Patriarch Cyril renounced personal life
Since his enthronement in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Sunday the 16 th primate ROC Cyril, in his first remarks, the Patriarch said that his life and he is without the rest belong to God and the Church. Besides its basic task patriarch sees in maintaining the unity of the Church.
"There is not and can not be in the life of the patriarch is nothing personal, private. He and his entire life without balance belong to God and the Church", - said Kirill. According to him, the Lord hath laid on him "a heavy cross, the performance of which requires the full commitment and dedication to the service itself, to which he was called upon today at the time of construction of the patriarchal throne.
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Great paraman, which is one of the distinguishing features of the patriarchal vestments, as recalled by the patriarch Cyril, symbolizes "the willingness to be faithful to God until the end." The patriarch, according to a new primate, is intended to take care of the suffering, the weak and undecided, reports RIA Novosti.
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill said that he would particularly care for the spiritual and moral state of youth. "The subject of our special concern will be the youth," - said the 16th primate of the Orthodox Church. According to him, "in an era of moral relativism, when the propaganda of violence and depravity steals the soul, the Church can not wait, but must go to meet young people. He noted that the Church is called to help young people to find faith in God, the meaning of life, and with it, and true happiness.
Apart from that, patriarh of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill said that he would keep the unity of the Church. "Patriarch - the guardian of the internal unity of the Church and with the brethren in the episcopate - the guardian of the purity of faith" - he said, noting that the task of the patriarch - not to allow divisions and false doctrines. Differences of opinion, he said, "should not weaken the overall efforts to build the house of God", all must be love.
The patriarch also said Kirill, a defender outside the canonical boundaries of the Church "and should, while respecting the sovereignty of independent states formed in the space of historical Russia, at the same time take care to strengthen the spiritual ties between the peoples of these countries in the name of saving the values of the Orthodox civilization of Holy Russia" .
The new primate of the Orthodox Church and confirmed the readiness for dialogue with other Orthodox churches. Sixteenth patriarch said he intends to take care of the unity of Orthodoxy in the world. "Primate of the Orthodox Church, each designed to take care of the unity of universal Orthodoxy", - said the patriarch Cyril.
He said the commitment to "open dialogue with sister churches" and pledged readiness to strengthen the unity and openness to cooperation primates and representatives of all 14 local Orthodox churches in the world, who specially arrived in Moscow for the enthronement of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The Patriarch thanked all those present for a joint prayer and reminded the call of the Apostle Paul to rejoice, to improve, be comforted, be of one mind and true.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill coming to the patriarchal throne, and expressed hope for a full-fledged dialogue solidarity of the Russian Orthodox Church and State. "This is a huge event in the life of our country, in the lives of all Orthodox peoples. This event, which opens a new era and the development of Orthodoxy in our country, and provides, we hope, and new conditions for the full solidarity of dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the State" - concluded the president.
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