DECR Chairman
25.06.2019 10:23
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk begins pilgrimage to Greece
On 23 June 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) arrived in Greece with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
21.06.2019 11:21
DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of Denmark to Russia
Metropolitan Hilarion warmly greeted the guest at the Synodal department in charge of external relations of the Russian Church.
20.06.2019 15:48
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with a hierarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
Metropolitan Mar Ishaq extended congratulations to His Eminence Hilarion on yesterday’s commemoration day of his patron saint and conveyed him a cordial greeting from His Holiness Mar Gewargis III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
20.06.2019 15:38
DECR chairman meets with Hungary’s Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén
During the talk, the interlocutors exchanged opinions concerning a number of problems including the church situation in Ukraine.
19.06.2019 21:02
CMI Commencement Day begins with common prayer of the rector, faculty and student
On June 19, 2019, the commemoration day of his heavenly patron – St. Hilarion the New and the 32th anniversary of his monastic vows, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), celebrated Divine Liturgy in the church of…
13.06.2019 19:17
DECR chairman meets with Secretary General of Eurasian People’s Assembly
On 13th June 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Andrei Belyaninov, Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly International Union of Non-Governmental Organizations, chairman of the management board of the Eurasian Development Bank.
13.06.2019 12:55
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of the Supreme Church Council
On 13 June 2019, a session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church took place at the Supreme Church Council’s Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour under chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
11.06.2019 15:51
A hierarch of Serbian Orthodox Church visits Department for External Church Relations
On June 10, 2019, Bishop Arsenije of Nis, Serbian Orthodox Church, who is on a pilgrim trip to holy places of the Russian Orthodox Church, visited the St. Daniel Patriarchal Monastery and the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, in which he was received by Metropolitan Hilarion…
11.06.2019 15:25
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with newly appointed Russian ambassador to Serbia
On June 10, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), received the Russian Federation Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary A. A. Botsan-Kharchenko, who is preparing to leave for his new duty station in Belgrade.
08.06.2019 16:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus
In the beginning of the meeting, the DECR chairman conveyed to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus cordial greetings and best wishes from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.