DECR Chairman
27.05.2014 14:31
Choirs of the Sistine Chapel and Tretyakov Gallery execute Western and Eastern hymns
Among those who assembled in the hall were hierarchs of Local Orthodox Church. The concert was also attended by the Apostolic Nuncio in the Russian Federation, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, and the head of the Catholic Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi.
27.05.2014 11:36
DECR chairman meets with delegation of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Hilarion warmly welcomed members of the delegation. The Bulgarian hierarchs told him about church life in their dioceses.
24.05.2014 23:29
Patriarch Kirill meets with a delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
The guests presented the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church with a gift from His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. It was an icon of St. Sophia (Hortokoridou), a newly-glorified Greek saint, a nun of the Kleisoura convent in northern Greece.
24.05.2014 18:09
Primates of the Russian and Bulgarian Orthodox Churches celebrate at the Church of Christ the Saviour on the commemoration day of Ss Cyril and Methodius
A congratulatory address of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was read by Metropolitan Onufriy of Chernovtsy and Bukovina, and several hierarchs were granted high church awards.
22.05.2014 23:12
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at International Conference in Tula State University
Metropolitan Hilarion presented a report, in which he spoke of the role the Russian Orthodox Church has played in Russia. He believes that people should know traditional values thus being able to oppose the forces which justify sin and ruin human souls.
16.05.2014 23:16
DECR chairman expresses condolences over the demise of Metropolitan Basil of Elasson
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, has send to Archbishop Hieronymus of Athens of All Greece a letter expressing condolences over the demise of Metropolitan Basil of Elasson, a hierarch of the Greek Orthodox Church.
16.05.2014 15:20
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship of Australian state of Victoria
On 16 May 2014, at the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, met with Mr. Nicholas Kotsiras, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship of the State Government of Victoria (Australia).
16.05.2014 14:57
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Colombia’s new ambassador to Russia
On May 16, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with Colombia’s newly appointed ambassador to the Russian Federation, H. E. Jaime Giron Duarte, at the DECR. In attendance were Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for far abroad, and Miguel Palacio,…
15.05.2014 16:54
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in seminar on social ethics at Uppsala University
Prof. Elena Namli, director of the Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, acted as a moderator of the seminar.
15.05.2014 12:10
Cooperation agreement signed between ROC Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Uppsala University Faculty of Theology
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, who is on a visit to Sweden with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, and Prof. Mikael Stenmark, dean of the Uppsala University Faculty of Theology signed a cooperation agreement…