches by united by the year 2000. |
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| | Catholic World News : Russian Patriarch Takes Part In Ecumenical Blessing |
| | The earlier meeting was canceled, according to statements of the patriarchate, over issues relating to the evangelization of unchurched Russians claimed by the Orthodox Church as members of its flock, as well as other issues dating back to the Soviet-era repression of religion. | | | VILNIUS, Lithuania (CWN) - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexey II appeared to be making conciliatory gestures to the Catholic Church this weekend with an appearance at an ecumenical blessing ceremony in Lithuania and hints that he would like a future meeting with Pope John Paul. | | | The Orthodox leader was in the forefront of efforts to pass a law in Russia that would have effectively hobbled most religions in the country, except Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism. |
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| | - Church in the World |
| | Patriarch Jan Schwarz, the head of the Czech Hussite Church, has resigned after allegations of financial malpractice damaged the Church. | | | In an interview with The Tablet, Patriarch Schwarz, who was elected the Church’s spiritual head in 2001, denied poor financial practices, and said the Church had reached a crisis. | | | He said the root of the trouble was his opposition to selling off church property as congregations, which have halved in the past 15 years, shrink. |
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| | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| | An extraordinary assembly of all metropolitans and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church was held in Athens in the middle of February 2005 to deliberate problems in the Church that have provoked negative reactions and calls by some influential politicians for the complete separation of Church and state. | | | When the pope suffered his first breathing crisis, His Holiness Patriarch Alexey II of Moscow and All-Russia sent him a message with his “brotherly prayers”, saying he asked God to give the pope the strength to carry on “for common Christian ministry of peace and justice”. | | | A formal program was organized in the Missionary Spiritual Center in Podgorica on the occasion of the feast of St. Simeon the Myrrh-Gusher, ending this year’s St. Simeon’s Day festivities in the Montenegrin capital. |
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| | CNN - Russian patriarch meets Milosevic on peace mission - April 20, 1999 |
| | BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexey II met with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic Tuesday in a symbolic show of unity between Russia and Yugoslavia. | | | Earlier Tuesday, Alexey and Serb Orthodox Patriarch Pavel celebrated Mass at Belgrade's unfinished St. Sava Cathedral, where the Russian church leader issued a plea for Serbs to do what they could to allow ethnic Albanians to return to their home. | | | "We will be thankful to God if NATO receives the message asking for a peaceful solution of the problem, and for peace to dominate the region," the patriarch said following his meeting with Milosevic. |
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| | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| | Patriarch Alexey II of Moscow and All-Russia advised that the major obstacles to the unification of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad have been overcome. | | | Captain Ficuciello thanked His Holiness Patriarch Pavle and the bishops for the honor of being received in the Serbian Patriarchate at the highest level. | | | Cvetkovic presented the Serbian Orthodox Church with a package of programs for the use of the church administration. |
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| | Bury Me And Mention My Name Tsar Nicholas & Family |
| | However, what the Patriarch is doing by not attending the Imperial Royal Funeral is creating further hardships, spiritually, for those who truly love and even pray to the Tsar Martyr Nicholas II and his family. | | | This means that the Synod of Bishops of the Moscow Patriarchate will not attend either, as they have serious doubts that the bones being buried on July 17th are truly the bones or the Tsar and family. | | | No one, of course, wants to be disrespectful to the Patriarch or his Sacred Synod of Bishops in Russia, but this decision not to attend wounds many hearts and many souls. |
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| | SIA CHECHENPRESS NEWS Who to whom confesses? |
| | That is, patriarch Alexey II, the agent of the FSB with the nickname "Drozdov", is at the secret-service communication with lieutenant colonel Putin and reports him on those Russian politicians, who had confessed to him earlier. | | | Then it is not clear, what for at such an organized procedure does Putin go to a confession to the patriarch, if all the same the most main authority in all this religious marazm is him. | | | We have already found out, that "believing" Putin does not need to confess to the heads of the Russian Orthodox Church as all of them are his Cheka colleagues. |
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| | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| | Commenting on the return of the miracle-working icon from the Vatican to Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Alexey II said that the icon had passed a long and difficult journey and that on the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God it was returning to its home in Russia. | | | His Holiness Patriarch Alexey II also addressed a letter to Pope John Paul II including the following excerpt: “I wholeheartedly thank you for having handed the Kazan Icon of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary over to the Russian Orthodox Church. | | | The transfer of this holy icon brought over by your envoys is seen by the Plenitude of the Russian Orthodox Church as both an act of the restoration of justice and an act of good will on the part of Your Holiness. |
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| | Issam M. Fares - official website |
| | It is so because it is granted by the historic Patriarch who has rekindled the flame of orthodoxy when it faced the most complicated period; because it comes from the Russian Orthodox Church the hope of Orthodoxy in the World; because it comes from Russia, the conscience of universal spiritual values. | | | A prize from His Holiness Patriarch Alexey II carries with it great meaning and deep spiritual implications. | | | This prize has been awarded to five international personalities, chosen for their great contribution in reinforcing the spiritual and cultural unity among peoples. |
