DECR Chairman
26.02.2020 23:45
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill takes part in the meeting of Primates and delegations of Local Orthodox Churches in Amman
On 26 February 2020, Primates and delegations of Local Orthodox Churches met in the capital of Jordan, Amman. During his visit to Moscow, on 21 November 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem put forward an initiative to hold a meeting for discussing the situation in the inter-church relations…
26.02.2020 8:05
Metropolitan Hilarion: Absence of particular Churches from Amman will not make the meeting less significant
In anticipation of the meeting of heads and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches in the capital city of Jordan, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, told Interfax-Religion portal about what and in what format is to be discussed by this forum.
25.02.2020 22:59
Patriarch Kirill arrives in Amman
On 25 February 2020, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, began his visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He arrived in the capital city of Jordan for the Amman meeting of Primates and delegations of Local Orthodox Churches.
24.02.2020 10:46
DECR chairman congratulates His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria on the anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent the congratulatory message to the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
21.02.2020 11:59
Metropolitan Hilarion: We hope that the meeting in Amman will make the beginning of other similar meetings that our Orthodox family needs so much now
Heads and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches are to meet next week in Amman on the initiative of Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem.
20.02.2020 15:50
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Russia’s Ambassador to Egypt
On 20th February 2020, at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Georgy Borisenko, newly appointed Ambassador of Russia to Egypt.
19.02.2020 22:36
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk delivers a lecture at the University of Belgrade
On 18 February 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is in Belgrade on a two-day visit with a blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and invitation of Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia, visited the department of Orthodox…
18.02.2020 17:50
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Irenaeus and hierarchs of Serbian Orthodox Church
On 18 February 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, at the Patriarchate of Serbia in Belgrade.
18.02.2020 11:59
Serbian version of Metropolitan Hilarion’s book presented in Belgrade
On 17 February 2020, the presentation of the Serbian version of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk’s book “What Orthodox Christians Believe In” took place at the crypt of the St. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade.
18.02.2020 11:12
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits St. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade
He was met at the entrance with the bread and salt hospitality by clerics and parishioners.