New Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Enthroned
Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad was enthroned as the new Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow on Sunday February 1, at the age of 62. He is the successor of Alexey II. Alexey II, the orchestrator of the Russian Orthodox Church's resurgence over the last 18 years, after decades of atheistic communism, died on December 5. According to Vatican Radio, Kirill, who has already been serving as interim Patriarch, becomes the sixteenth Patriarch of the Russian Church and the first of post-communist history. The new Orthodox patriarch is considered the soul of a more modern mp4ement, open to dialogue, particularly with the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI welcomed with joy the news of his election, and his congratulatory message requested that the Almighty may also bless your efforts to seek that fullness of communion which is the goal of Catholic-Orthodox collaboration and dialogue. Benedict XVI assured Patriarch Kirill of his spiritual closeness and the Catholic Church's commitment to cooperate with the Russian Orthodox Church for an ever clearer witness to the truth of the Christian message and to the values which alone can sustain today's world along the way of peace, justice and loving care of the marginalized. The coronation was attended by Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, and other authorities and members of the local Catholic church.
Delegation of Russian Orthodox foreign hierarchs arrives in Moscow
1. Wide of Moscow' s Sheremetyevo-2 airport
2. Wide interior or terminal building with priests walking up stairs
3. Mid of arrivals monitor
4. Wide of journalists waiting
5. Mid of Russian monks waiting
6. Wide of Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (left) and Metropolitan Laurus of New York and Eastern America (right) walking
7. Mid of press pan left to Metropolitan Laurus and Metropolitan Kirill
8. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad:
All those reasons, those historical reasons which divided the church are in the past now. There is no godless authorities, there is no more church in Russia that is not free, there are no more obstacles that can interfere in the relationship between Orthodox people living in Russia and abroad. That is why those historic developments that divided the Orthodox church are gone.
9. Mid of Russian state emblem
10. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Metropolitan Laurus of New York and Eastern America:
I think it is an event of great importance, of course. It is of special significance for the Russian Church, which has been divided for more than 80 years, that is why the event is very important that we will have to do here.
11. Metropolitan Kirill and Metropolitan Laurus speaking to media
12. Various of Metropolitan Laurus and Metropolitan Kirill walking down stairs
13. Mid shot cameramen outside
14. Mid of cars
15. Wide of cars driving away
STORYLINE:
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), a breakaway church-in-exile, arrived in Moscow on Tuesday ahead of a signing ceremony that will formalise its reunification with the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate.
Metropolitan Laurus, the New York-based leader of ROCOR, was welcomed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo-2 airport by Metropolitan Kirill, who is the Russian Orthodox Church's head of external relations.
The delegation was expected to take part in the signing of the Act on Canonical Communications between ROCOR and the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate,
It is an event of great importance, of course. It is of special significance for the Russian Church, which has been divided for more than 80 years, Metropolitan Laurus said upon arrival.
The signing ceremony, set to take place at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, has been scheduled for Thursday 17 May.
The emigre church split from the Patriarchate three years after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and cut all ties in 1927, after Patriarch Sergiy declared the Orthodox church's loyalty to the Soviet Union's communist government.
The Russian Orthodox Church had said that Sergiy's move was aimed at saving the church.
It disavowed Patriarch Sergiy's declaration this year.
Talk of re-establishing ties began after the Soviet collapse in 1991.
Both churches formed working groups after a 2003 visit to Russia by three emigre archbishops and a 2004 visit by Laurus, who came at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.
Talks between the Patriarchate and ROCOR continued for the next three years with an objective to eliminate the differences that impeded reunification.
At the end of 2006, the Synods of both Churches endorsed all the documents drafted for signing and agreed on the date, on which the Act on Canonical Communications is to be signed.
Under the provisions of the Act, ROCOR will become a self-governing agency of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate, with a large degree of autonomy in administrative, economic, proprietary, and legal affairs.
ROCOR will get one more benefit from the reunification - the official recognition by other national denominations of Eastern Orthodoxy.
It had no such recognition over the 80 years of its existence.
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Inside Christ the Savior cathedral in Moscow
Destroyed by Stalin in 1932, rebuilt in 2000. Main cathedral of Moscow today. Original church was built to commemorate defeat of Napoleon in 1812 by Russia.
