DECR Chairman
24.10.2015 20:07
Patriarch Kirill celebrates liturgy at Shamordino Hermitage of Our Lady of Kazan and leads consecration of Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) as Bishop of Yegoryevsk
On October 24, 2015, the Day of the Synaxis of the Optina Starets, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the St. Ambrose Hermitage of Our Lady of Kazan at Shamordino.
23.10.2015 23:49
Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) nominated to be bishop of Yegoryevsk and Archimandrite Anthony (Sevryuk) to be bishop of Bogorodsk
On October 23, 2015, after All-Night Vigil celebrated on the eve of the Synaxis of the Optina Starets, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led the congregation in nominating Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) to be bishop of Yegoryevsk, Patriarchal Vicar, and Archimandrite Anthony (Sevryuk) to be bishop of…
23.10.2015 22:54
Primate of Russian Church celebrates All-Night Vigil at Optina Hermitage on the eve of the commemoration day of Synaxis of Optina Elders
On 23 October 2015, the eve of the commemoration day of the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of Optina, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Stavropegic Monastery of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple, Optina Hermitage.
23.10.2015 21:15
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk’s message of greetings to 9th Orthodoxy-Judaism Academic Consultation on Centers and Diasporas
On behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, I would like to greet the participants in the 9th Orthodoxy-Judaism Academic Consultation.
23.10.2015 16:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at the opening of International Conference on the Centennial of Armenian Genocide
On 23 October 2015, an international conference on ‘Genocide as a moral-psychological crime against humanity’ opened at the Moscow church complex of the Novo-Nakhichevan and Russia diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
22.10.2015 12:15
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church begins its regular session under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
On 22 October 2015, a regular session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
22.10.2015 10:56
DECR chairman’s congratulatory message to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of his enthronement
The chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR), Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, has congratulated the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople on the anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal throne.
21.10.2015 13:09
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Pope Francis
On 21 October 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the DECR chairman, met with Pope Francis at the “Domus Sanctae Marthae” hotel in Vatican.
21.10.2015 7:57
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church in Vatican
On 19 October 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), arrived in Rome with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to attend as an observer from the Russian Orthodox Church the plenary session of the…
21.10.2015 7:57
Greetings by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the Participants of the Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church on the “Vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world” (The Vatican. 20th October 2015)
On behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus I extend fraternal greetings to you on the occasion of the Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church on the theme of the family...