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    Metropolitan Tikhon concelebrates at Anniversary Liturgy in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral

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    By Webmaster on July 24, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories
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    2013-0723-moscowSource: Orthodox Church in America

    MOSCOW, RUSSIA [OCA] – His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, was among the Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches who concelebrated at the Divine Liturgy with His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, at Christ the Savior Cathedral here on July 24, 2013. The Liturgy opened a three-part commemoration of the 1025th Anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ that will be marked with similar celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine and Minsk, Belarus. [See related story].

    According to the Press Service of the Moscow Patriarchate, other concelebrating Primates included His Beatitude, Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa; His Beatitude, Patriarch Theophilos III of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine; His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia; His Holiness, Patriarch Irenej of Serbia; His Holiness, Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria; His Beatitude, Archbishop Chrysostomos II of New Justiniana and All Cyprus; and His Beatitude, Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland. Hierarchs representing the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Churches of Antioch, Romania, Albania, the Czech Lands and Slovakia led delegations from their respective Churches.

    At the conclusion of the Service of Thanksgiving that followed the Liturgy, Patriarch Kirill shared a message issued by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church highlighting the legacy of Saint Vladimir, who in 988 AD embraced Orthodox Christianity for his people, and its importance today.

    “A quarter of a century has passed since the beginning of the revival of the Russian Church,” the message read.  “Over the years, the renovation and building of tens of thousands of churches and hundreds of monasteries has revived the Church and placed her activities on a solid foundation in many areas….  We give our heartfelt thanks to God, Who is the Lord of history, for the grace that has been revealed to our people….  However, much remains to be done, because the Lord wants us to bear new fruits.  And chief among them should be the unity of faith and life, the assertion of the truth of the Gospel in words and deeds….”

    Patriarch Kirill also extended warm greetings to the numerous state and religious officials present for the Divine Liturgy, including the Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District, A.D. Beglov, and the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Konstantin Grishchenko.

    Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria offered congratulatory remarks on behalf of the Primates and the delegations representing the Local Orthodox Churches.

    A reception for the Primates and delegations and state, religious, NGO and diplomatic representatives followed, during which Patriarch Kirill expressed his deep gratitude for their presence and participation.

    Metropolitan Tikhon, accompanied by His Grace, Bishop Alexander of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese, arrived in Moscow for the celebrations on July 20. Other members of the OCA delegation include Archpriest John Jillions, OCA Chancellor; Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky, Director of External Relations and Inter-Church Relations; Archimandrite Alexander [Pihach], OCA Representative to the Moscow Patriarchate and Dean of Saint Catherine Representation Church, Moscow; Deacon Jesse Isaac, Archdiocese of Canada; and Deacon Cyril Dotsenko, Saint Catherine Church, Moscow.

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    1. philm on July 25, 2013 10:00 am

      Why is this ” news”? We have so many spiritual issues to deal with in our own country yet our Bishops continue to “”globetrot”.

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    2. Elissa on July 25, 2013 4:21 pm

      Awesome! And in this concelebration of an event from 1025 years ago, how else was the message of Christ’s love celebrated with an institution in Russia that chose to push, sponsor, and thoroughly support the criminalization of Christ’s children in the LGBT community and its expressions of love for each other?? I’m Orthodox, but these days I’m slower to pat our collective back when the Church chooses to take such a path of exclusion and hatred.

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