DECR Chairman
18.12.2015 13:07
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens
The participants in the meeting, which was held at the premises of the Archdiocese of Athens, discussed various issues on pan-Orthodox agenda.
16.12.2015 16:50
Special Inter-Orthodox Committee for the Preparation of the Pan-Orthodox Council begins its work in Athens
The Committee is to draw up draft procedure rules of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church.
13.12.2015 21:36
Russian Orthodox Church and Evangelical Church in Germany hold joint conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II
In compliance with the decision of the Holy Synod, a delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate took part in a joint conference of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), which was held in Munich on 10-11 December 2015, and was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of…
10.12.2015 13:48
DECR chairman meets with members of Egyptian Parliament
On 9 December 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), received a delegation of the members of the new Egyptian Parliament: Coptic Christians Dr. Emad Gad and Dr. Hany Naguib, deputies from the ‘Free Egyptian Party’, and Mr. Emad Raouf, leader…
10.12.2015 13:30
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with hierarchs of the Coptic Church
On 9 December 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a delegation of the Coptic Church in the parish house of the Church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” icon of the Mother of God.
10.12.2015 13:23
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chairs regular session of the Supreme Church Council
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church opened the meeting and delivered an introductory address, in which he spoke about the Regulations of the Church commission for church art, architecture and restoration.
07.12.2015 16:23
DECR chairman meets with Slovenia’s Ambassador to Russia and president of Slovenia-Russia Friendship Association
On 7 December 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with H.E. Primož Šeligo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to the Russian Federation, and Mr. Saša Geržina, president of Slovenia-Russia Friendship Association, fist Slovenia’s Ambassador…
06.12.2015 23:44
Closing ceremony of the 6th “Golden Knight” Slavic Arts Forum takes place in Moscow
On 6 December 2015, the closing ceremony of the 6th “Golden Knight” Slavic Arts Forum took place at the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
05.12.2015 18:14
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk completes his working visit to Bulgaria
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, while on a working visit to Bulgaria with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited St Nicholas Church of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Metochion in Sofia, where he…
05.12.2015 11:57
Commission on canonization of Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev) meets in the capital of Bulgaria
On 3-4 December 2015, the joint commission of the Russian and the Bulgarian Orthodox Churches on the canonization of Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev, 1881-1950) of Boguchar held its session in Sofia.