DECR Chairman
20.10.2015 15:46
DECR chairman meets with Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy General Secretary Ioannis Amanatidis
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, met with the Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy General Secretary Mr. Ioannis Amanatidis, on the sidelines of the forum ‘Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Co-existence in the Middle East’, which took place in Athens
20.10.2015 12:54
At the largest ever conference on the Middle East, Metropolitan Hilarion calls to defend Christians
The largest ever conference to be held on the situation of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East took place on October 19-20, 2015, in Athens, under the theme ‘Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Co-existence in the Middle East’.
20.10.2015 12:54
Presentation by the DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, at the Conference on Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East (19 October 2015, Athens, Greece)
On 19-20 October 2015, the largest conference on the situation of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East took place in Athens. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk delivered his presentation on the first day of the forum.
20.10.2015 12:14
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch John X of Antioch
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East.
19.10.2015 14:40
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
On 18 October 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), arrived in Athens with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the Conference on “Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in…
17.10.2015 11:45
The 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference completes its work
On 16 October 2015, the 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference concluded its sessions, held at the Orthodox Centre of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Chambésy, Switzerland.
15.10.2015 10:20
DECR chairman’s birthday message to Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria
The chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, has sent a congratulatory message to the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
14.10.2015 23:07
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Liturgy in the Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross in Geneva on the feast day of Intercession of the Mother of God
On 14 October 2015, the Feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross in Geneva, which is the cathedral…
12.10.2015 23:04
The 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference begins its sessions
On October 12, 2015, the 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference began its sessions at the Orthodox Center of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Chambesy near Geneva. It is chaired by Metropolitan John of Pergamon, Patriarchate of Constantinople.
12.10.2015 22:34
DECR chairman’s greets the conference on ‘St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles – Millennium of His Repose’
On October 10, 2015, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Holiness Patriarch Irenaeus of Bulgaria, a conference on the millennium of the repose of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles took place in the Center of Information and Culture in Sofia.