DECR Chairman
22.06.2015 11:19
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill pays tribute to the defenders of the Brest Fortress
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the ‘The Hero Brest Fortress’ in the night of June 21, which marks the 74th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
21.06.2015 18:20
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates at the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Brest on the feast of the Synaxis of the Byelorussian Saints
In the morning of 21 June 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, currently on his primatial visit to the Byelorussian Exarchate, arrived in Brest by plane and proceeded to the Cathedral of the Resurrection, where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost,…
20.06.2015 21:40
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill blesses the Religious Education Centre of the Byelorussian Exarchate
On 20 June 2015, after the All-Night Vigil celebrated in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia proceeded to the building of the Religious Education Centre of the Byelorussian Exarchate and, together with the concelebrating bishops and clerics, blessed the church of…
20.06.2015 21:32
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Minsk
On 20 June 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Matins at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Minsk.
20.06.2015 20:22
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Byelorussian President Lukashenko
On 20 June 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of the Republic of Belarus, Mr. Alexander Lukashenko.
20.06.2015 18:11
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill lays a wreath to the Victory Monument in Minsk
On 20 June 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Victory Square in the centre of the Byelorussian capital and took part in the laying a wreath-laying ceremony at the Victory Monument.
20.06.2015 16:07
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill arrives in Minsk
On 20 June 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Minsk with his primatial visit to the Byelorussian Orthodox Church.
19.06.2015 11:22
DECR chairman’s condolences over the tragedy in South Carolina
In his message to the Synod of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), has expressed condolences over the death of people at the hands of a criminal who opened fire in a church in Charleston. Below…
18.06.2015 6:41
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with members of the Commission of the Holy Kinot of Mount Athos
On 17 June 2015, the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) housed a joint meeting of the representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and a Holy Kinot’s special commission on the preparation for the 1000th anniversary of Russian monasticism on the Holy Mountain of Athos.
17.06.2015 23:00
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church receives members of the Commission on preparation for the 1000th anniversary of Russian monasticism on Mount Athos
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the members of the Commission on preparation for the 1000th anniversary of the Russian monasticism on the Holy Mountain of Athos.