DECR Chairman
13.12.2020 14:40
The Lord Has Entrusted Us With a Church That Has Existed for 1,000 Years
An interview by Kathimerini with Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev).
08.12.2020 15:33
Holy Synod takes a number of decisions pertaining to Moscow Patriarchate’s dioceses and parishes abroad, and external relations of the Russian Orthodox Church
During the session held on 8th December 2020 under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church took a number of decisions pertaining to the external activities of the Russian Orthodox Church.
08.12.2020 13:43
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church holds on-line session
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church participated in the meeting remotely, from the Patriarchal residence in Peredelkino.
07.12.2020 20:46
On commemoration day of St. Catherine, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk officiated at the Church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr In-the-Fields the representation of the Orthodox Church in America
On December 7, 2020, the commemoration day of St. Catherine the Great Martyr, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, officiated at the festive service at the Moscow representation of the Orthodox Church in America - the Church of St. Catherine In-the-Fields.
07.12.2020 15:16
Metropolitan Hilarion: Soviet dogma on religion’s ‘dying out” is obviously untenable
As to the sentiments of the youth, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, said that a sustainable growth of religious belief can be seen in many countries of the world, the United States including, as well as in some countries of Western…
06.12.2020 17:45
Metropolitan Hilarion: Constantinople’s papist claims are groundless
In his interview to RIA Novosti news agency, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, made it clear if there are any grounds for Constantinople’s claims.
30.11.2020 19:30
DECR chairman sends condolences over the death of Archbishop David of Sitka and Alaska
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolasmk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a letter to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada, expressing his condolences over the demise of Archbishop David (Mahaffey) of Sitka and Alaska.
30.11.2020 13:31
Metropolitan Hilarion: the schism provoked by Constantinople is developing outside the folds of our Church
‘It is difficult to predict how this schism will develop in the Orthodox world but I would like to emphasize that this schism is happening outside the folds of our Church’, His Eminence Hilarion said, ‘The Russian Orthodox Church remains united and consolidated, her episcopate both in Russia and Ukraine…
30.11.2020 11:25
Interreligious dialogue is much in demand today
A viewer of the Church and the World TV-programme offered an idea to found an international discussion platform for the religious organizations from all countries of the world on the model of the United Nations Organization. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations…
29.11.2020 20:15
Metropolitan Hilarion: We can always show compassion for people
(Russian) 29 ноября 2020 года, в Неделю 25-ю по Пятидесятнице, день памяти апостола и евангелиста Матфея, председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион совершил Божественную литургию в столичном храме в честь иконы Божией Матери «Всех скорбящих Радость» на Большой Ордынке.