DECR Chairman
04.06.2015 10:51
DECR chairman’s condolences over the wreck of ‘Star of the East’ cruise ship on the Yangtze River
In a message to the head of the People’s Republic of China’s directorate for religious affairs, Mr. Wang Zuoan, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), expressed condolences over the wreck of the Star of the East cruise ship on the Yangtze…
25.05.2015 23:28
Chairman of Department for External Church relations meets with ambassadors of Slavic states
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with ambassadors of several states of Slavic tradition at the Church of Christ the Saviour.
24.05.2015 23:02
Primate of Russian Church addresses participants in concert held in Red Square on the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture
On 24 May 2015, after celebrating the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Red Square to attend a concert marking the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture.
24.05.2015 22:45
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with delegation of Patriarchate of Constantinople
On 24 May 2015, the commemoration day of Ss Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Teachers of the Slavs (name day of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia), and the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with a delegation of the…
24.05.2015 18:18
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on the commemoration day of Ss Cyril and Methodius
Concelebrating were His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, Patriarchal vicar for Moscow diocese; Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All…
17.05.2015 19:52
DECR chairman completes his visit to China
Metropolitan Hilarion wished the parishioners God’s help and joy over the Resurrection of the Saviour, blessed them and left for Moscow.
16.05.2015 16:32
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Innocent of Irkutsk in Labdarin
On 16 May 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Innocent of Irkutsk in Labdarin, an administrative centre of E’erguna in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of the People’s Republic of China.
14.05.2015 22:10
Round table with participation of representatives of traditional religions of Russia and China takes place in Beijing
The Chinese and Russian participants spoke at length about the importance of contacts in religious sphere for consolidation of relations between Russia and China and for friendship between the people of the two countries which was mentioned by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and President Xi…
14.05.2015 20:47
DECR chairman meets with the head of PRC State Administration for Religious Affairs
On 14 May 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Mr. Wang Zuoan, secretary of the PRC State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA).
10.05.2015 22:57
Concert devoted to Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s 175th birthday and 70th anniversary of the Victory in Great Patriotic War held at Church of Christ the Saviour
On May 10, 2015, after the liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attended the concert given at the church square.