DECR Chairman

09.09.2014 0:27

Metropolitan Hilarion attends patronal festival at Vorona convent

Metropolitan Hilarion attends patronal festival at Vorona convent On September 8, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarhcate’s department for external church relations, during his pilgrimage to holy places in Romania, visited the Convent of the Nativity of the Mother of God at the Vorona commune. It was the day when the convent celebrated its…
08.09.2014 18:48

Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at Pangarati Monastery

Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at Pangarati Monastery On September 7, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is on pilgrimage to Romania, led the faithful in celebrating the Divine Liturgy at the Pangarati Monastery of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
07.09.2014 23:41

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk continues his pilgrimage to Romania

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk continues his pilgrimage to Romania On 6 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, while on pilgrimage to Romania, visited a number of abodes of the Metropolitan See of Moldova and Bucovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
06.09.2014 11:33

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania On 5 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, began his pilgrimage to Romania with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
04.09.2014 17:36

DECR chairman greets 22nd International Symposium on Orthodox Spirituality in Bose

DECR chairman greets 22nd International Symposium on Orthodox Spirituality in Bose The DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, sent the following message of greetings to the organizers and participants of the symposium
03.09.2014 18:08

Organizing Committee for celebrating the 1000th anniversary of St. Vladimir’s demise holds its session

Organizing Committee for celebrating the 1000th anniversary of St. Vladimir’s demise holds its session On 3 September 2014, a session of the Organizing Committee for celebrating the 1000th anniversary of the demise of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles took place at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR).
02.09.2014 17:46

Patriarch Kirill meets Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Patriarch Kirill meets Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland On September 2, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Archbishop Kari Mäkinenn of Turku and Finland. The meeting took place at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence at the St. Daniel Monastery, Moscow.
02.09.2014 14:46

DECR chairman meets with Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

DECR chairman meets with Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland On 2 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Archbishop Kari Mäkinen of Turku and Finland.
01.09.2014 11:26

Metropolitan Hilarion: No winners in a World War

Metropolitan Hilarion: No winners in a World War A century ago, the First World War began... It might seem that the lessons of it have been wholly and long ago forgotten, just like the lessons of the war that followed it, the human losses of which outweighed even the horrific figures of the first war several times over.
01.09.2014 11:04

DECR chairman meets with Lebanon’s ambassador to Russia

DECR chairman meets with Lebanon’s ambassador to Russia On August 29, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Lebanon to the Russian Federation, Mr. Bou Nassar.