DECR Chairman
24.10.2013 16:09
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Rector of Russian Christian Academy for Humanities
On 24 October 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute for Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, met with Prof. Dr. Dmitry Burlaka, rector of the Russian Christian Academy for the Humanities.
24.10.2013 14:37
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk opens an international conference on martyrdom, confession and mass repressions
An international conference on Theological Reflection on Martyrdom, Confession and Mass Repressions opened at the conference hall of the Danilovskaya Hotel, Moscow. It is organized by the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies with the participation of Novospassky Monastery and the Educational Center “Butovo Firing Range”…
24.10.2013 12:37
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets vice-chairman of Cuba’s government
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the vice-chairman of the Cuban Council of Ministers, Mr. Ricardo Cabrisas. Present at the meeting were also Cuban Ambassador to Russia His Excellency Emilio Lozada Garcia and Miguel Palacio of the DECR secretariat for…
23.10.2013 20:51
Cooperation agreement signed between Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute and Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, in his capacity as rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies, and Dr. A. Torkunov, rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (university) (MGIMO) under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs,…
23.10.2013 20:51
Religious Factor in International Relations
On October 23, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion read a lecture at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (university) (MGIMO) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before the lecture, he, in his capacity as rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies, and Dr. A. Torkunov,…
22.10.2013 15:46
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with new Latvian ambassador to Russia
On 22 October 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Russian Federation, H. E. Astra Kurme.
21.10.2013 16:11
3d advanced courses for newly-installed bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church
21 October 2013 – With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the 3d two-day advanced course for newly-installed bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church opened at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies.
21.10.2013 12:35
Metropolitan Hilarion: the unique role of the Russian Orthodox Church is that it unites the peoples of the post-Soviet space
On October 19, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion as the host of the Church and the World talk show on Vesti-24 TV channel had as his guest Fedor Lukyanov, journalist and political scientist, chairman of the Council for Foreign and Defence Policy. Below is the abridged text of their talk.
18.10.2013 16:48
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador Bolot Junusov of Kyrgyzstan to Russia
On 18 October 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H. E. Bolot Junusov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Russian Federation.
17.10.2013 17:11
DECR chairman sends condolences over the death of Mr. Wilfried Martens, President of the European People’s Party
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of condolences to Ms. Smet over the demise of her spouse, Mr. Wilfried Martens, President of the European People’s Party.