DECR Chairman
22.03.2015 16:56
DECR chairman’s message of greetings to Primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem on his saint’s day
The chairman of the Department for the External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, has sent the following message of greetings to His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, on his saint’s day
21.03.2015 0:06
Meeting is held for the preparation of events marking the millennium of the demise of Holy Prince Vladimir and the Day of Slavonic Literature and Culture in 2015
The meeting was chaired by Ms. Olga Golodets, Deputy Chair of the Government of the Russian Federation.
19.03.2015 18:47
DECR hosts first meeting of Commission for International Cooperation of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations under the President of Russian Federation
On 19 March 2015, the first meeting of the Commission for International Cooperation of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations under the President of the Russian Federation took place at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. The Commission was established at the Council’s meeting on…
17.03.2015 17:20
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates at St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow on the commemoration day of the holy Prince
At the Little Entrance His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presented church awards to some brethren. After the Litany of Fervent Supplication the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church offered up a prayer for peace in Ukraine.
15.03.2015 19:58
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk completes his pilgrimage to Mount Athos
On March 14, Metropolitan Hilarion concelebrated the Divine Liturgy at the monastery’s cathedral with His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
14.03.2015 10:04
DECR chairman visits Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos
After the evening service, Metropolitan Hilarion and members of the delegation met with Archimandrite Nathanael, hegumen of the abode.
13.03.2015 19:26
Metropolitan Hilarion visits Vatopedi Monastery and Russian Xilourgou Skete
In the evening of March 11, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who was visiting Mount Athos with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, arrived in the Vatopedi Monastery
12.03.2015 3:18
Metropolitan Hilarion begins pilgrimage to Mount Athos
On 10 March 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), arrived in the Holy Mount Athos with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
09.03.2015 22:36
Primate of Russian Church celebrates Liturgy at Convent of Protecting Veil of the Mother of God on the 2nd Sunday of Lent
Upon his arrival at the convent, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill venerated the holy relics of the blessed eldress Matrona at the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God and officiated at the Liturgy of St Basil the Great at the Church of the Resurrection.
05.03.2015 17:53
Chinese version of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk’s book ‘The Sacrament of Faith’ comes out
The Chinese version of Metropolitan Hilarion’s book ‘The Sacrament of Faith’ has come out. It has been prepared by the Orthodox Brotherhood of Ss Peter and Paul in Hong Kong. The translation was made by Ling Seng, a young expert in Russian language and literature who studies at the extramural…