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05.07.2010 16:34

DECR chairman’s message to the seminar on Russia and Poland Today and Tomorrow: the View of the Younger Generation (4-5 July 2010, Moscow)

I hope that this seminar will bring nearer the time when Russia and Poland will enjoy close relations of brotherhood and mutual aid based on the solid foundation of eternal Christian values.
04.07.2010 16:14

(Russian) Председатель ОВЦС направил Святейшему Патриарху Болгарскому Максиму поздравительное послание по случаю очередной годовщины возведения на Патриарший Престол

04.07.2010 16:06

Patriarch Kirill’s congratulations to Primate of Bulgarian Orthodox Church

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory letter to the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of his ascent to the Patriarchal throne. Below is the text of the message.
01.07.2010 13:32

Metropolitan Hilarion congratulates Bishop Kurt Koch on his appointment as president of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

In a letter to the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Bishop Kurt Koch, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulated him on his appointment to this important post. Below is the text of the congratulatory letter.
30.06.2010 20:36

Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, at the opening of the WCC Permanent Conference for Consensus and Cooperation. Moscow, 30 June 2010

Dear brothers and sisters! I wish you successful work and I hope that your acquaintance with contemporary life of our Church, with our faithful nation and its shrines will be interesting and fruitful.
28.06.2010 19:09

Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius of Antioch on the anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal Throne

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius of the Great Antioch and All the East
28.06.2010 19:09

Metropolitan Hilarion congratulates the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch on the anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal Throne

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, sent the following congratulatory message to His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius of the Great Antioch and All the East
28.06.2010 18:57

(Russian) Предстоятель Русской Православной Церкви направил приветствие участникам XVII конференции Межпарламентской ассамблеи Православия

(Russian) Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл направил приветствие участникам XVII конференции Межпарламентской ассамблеи православия «Вклад православия в становление и развитие государственности стран восточно-христианского ареала», которая проходит в Ереване с 28 июня по 1 июля 2010 года.
26.06.2010 10:24

(Russian) Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион направил приветствие участникам третьего кадетского сбора

(Russian) Председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион направил приветствие участникам третьего сбора воспитанников российских кадетских корпусов, проходящего с 26 июня по 4 июля 2010 года в сербских городах Белграде и Белая Церковь. Текст послания приводится ниже полностью.
24.06.2010 11:11

DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk’s speech at the presentation of Polish version of Patriarch Kirill’s book Freedom and Responsibility: In a Search for Harmony. Human Rights and Dignity (Christian Theological Academy, Warsaw)

I hope that this book by Patriarch Kirill will become a contribution to the discussion in Poland on acute problems involved in human rights.