DECR Chairman
25.05.2013 20:03
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill blesses monument to Patriarch Hermogen
25 May 2013 marked the centenary of canonization of the holy martyr Hermogen, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin.
25.05.2013 18:13
Patriarch Kirill receives a delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
On May 25, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Bishop Cyril of Avida and Archimandrite Panaretos (Psarevtis), abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Crete (Orthodox Church of Constantinople) at his residence in Christy Pereulok.
24.05.2013 19:25
On the Day of Ss Cyril and Methodius, Primates of the Church of Jerusalem and the Russian Orthodox Church celebrate Divine Liturgy in the Kremlin Church of the Assumption
On May 24, 2013, the commemoration day of Ss Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Teachers of the Slavs (Patriarch Kirill’s name day), and the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy…
23.05.2013 15:22
DECR chairman expresses condolences to Mr. John Kerry, US Secretary of State, over natural disaster in Oklahoma
In his message to Mr. John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States of America. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his condolences over the destructive tornado brought down upon the State of Oklahoma. The text of the message is…
23.05.2013 15:01
Primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem arrives in Moscow
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos will stay on a visit to the Russian Orthodox Church till May 31.
23.05.2013 0:37
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the chairman of Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
On 22 May 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Sergei Stepashin, chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.
21.05.2013 22:00
Easter reception is held at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 21 May 2013, a solemn Easter reception was held at the mansion of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was met by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Moscow Synodal choir conducted by Alexei Puzakov, honoured artist of Russia, sang Paschal hymns.
21.05.2013 18:42
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
On 21 May 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St Daniel Monastery.
20.05.2013 19:46
Head of the Department for External Church Relations meets with chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights
On May 20, 2013, the DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with the chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of the Civil Society and Human Rights, M. Fedotov.
20.05.2013 19:38