DECR Chairman

05.07.2014 14:54

METROPOLITAN HILARION OF VOLOKOLAMSK EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEMISE OF PRIMATE OF UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

METROPOLITAN HILARION OF VOLOKOLAMSK EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEMISE OF PRIMATE OF UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his condolences to Metropolitan Onufry of Chernovtsy and Bukovina, Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan See of Kiev, over the demise of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
02.07.2014 12:49

Swiss authorities express gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for help in releasing OSCE observers

Swiss authorities express gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for help in releasing OSCE observers H.E. Pierre Helg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to the Russian Federation, sent a letter to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressing his gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for her concern over the fate of the Organization for Security…
30.06.2014 18:42

DECR chairman congratulates Thorbjorn Jagland on his re-election as Secretary General of the Council of Europe

DECR chairman congratulates Thorbjorn Jagland on his re-election as Secretary General of the Council of Europe Metropolitan Hilarion of Vlokolamskm chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to Thorbjorn Jagland.
29.06.2014 7:37

Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the opening of “Slavonic Unity-2014” International Festival

Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the opening of “Slavonic Unity-2014” International Festival On 28 June 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in Bryansk with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the opening of the “Slavonic Unity-2014” International festival.
26.06.2014 23:34

21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy opens at State Duma

21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy opens at State Duma June 26, 2014 – the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy has opened in the State Duma under the theme “Parliamentary Democracy – Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings”.
26.06.2014 23:32

Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the 1st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy

Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the 1st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy On June 26, the opening of the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy took place in the State Duma under the theme “Parliamentary Democracy – Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings”. Below is the address to the Assembly by the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’ department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of…
24.06.2014 19:23

Metropolitan Hilarion sends condolences to Metropolitan John of Varna and Veliki Preslav over the flood in Bulgaria

Metropolitan Hilarion sends condolences to Metropolitan John of Varna and Veliki Preslav over the flood in Bulgaria Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, has sent to Metropolitan John of Varna and Veliki Preslav the following message of condolences over the catastrophic flood in Bulgaria
22.06.2014 20:13

Metropolitan Hilarion: We pray to all saints in the Russian land for the spiritual unity of Holy Russia

Metropolitan Hilarion: We pray to all saints in the Russian land for the spiritual unity of Holy Russia On June 22, the commemoration day of All the Saints Who Shone in the Russian Land, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya-Ordynka, Moscow.
20.06.2014 18:04

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with delegation of Association of Orthodox Families in Beirut

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with delegation of Association of Orthodox Families in Beirut On June 20, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with a delegation of the Association of Orthodox Families in Beirut, who are on a visit to Moscow at the invitation of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society, which was represented at…
19.06.2014 15:33

Metropolitan Cornelius’ 90th birthday is celebrated in Tallinn

Metropolitan Cornelius’ 90th birthday is celebrated in Tallinn The 90th birthday of Metropolitan Cornelius of Tallinn and All Estonia was celebrated in Tallinn on June 18-19, 2014.