DECR Chairman

20.05.2013 19:07

Meeting of Organizing Committee for Days of Russia abroad with inclusion of religious events

The meeting was chaired by the co-chair of the Committee, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, Ms. A. Manilova, deputy minister of culture, and G. Gatilov, deputy foreign minister.
18.05.2013 12:00

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople On 17 May 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), who was making a working trip to Istanbul with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
18.05.2013 10:10

Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at the conference on the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan

Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at the conference on the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan On 16 May 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently in Turkey with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, and his suite venerated Christian holy sites of Istanbul and the monastery of Khor and…
16.05.2013 14:59

Metropolitan Hilarion begins his working visit to Turkey

On 16 May 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), arrived in Istanbul with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
16.05.2013 1:44

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to China

On 11-15 May 2013, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was on his visit to China.
16.05.2013 1:14

Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with religious leaders of Shanghai

Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with religious leaders of Shanghai On 15 May 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with religious leaders of Shanghai at the headquarters of the Council of Churches of China.
16.05.2013 0:07

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy in Shanghai

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy in Shanghai On 15 May 2013, Wednesday of the second week after Pascha and commemoration day of the holy passion-bearers princes Boris and Gleb, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the building of the former cathedral of “The Helper of Sinners” icon of the…
14.05.2013 17:55

Metropolitan Hilarion: There is every condition for the Orthodox Church in China to revive

Metropolitan Hilarion: There is every condition for the Orthodox Church in China to revive Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relation, speaks about the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to China in his interview to Olga Samsonova, RIA Novosti news agency.
13.05.2013 8:40

Patriarch Kirill: The dreams of the Chinese Orthodox Church’s bright future begins to come true

Patriarch Kirill: The dreams of the Chinese Orthodox Church’s bright future begins to come true On May 12, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia had a talk with Chinese believers at the Russian Embassy in Beijing.
12.05.2013 21:19

Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy in Beijing

Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy in Beijing On May 12, 2013, the second Sunday after Pascha, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the territory of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Beijing in which the Russian Orthodox Mission in China used to be.