RUSSIA: GOLD CROSS RESTORED TO SMOLENSKY CATHEDRAL
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A massive 1-point-five tonne gold cross has been restored on top of Smolensky Cathedral, located in one of Russia's oldest monasteries.
Money for the restoration work came from public and private funding sources.
Smolensky Cathedral is located at Novodevichy monastery, one of Russia's premier monasteries.
The difficult task of airlifting the cross into place was held up by lack of funds.
In May of this year the 6.8 million roubles needed to complete the project finally became available from state and private sources.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
The financing for this project is still a sore topic. We could have done this last year. But because there is hardly any financing for this project and we were only able to get the money in May of this year, everything was organized in a very short period of time and with the help of a massive amount of people.
SUPERCAPTION: Irena Borisenko, Director of State Historical Museum, Novodevichy Branch)
Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov is one of the contributors to this restoration project.
Located only the bank of the southwest Moscow River, the Novodevichy monastery was founded by the Great Prince Vasily III in 1524 commemorating the Russian victory of the seizure of the city of Smolensk in 1514 during the Russian-Lithuanian War.
The cemetery inside the monastery grounds is the last resting place of prominent scientists, writers and public figures including Anton Chekhov, former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushev and members of Josef Stalin's family.
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Inside Smolensk church at Novodevichi monastery
Altar screen iconostasis and inside the 16th century church. Under commits the monastery was used as a communal residence.
Russia welcomes new Patriarch
Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad has been elected the new head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
View of Moscow from Christ the Savior Church
Kremlin and the Moscow River
RUSSIA: GOLD CROSS RESTORED TO SMOLENSKY CATHEDRAL (2)
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A massive 1-point-five tonne gold cross has been restored on top of Smolensky Cathedral, located in one of Russia's oldest monasteries.
Money for the restoration work came from public and private funding sources.
VOICE-OVER:
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On the picturesque banks of the Moscow River, is one of Russia's premier monasteries.
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Inside the Novodevichy monastery, the Smolensky Cathedral, is being returned to it's former glory.
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UPSOUND OF HELICOPTER
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The difficult task of restoring the piece de resistance - a massive one point five tonne gold cross, has been held up by a lack of funds.
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But finally the six point eight million roubles needed to complete the project became available from state and private sources.
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Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov was among the contributors to this delicate restoration project.
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SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
The financing for this project is still a sore topic. We could have done this last year. But because there is hardly any financing for this project and we were only able to get the money in May of this year, everything was organized in a very short period of time and with the help of a massive amount of people.
SUPERCAPTION: Irena Borisenko, Director of State Historical Museum, Novodevichy Branch)
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The Novodevichy monastery was founded in 1524 to commemorate the Russian victory of the seizure of the city of Smolensk in 1514 during the Russian-Lithuanian War.
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The cemetery inside the monastery grounds is the last resting place of prominent Russian scientists, writers and public figures.
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Tours-TV.com: Cathedral of the Archangel
The Archangel Cathedral on the Sobornaya Square of Kremlin was built at the beginning of 16th century in the traditions of Russian and Italian architecture by the Venetian Aleviz Novy. Russia : Moscow : Moscow Kremlin. (聖天使首大聖堂 (モスクワ)). See on map .
History of Russia (PARTS 1-5) - Rurik to Revolution
From Prince Rurik to the Russian Revolution, this is a compilation of the first 5 episodes of Epic History TV's History of Russia.
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A note on 'Ivan the Terrible' - in Russia, Ivan IV has the epithet 'Гро́зный' meaning 'Great' or 'Formidable'. So why is he known as Ivan 'the Terrible' in English? Because he was evil or useless or because of anti-Russian bias? No, because 'Terrible' in English also means awesome or formidable - this was well understood when 'Гро́зный' was first translated into English centuries ago, but now fewer people understand this. (see definitions 3 & 4 here: The name stuck, and Ivan IV has been known as Ivan the Terrible ever since.
