DECR Chairman

31.01.2011 13:29

First session-2011 of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church takes place under chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

On 31 January 2011, the first in 2011 session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took place at the Patriarch’s working residence, Chisty side street.
31.01.2011 8:48

Metropolitan Hilarion: Unbelief is spiritual blindness

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, celebrated on 30 January 2011 the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Our Lady the Sign to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya-Ordynka in Moscow.
29.01.2011 23:12

Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church completes its plenary session in Moscow

The Inter-Council Presence completed its work in plenary session on January 29, 2011
29.01.2011 14:16

(Russian) Начался второй день работы пленума Межсоборного присутствия Русской Православной Церкви

(Russian) Открывая заседание, Святейший Патриарх Кирилл поздравил с 70-летием архиепископа Берлинско-Германского и Великобританского Марка.
28.01.2011 23:29

(Russian) Пленум Межсоборного присутствия Русской Православной Церкви завершил первый день работы

(Russian) В первый день работы прошли четыре пленарных заседания.
28.01.2011 17:35

(Russian) Председатель ОВЦС поздравил представителя Патриарха Александрийского при Московском Патриаршем престоле с днем тезоименитства

(Russian) Председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион направил представителю Патриарха Александрийского при Московском Патриаршем престоле митрополиту Киринскому Афанасию поздравительное послание по случаю дня тезоименитства.
28.01.2011 15:55

A plenary of Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church takes place at Christ the Saviour Cathedral

His Holiness addressed the audience, saying that the Inter-Council Presence was a new body of church management with ecclesiologically correct form of work, in which “clergymen and laymen work together with bishops.”
26.01.2011 15:28

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill receives Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation

On 26 January 2011, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with the Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation, Archbishop Antonio Mennini, who completes his ministry in Russia.
25.01.2011 22:40

Metropolitan Hilarion awards Marquise Immacolata Solaro del Borgo with an order of the Russian Orthodox Church

Taking part in the awarding ceremony were Archbishop Antonio Mennini, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation; the first counsellor of the Embassy of the Order of Malta to the Russian Federation Nicola Savoretti; Rev. Dimitry Sizonenko, DECR acting secretary for Inter-Christian relations; and nuns of the Convent of St.…
25.01.2011 22:25

DECR chairman receives hierarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church

Taking part in the meeting was Rev. Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for Inter-Orthodox relations.