DECR Chairman
19.09.2014 11:01
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian ambassador to Jordan
On September 18, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is in Amman, attending the plenary session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church, met with Russian Ambassador to Jordan B. Bolotin, at…
18.09.2014 0:45
Metropolitan Hilarion: Unia remains a bleeding wound on the body of Christendom
The chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, believes that the 13th plenary session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches should result in a theologically correct exposition of differences in the Orthodox and Catholic teachings on…
17.09.2014 21:12
Interview of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to Interfax news agency
"At a time when we are discussing our theological differences, thousands of Christians – Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant – are shedding blood for the faith in Christ. Such representative gathering as the Joint Commission assembled in Amman cannot stand aside from their suffering and should raise its authoritative voice in their…
16.09.2014 15:04
Metropolitan Hilarion addresses Orthodox participants in 13th session of Joint Commission for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue
On September 16, 2014, participants in the 13th session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches gathered together at Amman, Jordan.
15.09.2014 18:07
Metropolitan Hilarion: there always be spiritual unity between the Russian and Ukrainian nations
On September 13, Metropolitan Hilarion, host of the Church and the World talk-show on Vesti-24 TV network, had as his guest Mr. Alexander Shchipkov, editor-in-chief of the Religion and Mass Media internet portal. They discussed the religious dimension of the Ukrainian conflict.
14.09.2014 23:56
DECR chairman meets with Syria’s Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs
On September 14, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs of the Arab Republic of Syria, Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Sattar Al Sayed, at the parish house of the church of Our Lady the Joy…
12.09.2014 23:48
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with president of the Conference of European Rabbis
On September 12, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met at the DECR with Moscow’s Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbies.
11.09.2014 0:37
Patriarch Kirill meets with President of South Ossetia
They discussed problems involved in the development of religious relations between the peoples of Russia and South Ossetia and other matters of mutual concern.
10.09.2014 3:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk completes his pilgrimage to Romania
On 9 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, concluded his pilgrimage to the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bucovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church by visiting churches and monasteries of the city of Iași.
10.09.2014 3:05
Presentation of Romanian translation of Metropolitan Hilarion’s books takes place in Iași
Among those who attended the presentation were the Archbishop of Iași, Metropolitan Teofan of Moldova and Bucovina, professors and students of the Theological Faculty of the University of Iaşi, monastics and clergymen.