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05.08.2014 16:15
Metropolitan Hilarion: Middle East and Ukraine – parts of the same strategy
The causes of the wide spread of radical Islamist ideologies and ways of solving the problem; the military conflicts in the Middle East as related to the escalation of violence in Ukraine; the fate of the kidnapped Metropolitans of Syria are subjects of the interview given to RIA-Novosti by the…
05.08.2014 11:10
Metropolitan Hilarion expresses condolences to Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China over earthquake in Yunnan province
In his message to Mr. Li KEQIANG, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his condolences over a devastating earthquake in Yunnan province, as a result of which several hundred people…
03.08.2014 10:03
Metropolitan Hilarion’s condolences to Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China over the tragedy in Kunshan
The chairman of the Department for Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, has sent to the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Li Keqiang, the following message of condolences over the tragedy which has resulted from an explosion at…
01.08.2014 16:26
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with a group of pilgrims from Colombia
On August 1, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, received a group of pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Manizales, Colombia, led by Archbishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo.
30.07.2014 18:59
Patriarch Kirill receives Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York
On July 30, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Outside Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, at the patriarchal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery.
28.07.2014 20:16
Patriarch Kirill celebrates the memory of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles
On July 28, 2014, the commemoration day of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles and the Day of the Baptism of Rus’, a public holiday in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour…
28.07.2014 15:59
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at a university post-graduates’ summer debate camp
A representative of the Russian Orthodox Church has taken part in the work of GAIDPARK school for the first time since it was founded three years ago.
27.07.2014 22:15
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volkolamsk: Reading of the Psalms for a Christian is a talk with God
On 27 July 2014, 7th Sunday after Pentecost, the commemoration day of the Holy Fathers of the Six Ecumenical Councils, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, rector of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute for Post-Graduate Studies, celebrated the Divine Liturgy…
26.07.2014 21:46
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches celebrate Divine Service at Representation of Orthodox Church of Antioch in Moscow on feast day of the Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel
On 26 July 2014, feast day of the Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Moscow Representation of the Patriarchate of Antioch, the Church of St. Gabriel the Archangel.
24.07.2014 19:15
Metropolitan Hilarion receives birthday congratulations from Local Orthodox Churches
On July 24, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-at-Bolshaya-Ordynka in Moscow.