DECR Chairman
25.04.2014 13:47
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon
On 25 April 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Mr. Gebran Bassil, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of the Republic of Lebanon.
25.04.2014 11:13
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at the meeting of RGGU Academic Board
On 24 April 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations and of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission, Rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (IPGS) and member of the supervisory council of the Russian State University for…
24.04.2014 13:07
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with a group of pilgrims led by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe
On April 23, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Department for External Church Relations, met with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, and a group of clergy and laity of the diocese of Naples, who are on a pilgrimage to shrines in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The meeting took place…
23.04.2014 19:36
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the head of the Walk Free foundation
On April 23, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, and the head of the Australian human rights organization “Walk Free”, Mr. Andrew Forrest, at the DECR.
22.04.2014 5:56
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the opening of choral part of the 13th Moscow Easter Festival
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, addressed the organizers, participants and guests. He greeted them on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and said that the audience has gathered to listen to church music and share spiritual…
21.04.2014 19:13
Primate of Russian Church celebrates Paschal Great Vespers at Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow
Concelebrating with His Holiness were hierarchs and clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church and representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches.
20.04.2014 13:45
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates at the Church of ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ Icon on Easter night
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, officiated at divine services on Easter night at the Church of the ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ Icon of the Mother of God.
16.04.2014 15:06
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Catholic Archbishop of Barcelona
They discussed a wide range of issues concerning cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Catalonia, especially in cultural and educational areas.
16.04.2014 15:03
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts in Barcelona
He was assisted Hegumen Seraphim (Pavlov), rector of the church, Hieromonk Stephan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, and the parish clergy.
16.04.2014 13:31
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk sends message of greeting to Primate elect of the Syriac Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II on his election to the throne of Primate of the Syriac Orthodox Church.