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At the walls of the Novodivechi Monastery
Walking along the Moscow River
The Life And Death Of Simeon of Moscow
Simeon Ivanovich Gordiy (the Proud) (Семён Иванович Гордый in Russian) (7 November 1316 – 27 April 1353) was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir. Simeon continued his father's policies of supporting the Golden Horde and acting as its leading enforcer in Russia. Simeon's rule was marked by regular military and political standoffs against Novgorod Republic and Lithuania. His relationships with neighboring Russian principalities remained peaceful if not passive: Simeon stayed aside from conflicts between subordinate princes. He had recourse to war only when war was unavoidable. A relatively quiet period for Moscow was ended by the Black Death that claimed the lives of Simeon and his sons in 1353.
In 1340 Simeon, the eldest son of Ivan Kalita, was stationed in Nizhny Novgorod. Upon receiving news of his father death, Simeon and his brothers Andrey and Ivan left for the Golden Horde to seek Uzbeg Khan's patent (yarlyk) for taking over the title of Grand Prince. Rivals Konstantin of Tver and Konstantin of Suzdal also paid their homage to the Khan, claiming seniority over Moscow princes. Simeon won the patent through bribing the Khan's retinue; princes of Tver and Suzdal had to agree to his seniority; Uzbeq also extended his benevolence to Simeon's issue. He was also granted the ceremonial title epi trapezes offikios (Greek: ό επί τραπέζης όφφίκιος) by the Byzantine Empire, which can be loosely translated as seneschal or stolnik.
In the same 1340 Simeon engaged in his first military standoff with Veliky Novgorod. Simeon claimed his right to collect taxes in the Novgorodian town of Torzhok. Torzhok boyars locked up Simeon's tax collectors and called for help from Novgorod. Simeon and metropolitan Theognostus hastily organized a coalition of princes against Novgorod, claiming that They [Novgorodians] make war and peace with whomever they please, consulting no one. Novgorod regards not all Russia, and will not obey her Grand Prince, referring to Novgorod incursions into Ustyuzhna and Beloe Ozero. As the coalition forces approached Novgorodian lands, the people of Torzhok revolted against the boyars and sided with Muscovite troops. Novgorod Republic accepted the fact and ceded all taxes from Torzhok area, estimated at 1,000 roubled in silver annually, to Simeon who agreed to honor the existing civic charter.
In 1341, shortly after the dismissal of muscovite coalition army, Algirdas (then prince of Vitebsk, allied with prince of Smolensk) besieged Mozhaysk. News of the death of Gediminas forced Algirdas to quit the campaign before Simeon could arrange a military response. Uzbeg Khan, Simeon's sovereign, died soon afterwards; his successor, Jani Beg, secured the control of the Horde through killing his brothers. Simeon and Theognostus had to travel to the Horde again. Jani Beg reassured Simeon in his rights and let him go, but kept Theognostus hostage to extort money from the church; eventually, Theognostus was released for 600 roubles.
In 1333, Simeon married Aigusta (Anastasia), sister of Algirdas. After her death in 1345, Simeon married Eupraxia of Smolensk, but soon sent her back to her family, claiming that Eupraxia was cursed since wedding and appears to be dead each night. Eupraxia remarried Prince Fominsky, and Simeon married Maria of Tver; their four sons died in infancy.
Throughout the 1340s Lithuanian and Swedish military campaigns and internal political disarray decreased the influence of the Novgorod Republic. Simeon, whose title of Grand Prince obliged him to protect Novgorod, was reluctant to do so, as if expecting the weakened republic to collapse for his own benefit. In 1347, when Novgorodians called for help against the Swedes, Simeon dispatched his brother Ivan and Constantine of Rostov; the envoys refused to fight for the Novgorodians. Simeon himself was busy with offsetting the Lithuanians' influence in the Horde, meanwhile harboring two renegade Lithuanian princes as potential claimants to the Lithuanian crown. He manipulated Jani Beg into believing that increasing Lithuanian influence became the most important threat to the Horde.
St. Petersburg, Russia
Recorded August 4-5, 2011
While sailing the Baltic Sea on the Emerald Princess I took a 2-day deluxe shore excursion in St. Petersburg, Russia. My tour included Peter and Paul Fortress, Petergof, Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, St. Isaac Cathedral, and the Hermitage Museum. The highlight of our visit was the Imperial Reception at Catherine Palace. We also took a scenic boat cruise on the rivers and canals of the city.
