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[News] Poets at the Russo-Georgian Poetry Festival Address the People and Leaders of Russia and Georgia From June 20–29, 2010, the Fourth International Russo-Georgian Poetry Festival took place in Georgia, reports Patriarchia.ru. The forum opened in Tbilisi; other Georgian cities, including Rustavi, Kutaisi, Poti, Batumi, and Kobuleti, also hosted the event. Over sixty authors—poets, translators, editors, and publishers from twenty-seven different countries participated in the forum, with the motto, "The world of poetry is a world without war."

[News] St. John (Maximovitch) Prayerfully Commemorated in Shanghai On June 1, 2010, the eve of the commemoration of St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai, the rector of the Orthodox community in Shanghai, Archpriest Alexei Kiselevich, served a moleben with an akathist in the St. Nicholas church to St. John.

[News] Church in Foam Lake, Canada Marks 100 year Anniversary On June 27, 2010, the parishioners of the church of St. Onuphry the Great, one of the churches belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate in Canada, celebrated its one hundred year anniversary, reports the communications services of the Moscow Patriarchate Department of External Church Relations.

[News] Altai Youths Honor "Family, Love, and Faithfulness" The Altai regional youth organization, "Word," will conduct a community action according to their tradition of honoring "family, love, and faithfulness" on July 7 and 8, reports the Barnaul Diocesan website.

[News] Smolensk–Kiev Cross Procession Opened On June 29, in the village of Dudkino, Sychevo region, the Slavic youth religious procession was ceremoniously opened. The young people will process from Smolensk to Kiev, reports the official Smolensk and Vyazma diocesan website.

[News] Russian Center Opened in Groningen University On June 29, in Groningen University, the Netherlands, a Russian Center was opened, reports the press service of the fund, “Russky Mir.”

[News] Archangelsk Schoolchildren Participate in Archeology of the Northern Thebaid On June 25, 2010, an archeological expedition comprised of schoolchildren returned from the Monastery of St. Anthony of Siya. The Archangelsk high school students of School No. 9 received a blessing from Archimandrite Triphon last spring to participate in the excavations. This is the third expedition organized jointly between the municipal department of education and School No. 9, within the framework of a municipal experimental project to provide a spiritual and moral education to schoolchildren based upon Orthodox traditions, as the Archangelsk Diocesan press service reports.

[News] Synodal Admistration Discusses Orthodox Education for Cossacks

[News] Humanitarian Aide gathered by the Synodal Charity Department was sent to Kyrgyzstan Humanitarian Aide gathered by the Synodal Charity Department was sent to Kyrgyzstan.

[News] A Constituent Assembly of the Union of Orthodox Women took place in Moscow With the blessing of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a constituent assembly of the Russian Union of Orthodox Women took place in the Pilgrimage Center of the Moscow Patriarchate

[News] Greek Orthodox hierarch visits Baikonur Cosmodrome Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Laureotiki is on a visit to Russia with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of the “PONTOS” International Union of Greek Pubic Associations of the CID countries. The hierarch of the Greek Orthodox Church is accompanied by archpriest Grigoriy Pigalov, rector of the Church of the Most Holy Mother of God near Athens.

[News] The Kremlin Gates: Damaged Ancient Icons to Return to Red Square In May, 1918, an event occurred in Moscow which was recorded in many memoirs of the period. An icon of St Nicholas the Miracle-worker situated over the gates of a Kremlin tower, which was covered with a red cloth by the Bolsheviks, miraculously revealed itself. Thos who saw shreds of the cloth confirmed that it was torn into shreds, and not blown away by wind.