Patriarch Kirill
The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill presented a collection of his sermons “eagerly desire spiritual gifts”. As reported RIA Novosti, the edition saw the light in the Day of Orthodox books, which is celebrated every year on March 14.
According to the Patriarch, before he had the opportunity to be published, for it was not enough time. Also, the Patriarch said that “the main task of the pastors, Church writers is to speak with the reader in the language which could be understood, to create texts that would be actualized eternal truths.”
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church thanked the publishers of his book and signed a few copies, one of which presented the Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian society, Sergei Stepashin. The Bishop apologized to those who did not have time to give an autograph. “The life of the Patriarch is that we have somewhere to go” — he explained.
Buy the album on the website of the publishing house of the Moscow Patriarchate for 550 rubles, and other Orthodox resources.
The day of Orthodox book — a celebration of the Russian Orthodox Church, dedicated to the publication of the first in Russia the printed book by Ivan Fedorov “the Apostle”, which was printed on 1 March (14 March by the new calendar) 1564. The tradition to celebrate it appeared in 2010.
Patriarch Kirill has written more than 15 books. The first one is “the Establishment and development of the Church hierarchy and the teaching of the Orthodox Church on its gracious nature” was published in Leningrad in 1971.