The film tells about the celebrations dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church: general view of the Moscow Kremlin, streets of Moscow. Opening of the jubilee celebrations in Moscow in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Sokolniki in the presence of Patriarch Alexy. Metropolitan Nikodim conducts the service. General view of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. Arrival of religious delegations - representatives of various churches. Jubilee meeting in the building of the Theological Academy. Speeches by the participants of the meeting: Patriarch of All Georgia, Patriarch Herman of Serbia, Patriarch Justinian of Romania, Patriarch Kirill of Bulgaria and others. Speech by Patriarch of All Rus' Alexy (synchronously). Requiem at the grave of Patriarch Tikhon in the Donskoy Monastery. Requiem at the grave of Patriarch Sergius in the Yelokhovsky Cathedral. Liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in honor of the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Epiphany Cathedral. Farewell reception at the Rossiya Hotel, hosted by Patriarch Alexy in honor of the participants of the celebration.
Several churches in Moscow, church domes - Wed, kr..panorama.
Synod building - kr, panorama.
Cathedrals of the Trinity Lavra of St.
Sergius - various.
Cartoon: photo portraits of Russian patriarchs – Tikhon, Sergius, Alexy - kr.
Photographs of Patriarch Alexy - kr.
Moscow Kremlin - general, Wed.
Streets of Moscow - general, Wed.
Red Square - Wed.
Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Sokolniki - kr, general.., panorama, where the anniversary celebrations are taking place.
Cars with guests are driving up to the church.
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy enters the church - kr.
Metropolitan Nikodim greets Patriarch Alexy - general.
Foreign clergymen who arrived for the celebration are standing - Wed.
The anniversary celebrations begin with a prayer service before the icon of the Iveron Mother of God.
Metropolitan Nikodim leads the service - kr, general.
Patriarch Alexy makes the sign of the cross.
The worshipers in the church - wed, kr.
At the end of the service, Patriarch Alexy greets the participants of the celebrations - kr.
General view and cathedrals of the Trinity Lavra of St.
Sergius in Zagorsk - kr, kr.
At the Holy Gates of the Lavra, the guests who have arrived for the anniversary celebrations are met by members of the Holy Synod - kr, general.
Delegations of the Jerusalem Church, the Serbian Church, the Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Armenian, and Ethiopian churches - various pass by.
Members of the Synod pass by - kr.
The building of the Moscow Theological Academy - kr.
The anniversary meeting in the church of the academy.
The presidium includes Patriarch Alexy, heads of delegations, representatives of inter-Christian organizations, and representatives of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Metropolitan Nikodim is delivering a report dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the restoration of the Patriarchate.
The following deliver words of greeting: Patriarch Benedict I of Jerusalem; head of the delegation of the Church of Alexandria, Metropolitan Cyprian; head of the delegation of Antioch, Metropolitan Epiphanius; Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ephraim II, Patriarch German of Serbia; Patriarch Justinian of Romania, Patriarch Kirill of Bulgaria; head of the delegation of the Church of Cyprus, Metropolitan Gennady; Primate of the Orthodox Church in Poland, Metropolitan Stefan.
The following will speak at the anniversary meeting in the church of the Moscow Theological Academy: Primate of the Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia, Metropolitan Dorotheus, Primate of the Finnish Orthodox Church, Archbishop Pavel;
Archbishop Metropolitan George Patrick Dwyer of Birmingham, head of the delegation of the Roman Catholic Church;
head of the delegation of the Armenian Church - Archbishop Haikazund Abrahamyan;
head of the delegation of the Ethiopian Church Abuna Theophilos;
Bishop Frederick Norman of Colchester, head of the delegation of the Anglican Church;
Archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Estonia Al Red Tooming;
Bishop Dr.
Karl Erik Forssell - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Bishop Dr.
Tibor Barta - head of the delegation of the Ecumenical Council of Churches of Hungary; Chairman of the Ecumenical Council of Churches of Czechoslovakia Bishop Irinej Cimurik; Dr.
Adolf Vyszman, President of the Department of External Relations of the Evangelical Church in Germany; Dr.
Ismu Omura, Chairman of the National Christian Council of Japan; Pastor Alexander Lavanchi, Chairman of the Council of Protestant Churches in Switzerland; representative of the Reformed Church in Holland, Pastor Frederik Landsman; Professor Dr.
Gerhard Bassarac, representative of the religious committee of the Christian Peace Conference in the GDR; Exarch of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' in North and South America, Archbishop Jonathan; Deputy Chairman of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR Vasily Grigorievich Furov - general, Wed.
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy makes the closing remarks (synchronously) - general, Wed.
Listeners - Wed, general, panorama.
Moscow (removed from video).
Streets of Moscow - general.
Domes of the Donskoy Monastery.
Memorial service at the grave of Patriarch Tikhon (synchronously) - various.
Yelokhovsky Cathedral - general.
Domes of the Yelokhovsky Cathedral - Wed.
Memorial service at the grave of Patriarch Sergius (synchronously) - Wed, general.
Trinity Lavra of St.
Sergius - general. panorama.
Domes of the Dormition Cathedral - Wed, red, panorama.
Clergymen marching to the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral - Wed.
Believers - Wed.
Liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the Trinity Lavra of St.
Sergius (synchronously) - various.
Patriarch Alexy and other worshipers in the cathedral listen - general, panorama.
Moscow (shot from a/t).
CMEA building - general.
Hotel "Ukraine" building - general.
Domes of the Patriarchal Epiphany Cathedral (shot through the chandeliers).
Liturgy in the Epiphany Cathedral - medium, general.
Prayer service before the relics of the miracle worker Alexy.
Patriarch Alexy and other clergy kiss the tombstone of the miracle worker Alexy - medium, short.
After the prayer service, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy, addresses those present with a welcoming speech.
Speakers: Patriarch Benedict, Patriarch Herman.
The building of the Rossiya Hotel - Wed, Poland Farewell reception at the Rossiya Hotel, held in honor of the participants in the festivities by Patriarch Alexy - various.
The following speak at the reception: Patriarch Alexy, Patriarch of Jerusalem Benedict, Patriarch of Serbia Herman, Deputy Chairman of the Council for Religious Affairs V.G. Furov - various.
Red Square, the Kremlin - general panorama.