Patriarch Kirill’s congratulations to Vladimir Zelensky on his election as President of Ukraine
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated V. A. Zelensky on his election to the office of President of Ukraine.
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated V. A. Zelensky on his election to the office of President of Ukraine.
Le patriarche Cyrille de Moscou et de toute la Russie a félicité Vladimir Zelenski de son élection au poste de président de l’Ukraine.
April 11 (old calendar) / April 24 (new) Great and Holy Wednesday Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum, disciple of St. John the Theologian (92). Ven. Jacob (James), Abbot of Zheleznobórovsk (1442), and his fellow ascetic, James. St. Varsonúfii (Barsanuphius), Bishop of Tver’ (1576). Martyrs Processus and Martinian of Rome (1st c.). Ven. Pharmuthius, Anchorite, of Egypt (4th c.). Ven. John, disciple of Ven. Gregory of Decapolis (9th c.). St. Callinicus
April 24 Great and Holy Wednesday Martyr Sabbas Stratelates (“the General”) of Rome, and 70 soldiers with him (272). Ven. Savva and Aleksy the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves—13th c.). Martyrs Valentine and Pasikrates in Moesia, Bulgaria (228). Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and others, at Nicomedia (303). Ven. Thomas the Fool, of Syria (6th c.). St. Elizabeth the Wonderworker of Constantinople (6th-8th c.). Ss. Iorest (1678) and
On April 22, Bishop Michael (Storogenko) of Claudiopolis reposed in the Lord.He was born in Kharkov in 1929. He had been the vicar bishop of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe. Before his retirement, Bishop Michael was the vicar bishop at the Saint-Serge parish in Paris. Memory eternal!
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church keeps its canonical name for the time being.
Metropolitan Emmanuel de France is no longer among the candidates for the position of Archbishop of the Archdiocese of America (Patriarchate of Constantinople).
The Department for External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) sent us a communiqué in French, in which it wishes to draw attention to the fact that its faithful risk being deprived of their churches.