DECR Chairman
01.08.2010 22:47
Metropolitan Hilarion: ‘We hold dear St. Seraphim of Sarov’s spirit of joy which the modern man is lacking so much’
On August 1, 2010, the Day of the Founding of St. Seraphim of Sarov’s Relics, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow.
30.07.2010 19:17
DECR chairman meets with Iranian ambassador in Russia
On July 30, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the Iranian Ambassador to the Russian Federation, H. E. Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi.
30.07.2010 17:32
Press-conference summing up Patriarch Kirill’s visitation of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
A press-conference on the results of Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Ukraine was held on July 30, 2010, at the Interfax news agency. The visit took place from July 20 to 28 on the invitation of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its dioceses.
30.07.2010 11:44
Metropolitan Hilarion’s condolences over explosion in church of Protecting Veil in Zaporozhie
An explosion went off during vespers on July 28, 2010, in the church of the Protecting Veil in Zaporozhie. Nine people were injured and Sister Liudmila Donets died of the wounds. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, expressed condolences over the tragedy.
27.07.2010 11:01
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Many signals are coming from the schism that people feel the need to re-unite with the Church
On July 26, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, answered questions from a correspondent of the Inter TV channel in Ukraine.
26.07.2010 12:19
Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod meets in the Kiev Laura of Caves
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, began its meeting on July 26, 2010, at the Dormition Monastery of the Caves in Kiev.
26.07.2010 11:59
(Russian) Святейший Патриарх Кирилл и Блаженнейший митрополит Владимир совершили молебен в киевском соборе Святой Софии
(Russian) После богослужения хор и все присутствовавшие в храме воспели старинный украинский духовный гимн «Боже великий, єдиний, Русь–Україну храни».
25.07.2010 18:03
Monks and laymen greet His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the Laura of the Caves in Kiev
On 25 July 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Kiev and proceeded to the Dormition Laura of the Caves in Kiev. He was met at the holy gates by His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine; Archbishop Pavel of Vyshgorod, abbot of…
25.07.2010 15:25
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to the Dnepropetrovsk diocese
On 25 July 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia completed his stay in the Dnepropetrovsk diocese made in the course of his archpastoral visitation to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
25.07.2010 15:24