Father Petroniu Tănase, who spent his last 33 years of life at Prodromu Skete at Mount Athos, and the last 25 as abbot of this Romanian settlement at the Holy Mount depending on the Great Lavra Monastery, was buried today in the skete cemetery.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to the Prime Minister of New Zealand John Kee over the earthquake in Christchurch. The text of his message is given below.
His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople received the Russian delegation to the Russian-Turkish Civil Forum on February 19, 2011, at Fanar.
On 22 February 2011, the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission, convened to consider the agenda of the Pan-Orthodox Council, began its work at the Orthodox Centre of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Chambesy, Switzerland.
Святейший Духовенство Московский и всея Руси Киря выразил серьезную обеспокоенность последними событиями в Ближнем Востоке и в Северной Африке.