DECR Chairman
19.06.2014 13:02
DECR chairman’s congratulations to Metropolitan Cornelius of Tallinn and All Estonia on the occasion of his 90th birthday
On June 19, Metropolitan Cornelius of Tallinn and All Estonia turns 90 years old.
17.06.2014 13:25
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chairs a regular session of the Supreme Church Council
(Russian) 17 июня 2014 года в зале Высшего Церковного Совета кафедрального соборного Храма Христа Спасителя в Москве под председательством Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла началось очередное заседание Высшего Церковного Совета Русской Православной Церкви.
12.06.2014 17:34
Metropolitan Hilarion’s film “Orthodoxy in the British Islands” to premiere on Kultura TV channel
The documentary “Orthodoxy in the British Islands” will premiere at 22:05 on June 18, 2014, on the Rossiya-Kultura TV channel. The author of the film is Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, its producer Valeriy Shekhovtsev.
10.06.2014 21:49
DECR chairman attends the conference on Astrakhan and the Bagrations: the History of Two Burials
The conference is attended by bishops and clergy of the Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches, as well as prominent scholars and experts from Russia and Georgia.
06.06.2014 21:32
DECR chairman meets with Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church
On 6 June 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Syrian Catholic Church, Mor Ignatius Joseph III Younan, who was on a visit to St. Petersburg and Moscow together…
06.06.2014 17:11
Working group for cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation holds its 19th meeting
On 6 June 2014, the 19th meeting of the Working Group for cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation took place at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) under the chairmanship of its head, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk,…
04.06.2014 15:13
Hierarchs of the three Local Orthodox Churches celebrate at the Intercession church in Minsk
(Russian) 4 июня 2014 года митрополит Волоколамский Иларион совершил в минском храме Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, что в Крупцах, Божественную литургию в сослужении архиепископа Михаловско-Кошицкого Георгия (Православная Церковь Чешских земель и Словакии) и епископа Силуана, окормляющего приходы Румынской Православной Церкви в Италии.
04.06.2014 12:28
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk addresses 4th European Orthodox-Catholic Forum in Minsk
On June 3, 2014, the 4th European Orthodox-Catholic Forum on Religion and Cultural Pluralism: Challenges for the Christian Churches in Europe held its first plenary session.
04.06.2014 12:28
The Role of Secular and Christian Values in Contemporary Multicultural European Society
Presentation by the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk аt the International Forum on 'Religious and Cultural Pluralism: The Challenges for the Christian Churches of Europe' (2 - 6 June 2014).
03.06.2014 19:44
Metropolitan Hilarion: In today’s society the voice of the Church often becomes a voice crying in the wilderness
Before the beginning of the 4th Orthodox-Catholic Forum on Religion and Cultural Diversity: Challenges for the Christian Churches in Europe to take place from June 2 to 5, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, answered questions from Byelorussian journalists.