DECR Chairman
26.01.2013 15:14
DECR chairman expresses condolences over demise of Cardinal Jósef Glemp, former Archbishop of Warsaw and Primate of Poland
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed condolences to Metropolitan Jósef Michalik, President of the Polish Episcopal Conference, over the demise of Cardinal Jósef Glemp, former Archbishop of Warsaw and Primate of Poland. The text of the message is given below.
25.01.2013 10:55
Primate of Georgian Orthodox Church takes part in closing of Christmas Festival of Religious Music
On 24 January 2013, the final concert of the Third Christmas Festival of Religious Music took place at the Moscow International House of Music. Attending the concert was His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia.
24.01.2013 17:38
Major Orthodox public forum, 21st International Christmas Readings, opens in Moscow
January 24, 2013 – the 21st International Christmas Educational Readings were opened by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the State Kremlin Palace. This year the theme of the Reading is Traditional Values and the Modern World.
24.01.2013 17:36
(Russian) “Традиционные ценности – вызов секулярному мировоззрению”. Доклад митрополита Илариона на открытии XXI Международных образовательных Рождествеских чтений
(Russian) 24 января 2013 года председатель ОВЦС митрополит Волоколамский Иларион выступил с докладом на пленарном заседании в день открытия XXI Международных образовательных Рождественских чтений в Москве.
23.01.2013 16:41
DECR chairman meets with hierarchs of Georgian Orthodox Church
On 22 January 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with the hierarchs of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Theodore of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti and Metropolitan Gerasim of Zugdidi and Tsaishi.
23.01.2013 3:07
(Russian) Митрополит Иларион: Верующий человек должен следить за своим здоровьем
(Russian) 19 января 2013 года гостем программы «Церковь и мир» стал руководитель Федеральной службы по надзору в сфере защиты прав потребителей и благополучия человека, главный государственный санитарный врач России Геннадий Онищенко.
22.01.2013 22:49
DECR chairman greets His Holiness Patriarch Irenej of Serbia with third anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church with the third anniversary of his enthronement
22.01.2013 21:21
Primates of Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches celebrate at Assumption Cathedral in Moscow Kremlin
On January 23, 2012, the commemoration day of St. Philip of Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and His Holiness and Beatitude Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of All Georgia celebrated the Divine Liturgy and a thanksgiving to St. Philip at the Cathedral of the Assumption at the Moscow Kremlin.
22.01.2013 12:37
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill officiates at IFUOCN awarding ceremony
On 21 January 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia officiated at the ceremony of awarding the prize “For the Outstanding Activity in Strengthening Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations and Promotion of Christian Values in the Life of Society” named after His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II. The…
22.01.2013 0:48
DECR Chairman greets Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania on the occasion of his Name Day
The Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, has sent the following message of greetings to His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, on the occasion of the Name Day