DECR Chairman
19.03.2013 16:01
Moscow Patriarchate delegation attended enthronement of Pope Francis of Rome
On March 19, 2013, a delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate led by the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, attended the enthronement of Pope Francis of Rome, which took place on St. Peter’s Square in Rome.
19.03.2013 8:17
Delegation of Moscow Patriarchate arrives in Rome
On 18 March 2013, a delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate headed by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), arrived in Rome to attend the enthronement of Pope Francis.
18.03.2013 2:03
On Forgiveness Sunday Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy at St. Daniel’s Monastery
On the Sunday of Forgiveness and the commemoration day of St. Daniel of Moscow, March 17, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Trinity at the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow.
15.03.2013 17:25
Patriarch Kirill meets with Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas
On March 15, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas at his residence in the St. Daniel Monastery.
14.03.2013 19:16
DECR chairman greets the Pope of Rome Francis with his election
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent greetings to the new Primate of the Roman Catholic Church with his election to the chair of bishops of Rome. The text is given below.
12.03.2013 17:08
DECR chairman greets Abune Mathias with his election Patriarch of Ethiopia
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to Patriarch-Catholicos of the Ethiopian Church, Abune Mathias
12.03.2013 14:27
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church meets in session chaired by Patriarch Kirill
March 12, 2013, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has met for a regular session at the Synod’s Hall at the synodal and patriarchal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery, Moscow. It is chaired by His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
12.03.2013 12:40
Patriarch Kirill meets with President Alexander Ankvab of Abkhazia
On March 4, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, received A. S. Ankvab, President of the Republic of Abkhazia, at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery.
11.03.2013 8:42
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania
Discussed at the meeting were topical issues of relations between the Russian and Romanian Orthodox Churches, as well as inter-Orthodox cooperation.
11.03.2013 7:45