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| | Differences between Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Christian Churches |
| | Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, is the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox. | | | There are 15 independent or autonomous Orthodox churches, run by Patriarchs or Archbishops. | | | Constantine also convened the Christian council that formulated the Nicerene creed delineating the roles of God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. |
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| | Le Sabot Post-Moderne: Russian Orthodoxy: A Friend to Dictators |
| | You can definitely see why a guy who gasses his own population, launches wars which kill 1.5 million people, tortures tens of thousands to death and maintains a children's prison would deserve a letter of support from the "spiritual leader" of the Russian people. | | | It's likely you've heard of him -- Alexey II, Patriarch of the Russian Church. | | | Not only did they accept oil from him, the article says, but: |
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| | Catholic World News : Russian Patriarch Sends Letter To Pope About Meeting |
| | addressed to the Holy Father by Patriarch Alexey has arrived, which insists on the need to continue the colloquium undertaken and expresses the hope that this meeting can take place later on. | | | But Vatican sources said the Russians were upset over issues regarding Catholic "proselytism" in Russia and the relationship between Ukrainian Eastern-rite Catholics and the Orthodox Church. | | | But the letter expresses - and this is important - the hope that this meeting can take place." |
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| | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| | Patriarch Alexey honored the children by his presence at the concert, welcoming them and presenting them with the Serbian language edition of the “Children’s Bible” and other gifts. | | | The “Children of Kosovo” program was organized with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexey II of Moscow and All-Russia by the St. Andrew the First-Called Fund and the Center for Russian National Glory Fund. | | | In the assembly hall of the church of Christ the Savior in Moscow a formal concert of music was also prepared for the children with participation of many choirs and the Moscow Puppet Theater. |
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| | Patriarch Alexius II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | After the death of Patriarch Pimen I in 1990 Alexei was chosen to become the new head of Russian Orthodox Church. | | | He was born as Alexey Mikhailovich Ridiger in Tallinn, Estonia, to the family of a priest. | | | Patriarch Alexei II (born February 23, 1929) is the current Patriarch of Moscow and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. |
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| | Bulgarian Patriarch Hailed for Orthodox Unity Work |
| | Russian Patriarch Alexey II (R) handed down to Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim the international award of recognition for "Unity of Orthodox People". | | | The Orthodox congregation of Russia gathered Friday in Moscow's Jesus Christ Cathedral to attend the official awarding ceremony of Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim who received the international prize "Unity of Orthodox People". | | | Russian Patriarch Alexey II vowed to work "on his own ways" for the release of the five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya. |
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| | patriarch on Encyclopedia.com |
| | In the Russian Orthodox Church the czar set up (1580) a patriarch of Moscow; the title was abolished (1721) by Peter the Great and revived in 1917 (see Orthodox Eastern Church). | | | The Orthodox archbishops of Belgrade and of Bucharest are called patriarchs. | | | Besides the five ancient patriarchates there are a number of others. |
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| | How can ROCOR reconcile itself with the MP |
| | Is it possible to distinguish the current patriarch, Alexey II, whose position is arguably due to Stalin, from the Russian Church as a whole? | | | For generations the Russian Orthodox Church did not have a ruling Patriarch. | | | As I have read these exchanges of late on this list, it is clear that for most users, "MP" is synonymous with, coextensive with, and equivalent to "Russian Orthodox Church (in Russia)." However, need this necessarily be the case? |
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| | As Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States, which has enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship in our Lord Jesus Christ with the Church in Holy Russia, let me extend my personal and heartfelt condolences and sympathy for the tragedy at Beslan. | | | Presiding Bishop sends letter to Russian Patriarch in wake of tragedy | | | His Holiness Alexey II Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia |
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| | Pravda.RU Russian railway trains have carried over 74 million passengers since year start |
| | The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the canonisation of Seraphim of Sarov only became possible thanks to the unity of the people, the Church and the government. | | | Russian Patriarch: People, church and government are united | | | During their 30-minute visit Alexey II told Putin about how joint efforts built the church. |
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| | News and events |
| | In the dispute between the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Orthodox Church of Greece, the Russian Orthodox Church took sides with the latter. | | | This with a letter to Archbishop Christodoulos have expressed Patriarch Alexey II of | | | This is at the same time a Russian message to the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Phanar, the relations with which for 10 years already have not in the least been good. |
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| | OIA - Community News Article |
| | Mary’s church to pray for the well-being of the Catholicos. | | | Divan/ISTANBUL - Russian Patriarch Offers Prayers for Karekin I | | | Church Alexey II, during a ceremony at Moscow’s Unknown |
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| | Secret Patriarch |
| | Although he is referred to only as "Drozdov" the documents make it clear that they refer to the then Father Alexiy Ridiger as the personal details given match those of no other priest of the Estonian diocese. | | | There have been allegations against the Patriarch for some time but they have been consistently denied by the church. | | | The papers detail the activities of Patriarch Alexiy, who was code-named "Agent Drozdov" (the thrush), in actions against orthodox clergy and believers. |
