DECR Chairman
09.04.2014 12:58
Second meeting of the working group for dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Turkey takes place at the Department for External Church Relations
The meeting was held at the DECR premises on April 8, 2014, under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Paçaci, head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the…
09.04.2014 12:57
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the head of Foreign Relations Department of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Turkey
On 8th April 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Paçaci, head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, usually referred to as Diyanet.
08.04.2014 0:42
Metropolitan Hilarion: the Mother of God always comes to our aid and always hears our prayers
After the liturgy, Metropolitan Hilarion addressed the congregation, delivering a sermon on the meaning of the Annunciation as not only a fruit of Divine providence and action but also human participation and contribution in the person of the Most Holy Mother of God, who humbly accepted God’s blessing to the…
05.04.2014 16:43
DECR chairman’s condolences over the death of Metropolitan Ioann of Zagreb and Ljubljana, Serbian Church
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, in the following letter to His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, expressed condolences over the demise of Metropolitan Ioann of Zagreb and Ljubljana
04.04.2014 0:02
Metropolitan Hilarion’s interview to National Catholic Register
Metropolitan Hilarion’s interview to National Catholic Register
03.04.2014 13:33
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations receives Latvia’s ambassador Ms Astre Kurme
Ms Kurme conveyed a letter from Latvia’s President Andris Berzins to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
02.04.2014 18:30
Metropolitan Hilarion meets French church and public figures
Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed the guests to the Synodal department responsible for the Russian Orthodox Church’s external relations.
30.03.2014 23:04
Representatives of Local Orthodox Churches congratulate Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the fifth anniversary of his appointment as DECR chairman
Metropolitan Hilarion thanked all the worshippers for their prayers and support.
25.03.2014 23:18
PRESENTATION by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk Chairman of the Deparment of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Chairman of the Synodal Biblical-Theological Commission Rector of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Postgraduate Institute
University of Freiburg, 24 March 2014
25.03.2014 16:09
Metropolitan Hilarion: The crisis in the Ukrainian society offers the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church a unique opportunity to unite all
On March 22, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who hosts the Church and World talk-show on Russia-24 TV channel, had as his guest the editor-in-chief of the Religion and Mass Media portal, journalist Alexander Shchipkov.