DECR Chairman
14.06.2016 16:34
‘Unity cannot be imposed on churches’ – Russian Orthodox Church spokesman to RT
The landmark meeting of the heads of all Orthodox Christian churches could be postponed as five out of 14 churches have pulled out. The head of external relations at the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Hilarion, explains the situation to RT.
14.06.2016 15:38
DECR chairman sends a message of greetings to the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on the occasion of his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) greeted His Beatitude, Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece on the occasion of his Name Day.
13.06.2016 22:20
Metropolitan Hilarion: All Churches should participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, at the briefing for mass media gave comments on the decisions of the Holy Synod
13.06.2016 22:04
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Voices of the Churches should not be disregarded
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, said in his comments on the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church that the situation that has come about is not catastrophic.
11.06.2016 10:41
DECR chairman congratulates His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on his Nameday
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople with his Nameday.
07.06.2016 17:09
Metropolitan Hilarion: It is important for us that the Council will be a factor of unity and unanimity
In his exclusive interview to Russia-24 TV channel Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations commented on the refusal of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council due to open on 16 June 2016. Metropolitan Hilarion noted in particular...
06.06.2016 17:52
Metropolitan Hilarion presents V. Nikonov, State Duma Education Committee chairman, with Patriarchal award
On June 5, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), attended the reception given on the occasions of the 60th birthday of V. Nikonov, chairman of the State Duma Education Committee and head of the Russian World Foundation.
04.06.2016 10:04
Interview with Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk with The National Herald on the forthcoming Pan-Orthodox Council
Interview with Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk with The National Herald on the forthcoming Pan-Orthodox Council.
03.06.2016 21:34
Session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church 3 June 2016
Serious problems which have arisen in the course of preparations for the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church to take place from June 18 to 26, 2016, especially concerning the refusal of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to attend the Council if its date is not put off and…
01.06.2016 16:35
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with members of World Coordination Council of Russian Compatriots
On 1 June 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the members of the World Coordination Council of Russian Compatriots who arrived in Moscow for the Council’s 26th meeting organized by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.