DECR Chairman
11.04.2016 17:38
DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of Italy to Russia
On 11 April 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Italian Republic to the Russian Federation.
07.04.2016 1:46
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with students of Higher Diplomatic Courses
On 6 April 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with students of the Higher Diplomatic Courses of the Diplomatic Academy of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
05.04.2016 13:42
Inter-Council Presence Commission on Theology holds its regular session
On 4 April 2016, the Commission on Theology of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church held its regular session at the Department for External Church Relations under the chairmanship of the head of the Commission, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, rector of Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological…
31.03.2016 15:35
DECR chairman meets with Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic
On March 31, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic, at the DECR.
28.03.2016 23:19
DECR chairman sends Easter greetings to heads of foreign states
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent Easter greetings to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, King Felipe VI of Spain, and the Presidents of Austria, France, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Columbia and other countries.
28.03.2016 17:05
Metropolitan Hilarion leads celebrations marking the rector of the St. Tikhon University Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyev’s 75th birthday
On March 28, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the St. Nicholas Church-at-Kuznetsky Sloboda.
27.03.2016 19:29
Paschal greetings of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the heads of non-Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent Paschal greetings to the heads of non-Orthodox Churches, including Pope Francis, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Archbishop Justin Welby of the Anglican Communion, Bishop Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, chair of the…
24.03.2016 19:25
DECR chairman attends meeting of the Council of Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, attended a meeting of the Council of the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation (RHSF), which took place on March 24, 2016, in Moscow.
23.03.2016 13:16
Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church meets under chairmanship of Patriarch Kirill
On March 23, 2016, the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church has begun its meeting at the Supreme Church Council hall in the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. It is chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
22.03.2016 13:53
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk greets Primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem with his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem on the commemoration day of his heavenly patron, the Holy Martyr Theophilus of Sebaste.