DECR Chairman
11.10.2015 18:33
Russian Orthodox Church delegation arrives in Chambesy for the 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference
On 11 October 2015, the 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference opened with the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambesy near Geneva.
10.10.2015 15:05
DECR chairman sends greetings to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria with an anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal Throne
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent greetings to His Beatitude Theodore II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, with an anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal Throne. The text is given below.
09.10.2015 23:48
Patriarchal awards presented for assistance in restoring Russian Necropolis in Belgrade
On 9 October 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, presented Patriarchal awards to some Russian statesmen in consideration of their contribution to the restoration of Russian Necropolis in Belgrade.
09.10.2015 19:38
Meeting of Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations takes place in Moscow
Metropolitan Hilarion, who heads of the Council’s Commission for International Cooperation, presented a report on the work of the Commission.
09.10.2015 18:33
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the Ambassador of Montenegro
On 9 October 2015, H.E. Zoran Jocović, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Montenegro to the Russian Federation, visited the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations and was received by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the DECR chairman. They exchanged opinions on the issues of mutual interest.
08.10.2015 23:42
Concert in commemoration of victims of World War II
Among the numerous listeners were Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, Mr. Vygaudas Usackas, head of the EU Delegation in Moscow, and representatives of the diplomatic corps.
08.10.2015 21:02
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Mayor of Riga
Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Mayor of Riga Mr. Nil Isakovs, who was in Moscow for a working visit.
08.10.2015 20:29
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates the memory of St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Trinity church of St. Sergius’ Laura
On October 8, 2015, when the Church commemorates the repose of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the Wonder-worker of All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, led the…
07.10.2015 22:40
Celebrations marking commemoration day of St Sergius of Radonezh begin in the Holy Trinity and St Sergius Laura
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Small Vespers and read the Akathist to St Sergius in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
07.10.2015 15:59
Inter-Council Presence Commission on Theology holds its regular session
On 6 October 2015, a regular session of the Inter-Council Presence Commission on Theology took place at Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies. Presiding over the meeting was Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Commission on Theology, head of the Department for External Church Relations of…