DECR Chairman
19.07.2019 17:02
Leader of the Center for Dialogue of Religions and Cultures of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization in Iran completes his visit to Moscow
From July 14 to 18, 2019, Hojjat-ul-Islam Muhammad Mahdi Tashiri, leader of the Interreligious Dialogue Center of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization in Iran, was on a visit to Moscow.
18.07.2019 21:29
On the Day of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the St. Sergius Laura’s church of the Holy Spirit
The archpastor was assisted by Archbishop Theopanus of Korea, Bishop Alexy of Galich and Makariev and brethren of the monastery.
17.07.2019 23:36
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrated All-Night Vigil at the church of the Holy Trinity in the St. Sergius Laura of the Holy Trinity
On July 17, 2019, celebrations started at the St. Sergius Laura of the Holy Trinity to honour St. Sergius of Radonezh on his the commemoration day.
15.07.2019 22:40
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian Ambassador to Montenegro
On 15 July 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Vladislav Maslennikov, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Montenegro.
15.07.2019 21:44
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with delegation of Urbi et Orbi Foundation
On 15 July 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a delegation the Urbi et Orbi Foundation led by its founder Dr. Robert Moynihan, who is also editor-in-chief of the Inside the Vatican magazine.
15.07.2019 21:22
DECR chairman meets with the head of the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue of the Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization
On 15 July 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Hujjat al Islam Mohammad Mehdi Taskhiri, head of the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization.
14.07.2019 21:40
Metropolitan Hilarion meets at Poznanie charity with Syrian children who have come to Moscow for treatment
Seven-year-old Bashar Canaan and thirteen-year-old Sidra Zarour had come with their parents to Russia on June 30 to undergo prosthetics and rehabilitation under the charity project “There are no foreign children”.
12.07.2019 22:35
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the Moscow representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church
On July 12, 2019, the commemoration day of Ss Peter and Paul, Metropolitan Hilarion, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Moscow representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church at the St. Peter Church-on-the Yauza River.
10.07.2019 16:33
Metropolitan Hilarion: Events in Ukraine have shown that the structures created by Patriarch Bartholomew are unviable
On July 6, 2019, during the Church and the World talk show broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays by Russia 24 TV channel, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from the channel presenter Ekaterina Gracheva.
09.07.2019 11:31
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of the Holy Synod at Valaam Monastery
On July 8-11, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Transfiguration of the Saviour stauropegic monastery on Valaam.