DECR Chairman
28.08.2015 18:47
Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrate Liturgy at Cathedral of Dormition in Moscow Kremlin
On 28 August 2015, the Feast of the Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the…
28.08.2015 2:41
Primate of Orthodox Church of Alexandria arrives in Moscow to continue his pilgrimage
His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, accompanied by Bishop Meletios of Naukratis and Bishop Savva of Voskresensk, first deputy chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate, continued his pilgrimage to the Russian land.
25.08.2015 19:05
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with delegation of Anglican Church in North America
On 25 August 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with members of the delegation of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), who had come to Russia on a pilgrimage visit. The meeting took place at the DECR…
23.08.2015 21:27
Metropolitan Hilarion: Every human being has an opportunity to follow Christ
On 23 August 2015, 12th Sunday after Pentecost, commemoration day of St Sabbas of Storozhi, 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 “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of…
20.08.2015 2:47
Metropolitan Hilarion: Church becomes Mount Tabor for us
On 19 August 2015, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolmask, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya…
18.08.2015 22:50
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with director of Tretyakov State Gallery and director of State Museum of History
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), met with the Tretyakov State Gallery director Ms Z. Tregulova and the State Museum of History director Mr. A. Levykin.
18.08.2015 17:18
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with newly appointed Russia’s Ambassador to Austria
Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed Mr. Lyubinsky to the Synodal institution responsible for international contacts of the Russian Orthodox Church. He shared with the guest his recollections of the time when he had served in Vienna, having noted a high level of cooperation between the Russian Church and the Roman Catholic Church…
09.08.2015 22:26
Metropolitan Hilarion: In our every step we should be guided by the will of God
On August 9, 2015, the commemoration day of the Protomartyr and Healer Panteleimon, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya-Ordynka, in Moscow.
03.08.2015 16:54
Metropolitan Nifon of Târgovişte: Prince Vladimir is truly equal to the Apostles
Metropolitan Nifon of Târgovişte led a delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the celebrations in Moscow, marking the millennium of the blessed demise of the Holy Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles. On the eve of the commemoration day of the Baptizer of Rus’ the Romanian hierarch gave an interview to the…
02.08.2015 19:28
DECR chairman sends greetings to His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia on his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, congratulated His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, on his Name Day.