January 28, 2009
Moscow: Epistle of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church

January 27, 2009
Moscow: Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad elected new Patriarch of Moscow

January 23, 2009
Moscow: The Primate of the Russian Church Abroad arrives in the Russian capital

January 23, 2009 
Moscow: The Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate adopts the form of commemoration at divine services of the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Rusisa

January 22, 2009
Sydney, Australia: The Epiphany of the Lord celebrated at the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul in Strathfield (photo-report)

January 22, 2009
New York: Bishop John of Caracas to visit Mikhailovskaya Sloboda 

January 21, 2009
Melbourne, Australia: Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy on the eve of the Baptism of the Lord and performs an ordination and great blessing of the waters in Protection Cathedral (photo-report)

January 21, 2009
Red Bank, NJ: Bishop Jerome of Manhattan celebrates Divine Liturgy and performs the great blessing of the waters at St Nicholas Church (photo-report)

January 21, 2009
San Francisco: The Baptism of the Lord is celebrated at the Cathedral of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" (photo-report)

January 16, 2009
New York: "We must entrust the fate of the Russian Church to a Primate who will continue the course of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy," says the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad

January 16, 2009
Brisbane, Australia: Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy and performs an ordination to the deaconate at St Seraphim Church (photo-report)

January 14, 2009 
San Francisco: St John Men's Chorale publishes an album

January 14, 2009
Moscow: The opening of the first Orthodox Psychology school, devoted to Patriarch Alexy and Metropolitan Laurus

January 12, 2009
Sydney, Australia: Photo-report on the celebration of the Nativity of Christ at the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul

January 12, 2009
New Jersey: Bishop Jerome celebrates Divine Liturgy at St George Church of the Kuban Cossacks abroad on the Sunday after the Nativity

January 2, 2009
New York: Christmas Epistle of the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

January 2, 2009
Munich: An open Orthodox Seminar at Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia Cathedral comes to a close