DECR Chairman
04.12.2015 21:45
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, arrived in Sofia with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in a meeting of the joint commission of the Russian and the Bulgarian Orthodox Churches…
03.12.2015 12:48
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill receives prior and administrator of Basilica of St. Nicholas
On 2 December 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia received representatives of the Roman Catholic Church: the Revd Ciro Capotosto, prior, and monk Vincenzo Marulli, housekeeper-administrator of the Basilica of St. Nicholas in Bari, Italy.
27.11.2015 8:18
DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk greets participants and guests of the 4th Forum of All-Russian Programme ‘The Sanctity of Motherhood’
On 26-27 November 2015, the 4th Forum held within the framework of the All-Russian Programme “The Sanctity of Motherhood” on the theme “The Centuries-Old Family Traditions as the Foundation of Russia’s Future” takes place in the capital of Tatarstan. The meeting is sponsored by St Andrew the First-Called Foundation and…
23.11.2015 18:51
Days of Russia Organizing Committee meets at Department for External Church Relations
On November 23, 2015, the Organizing Committee of the Days of Russia met for its regular session at the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR) to consider religious events to be held abroad.
22.11.2015 15:08
To the families and friends of the victims in the terror actions in the capital of Mali
KIRILL, PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA
22.11.2015 11:37
DECR chairman congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos on his 10th anniversary as head of the Church of Jerusalem and of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem with the 10th anniversary of his enthronement.
20.11.2015 21:52
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk takes part in closing ceremony of International Conference, “Prince Vladimir. Choice of Civilization”
On 20 November 2015, the International Research and Application Conference, “Prince Vladimir. Choice of Civilization,” completed its work.
20.11.2015 15:31
DECR chairman speaks at joint session of Federation Council and State Duma on opposing terrorism
On November 20, 2015, the Federation Council and the State Duma met for a joint meeting to deal with problems of terrorism, at the Column Hall in Moscow.
20.11.2015 15:21
Metropolitan Hilarion’s address to the united session of the Federation Council and the State Duma (Moscow, 20 November 2015)
On November 20, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), addressed the united session of the Federation Council and the State Duma devoted to problems involved in the struggle against terrorism.
20.11.2015 12:31
Patristic conference on ‘St. John Cassian and the Monastic Tradition of Christian East and West’ opens at Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies
On November 19, 2015, the 3d International Patristic Theological Conference was opened at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI) under the theme ‘St. John Cassian and the Monastic Tradition of Christian East and West’.