DECR Chairman
05.02.2014 21:18
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expresses concern over sufferings of Christians in Syria during the meeting with representatives of Syrian opposition
On 5 February 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, received representatives of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.
04.02.2014 9:45
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with President of the Italian Episcopal Conference
On 3rd February 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), visited Genoa with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and met with Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
03.02.2014 0:26
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates together with a bishop of the Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church
The service was held in Church Slavonic and Japanese.
01.02.2014 23:36
The 5th anniversary of Patriarch Kirill’s enthronement marked by Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour
On February 1, 2014, the 5th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
31.01.2014 20:44
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends round-table conference on the 5th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
On January 31, 2014, a round-table conference devoted to the 5th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took place at Moscow State University’s Chapel of St. Tatiana.
30.01.2014 15:45
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch leaves for homeland
On January 30, His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East completed his visit to the Russian Orthodox Church. During his visit the Primate was accompanied by Metropolitan Basilios of Akkar, Metropolitan Ephraim of Tripoli, Archbishop Nifon of Philippopolis, representative of the Patriarch of Antioch to the…
30.01.2014 15:43
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East completes his visit to the Russian Orthodox Church
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East visited the Russian Orthodox Church at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia from January 25 to 30, 2014.
30.01.2014 10:30
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Minister Lavrov underscored a special historical value of the centuries-long relations between the Orthodox Church of Antioch and Russia. These relations are conducive for maintaining traditional accord, which is indispensable in the world and in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Mikhail of Kiev, the first Metropolitan of Rus’, came…
29.01.2014 20:24
DECR chairman takes part in section on supporting compatriots abroad
On 29 January 2014, the section on Compatriots Abroad, Spiritual and Moral Education, Russian Language, and Educational Role of Church Centers was held at the State Duma of the Russian Federation within the framework of the Christmas parliamentary meetings of the 22nd International Educational Christmas Readings.
29.01.2014 1:06
Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch venerates shrines in the Church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East, during his official visit to the Russian Orthodox Church, visited the Moscow Church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordynka. He was welcomed by the rector of the church, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the…