Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia

Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia

05 January 2012

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

With those who hope for the consolation of Christ we are to share warmly the joy of today’s feast. Each of us can bring the light of the star of Bethlehem to those close to us and far from us – to ...

Sermon of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, On the New Year

Sermon of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, On the New Year

31 December 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

It is customary, in congratulating people on the New Year, to wish them new happiness. In this simple human wish is an expression of hope that the coming year will certainly be better than the last, ...

How to Form Our Lives on the Basis of Faith: On St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

How to Form Our Lives on the Basis of Faith: On St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

19 December 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

We say that St. Nicholas is a “model of meekness” because he was a “rule of faith.” If one’s life is based on faith, then one’s inner humility and meekness become a natural manifestation of this ...

St. Sergius of Radonezh or How to Obtain the Divine Likeness in Our Contemporary World

St. Sergius of Radonezh or How to Obtain the Divine Likeness in Our Contemporary World

08 October 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Every faithful person, from time to time, encounters this thought: Is it at all possible to obtain this divine likeness in our contemporary world? A reading of the life of St. Sergius convinces ...

“Man Could Understand the Mystery of the Cross Only from Inside of His Human Nature”

“Man Could Understand the Mystery of the Cross Only from Inside of His Human Nature”

27 September 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

However, to believe is at the same time difficult, because so many people live their lives according to other laws of existence. They have absolutely different aims, they profess other values. The ...

Only Strong People Like to Hear the Truth about Themselves

Only Strong People Like to Hear the Truth about Themselves

10 September 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

So today, continuing its prophetic ministry, the Church speaks to its people with words of love and reconciliation. Today, the voice of the Church is a humble voice, for the Church does not extend ...

The Tenderness of the Mother of God Versus Rudeness, the Rule of Contemporary Pseudo-culture

The Tenderness of the Mother of God Versus Rudeness, the Rule of Contemporary Pseudo-culture

27 August 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

How far away all this is, what a huge distance there is! But what can we do? Dismiss this distance and simply live like everyone else? Shout, make a noise, browbeat, argue, lie puff ourselves up, use ...

We Live on the Threshold of the Divine Kingdom

We Live on the Threshold of the Divine Kingdom

02 June 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Some people, even though they admit that God exists, do not hurry to come to Church, do not hurry to repent over their sins, and do not hurry to rethink their lives because they excuse themselves ...

Bright Week: On Belief and Unbelief

Bright Week: On Belief and Unbelief

25 April 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

And then one well-disposed man, with whom I am still on good terms, looked at me with sincere amazement and said: But, Vladyka, how is it possible to teach religious knowledge? Schools are supposed ...

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