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25.12.2014 0:02
DECR chairman congratulates heads of the non-Orthodox Churches on the Nativity of Christ
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following Christmas greeting to Pope Francis, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians, Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, chairman of the EKD Council, and heads of other non-Orthodox Churches
19.12.2014 15:22
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over terrorist attack in Peshawar
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to His Excellency Mamnoon HUSSAIN, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, over the terrorist attack in Peshawar, as the result of which nearly 150 people had died and 150 people had been injured.
13.12.2014 22:37
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on awarding a degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate Studies to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diocleia
On 13 December 2014, Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diocleia was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa degree. The ceremony took place at the Main Hall of Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate Studies.
09.12.2014 10:41
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Baron Tiesenhausen with his 80th birthday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following greeting to an outstanding figure of the Russian émigré community, Baron Tiesenhausen:
09.12.2014 10:40
DECR chairman congratulates Baron Tiesenhausen on his 80th birthday
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following letter of greeting to Baron Tiesenhausen:
29.11.2014 21:02
Message of greeting by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, to participants in the conference dedicated to the centenary of consecration of Russian church in Sofia
On 29 November 2014, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, the conference on ‘Bulgaria-Russia: Images of Spiritual Unity’ took place at the Russian Cultural and Information Centre in Sofia.
09.11.2014 20:10
Primacy and Synodality from an Orthodox Perspective
Paper presented by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at St Vladimir's Theological Seminary on 8 November 2014 on the occasion of conferring an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.
08.11.2014 18:23
Speech by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the Forum of Representatives of the Russia – USA forum of Christian leaders
7 November 2014, Charlotte, NC, USA.
05.11.2014 13:41
Patriarch Kirill congratulates Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine on his 70th birthday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory message to His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine on the occasion of his 70th birthday:
31.10.2014 22:28
Letter of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan requesting to pardon Asia Bibi
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a letter to H.E. Mamnoon Hussain, the President of the Islamic Republic of Egypt, asking him to grant a pardon to Asia Bibi, a Christian, who has been sentenced to death. The text is given below.