DECR Chairman
21.03.2016 7:42
Leaders of the country, local churches and foreign diplomatic missions congratulate Patriarch Kirill on 40th anniversary of his episcopal consecration
On 20 March 2016, the Sunday of Orthodoxy, after the Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour, Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, read out a congratulatory message to the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the occasions of the 40th anniversary of the episcopal consecration…
20.03.2016 20:54
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on the Sunday of Orthodoxy
That day was marked by the main celebrations on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of episcopal consecration of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. The actual date was March 14, Monday of the first week of Lent.
17.03.2016 18:57
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with President Rivlin of the State of Israel
On 17 March 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of the State of Israel, Mr. Reuven Rivlin.
17.03.2016 15:18
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with British ambassador in Russia
On March 17, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Russia, H. E. Laurie Bristow, at the DECR.
17.03.2016 15:13
DECR chairman meets with Apostolic Nuncio who is completing his mission in Russia
On March 17, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic who is completing his diplomatic mission in the Russian Federation due to his assignment as Permanent Observer of the Holy See in the UN structures in Geneva and the WTO.
17.03.2016 13:24
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the head of the Catholic archdiocese in Moscow
On March 16, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), received Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, ordinary of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God and president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Russia, at the parish house of the church of…
15.03.2016 22:03
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with German Ambassador to Russia
On 15 March 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DFECR) met with Baron Rüdiger von Fritsch-Seerhausen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Russian Federation.
15.03.2016 16:48
Second meeting of Commission on International Cooperation of Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations
On 15 March 2016, the second meeting of the Commission for International Cooperation of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Association took place at the Department for External Church Relations. The Commission was set up at the Council’s meeting on 11 December 2014.
12.03.2016 14:56
Seminar on Pan-Orthodox Council takes place at Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies
On 11 March 2016, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies hosted a seminar on the Pan-Orthodox Council due to take place on the island of Crete in June this year.
11.03.2016 23:03
Primate of Bulgarian Orthodox Church completes his visit to Russia
On 11 March 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria completed his visit to the Russian Orthodox Church.