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| | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| | His Holiness Patriarch Alexey II of Moscow and All-Russia received a group of 500 Serb children from Kosovo and Metohija in the great hall of the church of Christ the Savior. | | | On that occasion His All-Holiness expressed his satisfaction with his Belgrade visit and meeting with His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle. | | | His All-Holiness extended the invitation during a recent visit to Belgrade on the occasion of the celebration of the Bicentennial of the First Serbian Uprising and completion of St. Sava Memorial Cathedral in Belgrade. |
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| | Kyrill Metrop. of Smolensk meeting with Iviron Hegumen |
| | On February 25, 2005, the guests from the Holy Mountain will participate in the Divine Liturgy at Christ the Savior Cathedral and will extend greetings to the Most Holy Patriarch Alexey on his nameday. | | | They had come to Moscow to take part in festivities in honor of the nameday of Alexey II, the Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. |
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| | Sacred Cow Productions - Forum |
| | They claimed to believe in God in John 8:41, but in John 8:44 Jesus told them that their god is the devil, or as St. Paul said : > II Cor. | | | If they did believe in God, they would believe in Jesus Christ. | | | Justice L. Brandeis ruled the White House by secret telephone. |
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| | September 20, 1999 NEWS & VIEWS: (sep20nv2.htm) |
| | BOSE, SEP 17 (ZENIT).- Patriarch Kirill, second in authority in the hierarchy of the Moscow Patriarchy, made an evaluation of the "Russian Orthodox Church on the threshold of the third millennium," during the 7th International Ecumenical Congress, which began yesterday in the ecumenical monastery of Bose. | | | The future of Christians in Russia, Patriarch Kirill pointed out, is not a problem of means. | | | Kirill, who is Patriarch of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, and Moscow Patriarch Alexey II's Foreign Minister, said that "many Christians in Russia do not accept" a balanced situation, swinging instead from the ultra conservatives to the extremely liberal. |
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| | National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria |
| | National Assembly President extended his cordial congratulations to the Head of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and expressed his deep belief that this award is acknowledgement for the Bulgarian Patriarch’s long years of activity in consolidating the unity of Orthodox nations. | | | Ognian Gerdjikov met with His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim. | | | Ognian Gerdjikov met with His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim |
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| | News and events |
| | Russian Patriarch sends a congratulation letter to Archbishop Christodoulos ( 12.05.2004) | | | The text of the congratulation letter on Russian at the link: | | | and All Greece on his nameday, â¦informs the Communication Service of the External Affairs Department of the Moscow Patriarchate. |
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| | He also noted that this situation calls for a compromise and expressed his hope that the split, which divided the Orthodox Slavic nations, will be overcome. | | | A parallel hierarchy is a road to deepening of the splitâ. | | | Patriarch Alexey II does not approve of the creation of a parallel hierarchy in Macedonia by the Serbian Patriarchate ( 02.06.2005) |
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| | Anti-Globalist: News 05/13/2000 |
| | Japan is home to some 40,000 Orthodox Christians. | | | Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexey II continued his trip to Japan today, the first visit ever by a head of the Russian Orthodox Church to that country. | | | Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexey II meets with worshippers in Japan |
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| | Le Sabot Post-Moderne: Ukraine Update -- 30 December |
| | This will be of comfort to the members of that denomination who were supporters of Yushchenko, as heavy pressure was put on them to be a "good" believer and vote for Yanukovych. | | | Meanwhile, Alexey II, Patriarch of Russia and "former", decorated member of the KGB, seems to have made his peace with Yushchenko. |
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| | The Cathedral of Crist the Saviour - TicketsOfRUSSIA.ru |
| | Cathedral under the blessing of the Patriarch Alexey II. | | | General management of the Cathedral's reconstruction performed by the Christ the Savior Cathedral Reconstruction Public Supervising Council headed by His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexey II and mayor of Moscow Yu.M. Luzhkov. | | | Priest Mikhail Ryazantsev became the first klychar' of the rebuilt |
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| | Ministry Welcomes Jerusalem Resolution |
| | The State of Israel has acknowledged the right of the Armenian Patriarchate to have free access to the Baron-Der property, in order to cultivate the land and the olive trees, the right of free pilgrimage to the property and the right to perform religious services. | | | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the resolution of the Baron Der Property issue that had arisen between the Armenian Patriarchate and the Ministry of Defense of Israel. | | | Following negotiations between the representatives of the Armenian Orthodox Patriarchate in Israel, the Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel has conceded to withdraw from its intention to seize a large portion of the Baron-Der property, for the purpose of structuring a security fence between Jerusalem and the north part of Bethlehem. |
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| | ILHR - International League for Human Rights |
| | During their meeting, the Belarusian president stressed that Christian values should become "the state ideology of Belarus." "We are an Orthodox country and we will always be devoted to Orthodoxy," he added. | | | This time the main event of the pastoral visit was the Exaltation of the Lord’s Cross, which was held with the patriarch’s participation at the Spaso-Yefrosinievsky Monastery in Polotsk from September 26 to 27. | | | He visited the country again three years ago to attend the 50th anniversary of the victory over the Nazi aggressors in World War II. |
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