DECR Chairman

14.12.2012 13:52

Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the 20th St. Andrew the First-Called International Prize for Faith and Faithfulness Award Ceremony

On 13 December 2012, the State Kremlin Palace hosted the 20th Award Ceremony for the St. Andrew the First-Called International Prize for Faith and Faithfulness.
14.12.2012 9:53

Delegation of the Georgian Orthodox Church visits Russia

On December 13, the commemoration day of St. Andrew the First-Called, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, and Metropolitan Gerasim of Zugdidi and Tsaishi, chairman of the Foreign Department of the Georgian Patriarchate, conducted a lesser blessing of the Church of the…
12.12.2012 12:05

Metropolitan Hilarion chairs final session of theological talks with representatives of the Evangelical Church in Germany

On 11 December 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), chaired the final session of bilateral theological talks between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Church in Germany on the topic “Christian Churches in a Multicultural Society.”
11.12.2012 16:54

(Russian) Митрополит Иларион: Чтобы пресса не превращалась в королевство кривых зеркал, нужны определенные этические правила внутри журналистского сообщества

(Russian) Митрополит Волоколамский выступил перед студентами факультета филологии и журналистики Южного федерального университета.
10.12.2012 14:22

Theological talks between Russian Orthodox Church and Evangelical Church in Germany

Representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Evangelical Church in Germany have begun talks in Rostov-on-Don in continuation of the theological dialogue initiated over 50 years ago. In accordance with the Holy Synod Decision of June 6, 2012, the meeting is held in Rostov-on-Don and devoted to the theme ‘Christian…
10.12.2012 14:22

Metropolitan Hilarion’s message to participants in theological talks between Russian Orthodox Church and Evangelical Church in Germany

On December 9, 2012, representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Evangelical Church in Germany began theological talks in Rostov-on-Don as a continuation of the theological dialogue initiated over 50 years ago. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, sent the following message…
10.12.2012 8:54

(Russian) Митрополит Иларион: Не прекращаются попытки отнять у сербского народа его многовековую историю и заглушить его историческую память

(Russian) Митрополит Иларион: Не прекращаются попытки отнять у сербского народа его многовековую историю и заглушить его историческую память (Russian) Председатель ОВЦС митрополит Волоколамский Иларион дал интервью сербскому информационному агентству “Tanjug”.
10.12.2012 2:28

Delegation of Russian Orthodox Church takes part in funeral service for the Patriarch of Antioch

(Russian) Чин отпевания был совершен в соборе святителя Николая Чудотворца в бейрутском районе Ашрафия.
09.12.2012 23:21

Metropolitan Hilarion: Radicalism disguised with religious slogans can be defeated only through common efforts of traditional confessions and state power

Metropolitan Hilarion: Radicalism disguised with religious slogans can be defeated only through common efforts of traditional confessions and state power On December 8, 2012, Mufti Farid Salman, a well-known Islamic theologian, was the guest of the Church and the World talk-show anchored by the DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on Russia 24 TV channel.
09.12.2012 23:04

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates at the Russian parish in Beirut

On 9 December 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Mar Elias district, Beirut, where the Russian-speaking Orthodox Christians residing in Lebanon receive spiritual care.