DECR Chairman

25.01.2011 22:23

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the newly appointed Ambassador of Italy to the Russia

On 25 January 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Italian Republic to the Russian Federation, H.E. Antonio Dzanardi Landi.
25.01.2011 0:12

Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, to the 19th International Educational Christmas Readings

The discussions involve the mass media and reach out to a large audience.
24.01.2011 22:23

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Zurab Tsereteli

Metropolitan Hilarion was accompanied by archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), secretary of the Patriarchal Council for Culture.
24.01.2011 22:15

19th International Educational Christmas Readings begin in Moscow

The opening ceremony was led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
24.01.2011 11:24

First Christmas Festival of Religious Music ends in Moscow

The last concert was performed at the Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International House of Music.
24.01.2011 1:56

Statement of the DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, on the European Parliament resolution on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion

On 20 January 2011, the European Parliament took an unprecedented step by adopting a resolution on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion. It is for the first time that a major political body of the European Union recognized that Christians are persecuted.
24.01.2011 1:53

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: European Parliament resolution is a revolutionary one

On 20 January 2011, the European Parliament took an unprecedented step by adopting a resolution on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion. It is for the first time that a major political body of the European Union recognized that Christians are persecuted.
23.01.2011 23:55

(Russian) Митрополит Иларион: Подвиг богословского творчества и свидетельства востребован Церковью

(Russian) 23 января 2011 года, в Неделю по Богоявлении, председатель ОВЦС митрополит Волоколамский Иларион совершил Божественную литургию в московском храме в честь образа Пресвятой Богородицы «Всех скорбящих Радость» на Большой Ордынке.
23.01.2011 21:08

(Russian) Завершился визит Блаженнейшего Архиепископа Кипрского Хризостома в Москву

(Russian) Завершился визит Блаженнейшего Архиепископа Кипрского Хризостома в Москву (Russian) Предстоятель Кипрской Церкви посетил Москву для участия в церемонии вручения премий «За выдающуюся деятельность по укреплению единства православных народов. За утверждение и продвижение христианских ценностей в жизни общества».
23.01.2011 20:40

(Russian) Иерарх Грузинской Православной Церкви принял участие в хиротонии епископа Южно-Сахалинского Тихона

(Russian) Среди сослуживших Святейшему Патриарху Кириллу архиереев был митрополит Боржомский и Бакурианский Серафим.