DECR Chairman
25.01.2021 20:18
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with head of French diplomatic mission in Moscow
On January 25, 2021, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France in Russia, H. E. Pierre Levy.
25.01.2021 19:02
Metropolitan Hilarion: Politically correct rules must never interfere with that which is sacred to millions of people
The chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion answered questions put to him by the presenter of The Church and the World programme Yekaterina Gracheva which was broadcast on 23rd January 2021 on Rossia-24.
25.01.2021 14:00
DECR chairman meets with newly appointed ambassador of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Russian Federation
On January 25, 2021, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with H. E. Khaled Shawabkeh, ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Russian Federation, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR).
25.01.2021 12:26
Metropolitan Hilarion: Rules of political correctness are not supposed to authorise intrusion into what is sacred for millions of people
In the Unites States of America, during the opening of the new session of Congress, Emanuel Cleaver, a member of the House of Representatives, read out what he called a politically correct prayer.
24.01.2021 22:03
Metropolitan Hilarion: In the USA, traditional family structure is being deliberately destroyed
“However, when from the sphere of taste all this moves to the sphere of politics, the situation gets much more serious, because disappearance of such fundamental notions as mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, etc., from the political lexicon is not just a sign of new fashion or new tastes,…
24.01.2021 21:14
Metropolitan Hilarion: The Lord always grants to us the opportunity to display our talents
On 24th January 2021, on the 33rd Sunday after Pentecost and after Theophany, the chairman of the Department of External Church Relations the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Moscow Church of the ‘Joy of All Afflicted’ Icon of the Mother of God on Bolshaya Ordynka…
21.01.2021 21:30
Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations meets for a regular session
The meeting was attended by religious leaders, experts, officials of the federal executive bodies and representatives of non-governmental organizations.
21.01.2021 19:48
Members of Interreligious Council in Russia meet with Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, UN Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for Alliance of Civilizations
The meeting was addressed by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, a member of the ICR Presidium, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR).
21.01.2021 19:45
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at a session of the Interreligious Council of Russia attended by Mr. Miguel Moratinos, High-Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
On January 21, 2021, the Interreligious Council in Russia (ICR) held an extraordinary session at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations to meet its guest, Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC).
19.01.2021 20:48
Metropolitan Hilarion: The Lord has imbued the waters of Jordan with his divine presence to wash away human sins
On January 19th, 2021, the feast of the Holy Epiphany of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Moscow church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” icon of the Mother of…