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Moscow patriarch Cyril I is expected to visit Vienna on May 28, 2020.
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The visit of the Moscow patriarch Cyril I is expected to take place on May 28, 2020 – the feast of the Ascension according to the Julian calendar, the foundation “Pro Oriente” said on Sunday according to Kathpress. An important program item could be the new consecration of the Viennese Russian Orthodox Nicholas Cathedral.
After its general renovation from 2004 to 2008, the cathedral,
which is in the immediate vicinity of the Russian embassy, actually
newly consecrated by the former patriarch Aleksij II in December 2008
should be. However, Aleksij died unexpectedly on December 5, 2008.
With the visit of Kyrill, the renovation could be around
twelve-year delay will be officially completed.
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40,000 people in Austria Russian Orthodox
“Per
Oriente “also reported on a meeting of the head of the Foreign Office
of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev) with the
Austrian ambassador to the Russian Federation, Johannes
Aigner. According to “Pro Oriente”, the meeting took place on January 16 in the Foreign Office
Moscow took place. According to the Foreign Office, were at the meeting
the “interorthodox relations, the ecclesiastical situation in the
Ukraine, the relationship between Russian Orthodox and
Roman Catholic Church, but also questions of practical
Cooperation “discussed.
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According to estimates, around 40,000 people in Austria are committed to Russian Orthodox Christianity. The diocese of Vienna and Austria was founded in 1962 and recognized by the state in 2013. Russian Orthodox Bishop of “Vienna and Austria” has been Metropolitan Ioann (Roshtschin) since last summer.
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History of the Nicholas Cathedral in Vienna
The history of the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Vienna, consecrated in 1899
is quite changeable: With the beginning of the First World War the
Church closed and placed under Spanish care. From 1924, the
Year in which the Soviet Union and Austria had diplomatic relations
the church building of the Soviet embassy
handed over, but initially it was only used as a storage room. During the
During the Second World War, the church of the Vienna University of Music was transferred to use.
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From 1945 the church was again made accessible to Orthodox believers with the support of the Soviet military command. The first Soviet city commander after the liberation of Vienna, Aleksij W. Blagodatow, and his successors stood up for it and also assigned soldiers for the repair work. Today, the lavishly restored cathedral, which has also been redesigned in the interior, is considered a church cultural jewel of the federal capital.
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