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Mar 16, 2024 · The DECR was established by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on April 4, 1946 when the development of the external work of the Russian Orthodox Church persistently called for creating a special church body that could ensure the stable organization of this important aspect of church life. 2009 1991 1981 1972 1960 1946.
The Russian Orthodox Church is traditionally said to have been founded by Andrew the Apostle, who is thought to have visited Scythia and Greek colonies along the northern coast of the Black Sea. According to one of the legends, St. Andrew reached the future location of Kiev and foretold the foundation of a great Christian city.
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Statement of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media regarding the demolition of the Tithes Monastery. The Russian Orthodox Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media has issued a statement regarding the demolition of the Tithes (Desyatynny) Monastery in Kiev, reports Patriarchia.ru.
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On 4 April 1946, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Department for external church relations was formed and had as its goal "the management of foreign institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church (dioceses, parishes, exarchates, metropolitan districts, spiritual missions, etc.; relations with autocephalous Eastern ...
DECR was founded by the Holy Synod on 4 April 1946, when the development of the Church’s external activities made it urgent to establish a special church body for sustaining this essential aspect of church life. In the period from 1946 to 1960, DECR was headed by Metropolitan Nikolay (Yarushevich) of Krutitsy and Kolomna.
Sep 2, 2020 · Abstract. This chapter examines the fate of the Russian Orthodox Church—as an institution and community—during Russia’s years of revolution, from the reign of Nicholas II through the 1917 February Revolution and subsequent Bolshevik coup. It argues that Orthodoxy’s legal status as a ‘primary and predominant’ faith, and the state ...
Sep 25, 2018 · Lukyanova GV (2015) Framing Russian orthodox Church: how Russian state-owned media covered the Church/religion. Rom J Journal Commun 10(3):25–32 Google Scholar
