DECR Chairman
27.03.2013 6:14
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill attend Sunday of Orthodoxy reception given by the Ambassador of Greece
On 26 March 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attended reception given by H.E. Michael Spinellis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic to the Russian Federation, on the occasion of the Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrated on the first Sunday in Lent.
24.03.2013 13:58
Primate of the Russian Church celebrates at Christ the Saviour Cathedral on the Sunday of Orthodoxy
At the Little Entrance, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church elevated Archbishops Iona of Astrakhan and Kamyziak and Rostislav of Tomsk and Asino to the rank of metropolitans in compliance with the decision of the Holy Synod of March 12 to establish the Astrakhan and Tomsk metropolitan areas.
23.03.2013 21:36
Gift of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill is handed over to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
On 23 March 2013, Pope Francis of Rome met with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo, papal summer residence. It was for the first time that after his election and enthronement the Pope of Rome visited his retired predecessor.
22.03.2013 10:08
Enthronement of the head of the Anglican Church in Canterbury
The enthronement of Archbishop Justin Welby took place on March 21, 2013, at Canterbury. The solemn ceremony was held at the medieval cathedral founded by St. Augustine of Canterbury in 597.
21.03.2013 15:37
DECR chairman meets with Russia’s ambassador to Vatican
On March 20, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with Russia’s ambassador to the Vatican A. Avdeyev.
21.03.2013 11:02
Moscow Patriarchate delegation takes part in the meeting of Pope Francis of Rome with representatives of Christian Churches and world religions
On 20 March 2013, Pope Francis of Rome met with representatives of Christian Churches and world religions who arrived from many countries to attend his enthronement.
20.03.2013 17:59
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Pope Francis of Rome
On 20 March 2013, Pope Francis of Rome met with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR). The meeting took place at the premises of Vatican Secretariat of State.
20.03.2013 13:30
DECR chairman meets with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
On 20 March 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, currently in Italy to attend the enthronement of Pope Francis of Rome with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople at breakfast in the Vatican hotel “Domus…
20.03.2013 13:27
Members of the Russian Orthodox Church delegation read the Great Penitential Canon at the Church of St. Catherine in Rome
On 19 March 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the stavropegic Church of St. Catherine in Rome.
20.03.2013 12:29