DECR Chairman
01.11.2019 17:29
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill signs Patriarchal and Synodal Charter on the Restoration of the Unity of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe with the Russian Orthodox Church
On 2nd – 4th November, the celebrations marking the reunification of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe with the Russian Orthodox Church will be held in Moscow.
30.10.2019 20:08
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Cuba Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermúdes
While greeting the President of Cuba, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church mentioned their first meeting in Moscow in September 2018 and cordially greeted the high guest with his election as President.
30.10.2019 15:18
The Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee’s 6th Plenary Session in Moscow
Among the attendees are representatives of Christian confessions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.
29.10.2019 13:05
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of the Holy Synod
On October 29, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chaired a regular session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in Danilov Monastery in Moscow.
28.10.2019 15:07
DECR chairman meets with newly appointed ambassador of Russia to Albania
Metropolitan Hilarion informed his interlocutor about the cooperation between the Russian and the Albanian Orthodox Churches.
26.10.2019 20:33
DECR chairman completes his trip to the USA
During his visit to the USA, Metropolitan Hilarion took part in the celebrations devoted to the 125th anniversary of the beginning of the service of St. Raphael of Brooklyn and the centenary of the St. Nicholas Cathedral of the Church of Antioch in Brooklyn.
26.10.2019 12:58
Metropolitan Hilarion visits New York Synodal Residence of the Russian Church Outside Russia
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), while on a visit to the United States visited the synodal residence of the Russian Church Outside Russia – the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York
25.10.2019 4:37
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America
On 24 October 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a working visit to the USA with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America in…
24.10.2019 8:05
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with heads of Archdioceses of Constantinople and Antioch in North America
After a lunch offered by Metropolitan Joseph, the three hierarchs met privately to exchange views on the current inter-Orthodox situation. At the end of the meeting the two visiting hierarchs exchanged memorable gifts.”
23.10.2019 17:29
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian Ambassador to the USA
On 22 October 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a working visit to the USA, visited the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington, where he met with H.E. Anatoly Antonov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian…