DECR Chairman
22.10.2019 10:22
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN
They discussed issues of mutual concern in the area of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Permanent Representation to the UN.
22.10.2019 7:57
Metropolitan Hilarion visits St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York
On October 21, 2019, in the course of his visit to the USA, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) and rector of Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), visited St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York, the higher education…
21.10.2019 9:30
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk takes part in celebrations marking the 125th anniversary of the ministry of St. Raphael of Brooklyn in America
On 19th – 20th October 2019, the celebrations marking the 125th anniversary of the beginning of the ministry of St. Raphael of Brooklyn in North America and the centenary of Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America took place in Brooklyn, New York.
17.10.2019 12:12
Patriarch Kirill chairs the Holy Synod extraordinary session
On October 17, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chaired the extraordinary session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in Danilov Monastery in Moscow.
15.10.2019 15:12
Metropolitan Hilarion: The rupture with Constantinople has not damaged either the Russian or the Ukrainian Church
The chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, gave an interview to the TASS News Agency
11.10.2019 12:45
Metropolitan Hilarion completes his visit to Bulgaria
He visited the Church of St. Paraskeva and met and talked with Metropolitan Ignatij of Pleven.
10.10.2019 23:58
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in theological conference at Veliko Tarnovo
On October 10 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently on a visit to Bulgaria with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited Veliko Tarnovo, the old capital of the country.
10.10.2019 19:13
Metropolitan Hilarion begins his visit to Bulgaria
On 9 October 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), arrived in Bulgaria with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of the University of Veliko Tarnovo.
09.10.2019 12:06
DECR chairman greets His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa with the anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal Throne
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria with the fifteenth anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal Throne
09.10.2019 10:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulates Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on his Nameday
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada with the commemoration day of his heavenly patron.