DECR Chairman
22.01.2015 12:52
DECR chairman’s message of greetings to Archbishop Anastasios of All Albania on his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, has sent the following message of greetings to the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, on the occasion of his Name Day.
21.01.2015 16:50
Patriarch Kirill celebrates the liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour
On January 21, 2015, before the 23d International Educational Christmas Readings began their work, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
21.01.2015 15:42
Metropolitan Hilarion sends greetings to the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church with his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte, the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, on his Name Day.
21.01.2015 0:49
DECR chairman meets with newly-appointed Ambassador of Russian Federation to Republic of Korea
The participants in the meeting discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest, including the situation of Orthodoxy on the Korean peninsula.
21.01.2015 0:36
Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission in its new composition holds plenary session
On 20 January 2015, a plenary session of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission in its new composition, approved by the Holy Synod at its meeting on 25-26 December 2013 (Minutes #159), took place at the Department for External Church Relations under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.
20.01.2015 13:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expresses condolences to Reinhard Cardinal Marx, President of German Bishops’ Conference, over the demise of Msgr. Dr. Albert Rauch
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his condolences to Reinhard Cardinal Marx, President of the German Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop of Munich and Freizing, over the death of Msgr. Dr. Albert Rauch, Director of the Institute of Eastern Churches in Regensburg.
16.01.2015 20:00
Metropolitan Hilarion: Russian Church prays that peace may return to the land of Ukraine
On January 10, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk as anchorman of the Church and the World program on Russia-24 TV network hosted TV journalist Alexander Rogatkin. They discussed the religious situation in Ukraine.
16.01.2015 13:53
State Duma to hold round table on Heritage of Holy Rus’ and Challenges of Modern World
Organized as part of the 3d Parliamentary Christmas Meetings within the 23d International Christmas Readings, this event will be co-chaired by Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, and Mr. A. Pushkov, chairman of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs.
10.01.2015 10:18
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the opening of 5th Christmas Festival of Religious Music in Moscow
The Christmas Festival already has its own history and its own audience, Metropolitan Hilarion noted, greeting all those present in the concert hall.
07.01.2015 23:45
Patriarch Kirill celebrates Great Vespers on Christmas Day in Church of Christ the Saviour
In the evening of the Day of the Nativity of Christ, January the 7th, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Great Vespers at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.