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The Diocesan Meeting of the City of Moscow. (2004)
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Scene №1 The Diocesan Meeting of the City of Moscow
In the hall of the Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Diocesan Assembly of the City of Moscow was held under the chairmanship of Alexy II.
Journalists in the hall make notes in notebooks.
Priests communicate with each other during a break.
Welcoming speech of the Patriarch.
Personnel
AlexyCalendar
12.25.2004Scene №2 Report of Alexy II at the Diocesan Assembly
In the hall of the Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Diocesan Assembly of the City of Moscow was held under the chairmanship of Alexy II.
Speech of the Patriarch with a report:
Data on the total number of parishes and the priesthood of the ROC.
On negative phenomena in church and social life.
On the static nature of church life, the lack of dynamics of parochial activity.
About television, the Internet.
On the increase of socially defenseless.
On demographic problems.
About commercialization in temples (gives examples).
Personnel
Alexy II - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.Calendar
25.12.2004Scene №3 Report of Alexy II at the Diocesan Assembly
In the hall of the Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Diocesan Assembly of the City of Moscow was held under the chairmanship of Alexy II.
Speech of the Patriarch with a report:
About commercialization in the temples.
On missionary trips, about distrust of the Orthodox clergy.
About the warmth of some clerics.
About fanaticism.
On pastoral tasks, about attentive attitude to one's own church life.
On the upbringing of the younger generation.
On the penetration into the minds of the laity of the idea that the church consists exclusively of the clergy, and the role of the laity is reduced to the material support of the church organization.
It is necessary that believers actively participate in all spheres of the parish activity.
Personnel
Alexy II - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.Calendar
25.12.2004Scene №4 Report of Alexy II at the Diocesan Assembly
In the hall of the Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Diocesan Assembly of the City of Moscow was held under the chairmanship of Alexy II.
Speech of the Patriarch with a report:
About Orthodox media projects, the global Internet.
On the need for professionalism in journalism.
About Sunday schools.
On child labor.
Personnel
Alexy II - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.Calendar
25.12.2004Scene №5 The Diocesan Assembly
The Diocesan Assembly in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
In the Presidium Patriarch Alexy II.
Interview with clergymen: father Dmitry (Smirnov) and father Vladimir (Vigilyansky).
Speech of the Patriarch.
Couloirs in breaks of meetings.
Personnel
Alexy II - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.Calendar
18.12.2004