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Spending most of the day at St. Xenia chapel and serving a moleben at St John of Kronshtadt grave were the main highlight of St. Petersburg visit.
Orthodox Christmas in Russia
The Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Christmas Eve at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, in the presence of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and his wife. This marks the first Christmas without Alexey II, the Orthodox patriarch who died in December. The ceremony took place at midnight on the night of January sixth. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas according to the Julian calendar, introduced by the Roman emperor Julius Caesar in the year 46 B.C., whereas the Catholic Church follows the Gregorian calendar, adopted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. The Divine Liturgy was led by Metropolitan Kirill, who has assumed the governing role in the Russian Orthodox Church until the next bishops' synod is held to choose the successor to Alexey II.
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Smolensk at the Novodevichy Convent
Last respects to Patriarch
The Russian Orthodox Church has appointed a temporary leader following the death of Aleksy II. Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad will take up the post. It comes as crowds in Moscow are queuing at the cathedral of Christ the Saviour to see the late Patriarch lying in state.
Christian Putin & Belarusian President Lukashenko Visit The Sacred Athos Of North Valaam Monastery
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko visited the Transfiguration of the Saviour Patriarchal Monastery on Valaam.
The two leaders visited the Transfiguration of the Saviour Cathedral, attended a service, went to the Hermitage of All Saints, the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, and the Chapel of Royal Passion-bearers. Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko also visited Svetly Island and the Church of Grand Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles at St Vladimir scete. The two presidents examined an exposition at the monastery museum.
The meeting with the President of the Republic of Belarus was informal. Tomorrow in St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko will take part in the official events: hold talks and address the plenary session of the 6th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia.
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Cathedral of the Assumption Nov. 1, 2015
Music from the 9:30 AM Mass at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, KY recorded on November 1, 2015. Offertory Anthem: And I Saw a New Heaven - Bainton
Bortnyansky - Sacred Concertos
Dmytri Stepanovych Bortniansky (Russian: Дмитрий Степанович Бортнянский; alternative transcriptions of names are Dmytro, Dmitri, and Bortnyansky; 28 October 1751–10 October [O.S. 28 September] 1825) was a composer and conductor of Ukrainian origin.
Bortniansky is best known today for his liturgical works and his prolific contributions to the genre of choral concertos.[4] He was one of the Golden Three of his era, along with Artemy Vedel and Maksym Berezovsky. Bortniansky composed in many different musical styles, including choral compositions in French, Italian, Latin, German and Church Slavonic.
Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Valeri Polyansky
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Dormition Cathedral of Smolensk and St Sophias Cathedral, Polotsk
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Dmitry Stepanovich Bortnyansky (1751-1825)
Sacred Concerto No. 24 9:31
1 I 'I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills' - 3:47
2 II 'He will not suffer thy foot to be moved' - 3:05
3 III 'The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in' 2:39
Sacred Concerto No. 25 12:31
4 I 'We, the unworthy, shall not cease' - 6:35
5 II 'We shall not renounce you' - 2:47
6 III 'For you are the eternal saviour of us' 3:08
Sacred Concerto No. 26 11:02
7 I 'Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee' - 3:42
8 II 'Lord God of Israel! That thine eyes may be open' - 2:15
9 III '. . .and forgive thy people that have sinned against thee' - 2:37
10 IV '. . .that this house, which I have builded' 2:27
Sacred Concerto No. 27 15:18
11 I 'I cried to the Lord with my voice' - 6:12
12 II 'He sent from above, he took me' - 2:47
13 III 'According to the cleanliness of my hands' - 3:10
14 IV '. . .and I did not put away his statutes from me' 3:07
Sacred Concerto No. 28 10:36
15 I 'Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord' - 2:27
16 II 'His seed shall be mighty upon the earth' - 1:18
17 III 'The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David' - 4:14
18 IV 'His enemies will I clothe with shame' 2:34
Sacred Concerto No. 29 8:03
19 I 'I will praise the name of God with a song' - 1:21
20 II '. . .and will magnify him with thanksgiving' - 2:09
21 III 'For his merciful kindness is great toward us' - 2:41
22 IV '. . .and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever'