DECR Chairman
19.04.2013 13:29
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk sends his condolences to U.S. Secretary of State over the tragedy in Boston
DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expressed his condolences to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over the terrorist attack committed in Boston on April 15. The text of the message is given below.
19.04.2013 10:56
Working Group for cooperation between Russian Orthodox Church and Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds its regular meeting
On 18 April 2013, the 18th meeting of the Working group for cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was held at the Ministry’s mansion.
17.04.2013 10:59
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church
In a solemn ceremony at the Orthodox Cultural and Religious Center in Warsaw, Metropolitan Hilarion presented the Polish Orthodox Church with an iconostasis for the Center’s Chapel of Ss Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-the-Apostles as a gift from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.
17.04.2013 10:51
Metropolitan Hilarion delivers a lecture at University of Thessaloniki
At the university main entrance, Metropolitan Hilarion was welcomed by rector Prof Yoannis Mylopoulos, pro-rector Despina Lioliou and dean of the Faculty of Theology Prof Michael Tritos.
16.04.2013 18:54
Patriarch Kirill meets with Cuban ambassador
On April 16, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Cuba’s newly appointed ambassador to Russia, Emilio Lozada Garcia, at the Throne Hall of the Church of Christ the Saviour.
15.04.2013 23:52
DECR chairman continues his pilgrimage to Mount Athos
On 14 April 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently leading the group of pilgrims visiting the Holy Mount Athos with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Iveron Monastery.
15.04.2013 20:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos
That same day, the pilgrims visited a scete of the Monastery of St. Panteleimon the Old Roussikon, which is undergoing restoration.
13.04.2013 10:57
Patriarch Kirill chairs a regular meeting of the Supreme Church Council
On April 12, 2013, the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church met for a regular meeting at the Supreme Church Council Hall in the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. The meeting was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
11.04.2013 14:56
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Iranian ambassador to Russia
On April 11, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Mahmoud Reza, at the DECR.
10.04.2013 21:31
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Bulgaria’s ex-president Georgi Parvanov
Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed the high guest on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and wished him success his in public service.