DECR Chairman

07.07.2010 16:30

Metropolitan Hilarion on symbolism of name in Christian tradition

Speaking on the Church and the World talk-show, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, explained the difference between a guardian angel and a heavenly patron and the symbolism of name in Christian tradition.
04.07.2010 16:14

(Russian) Председатель ОВЦС направил Святейшему Патриарху Болгарскому Максиму поздравительное послание по случаю очередной годовщины возведения на Патриарший Престол

01.07.2010 13:32

Metropolitan Hilarion congratulates Bishop Kurt Koch on his appointment as president of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

In a letter to the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Bishop Kurt Koch, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulated him on his appointment to this important post. Below is the text of the congratulatory letter.
01.07.2010 11:11

DECR Chairman meets with the WCC General Secretary

On 30 June 2010, an official meeting between Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate' Department for External Church Relations, and the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches Rev. Dr. Olaf Fykse Tveit took place at "Danilovskaya" hotel.
30.06.2010 20:36

Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, at the opening of the WCC Permanent Conference for Consensus and Cooperation. Moscow, 30 June 2010

Dear brothers and sisters! I wish you successful work and I hope that your acquaintance with contemporary life of our Church, with our faithful nation and its shrines will be interesting and fruitful.
30.06.2010 20:06

Press conference given by World Council of Churches General Secretary Rev. Dr. Olav Tveit And Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk

World Council of Churches General Secretary Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, who is in Moscow on an official visit, and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, answered questions from the Russian and foreign mass media on June 30, 2010, at the DECR.
30.06.2010 12:57

DECR chairman takes part in meeting of World Council of Churches Permanent Committee for Consensus and Cooperation

The World Council of Churches Committee for Consensus and Cooperation took place on June 30 at the Danilovsky hotel compound. The meeting was attended by representatives of Local Orthodox Churches and Protestant and Anglican Churches from various countries of the world.
30.06.2010 11:05

Cochairman of Christian Inter-confessional Advisory Committee of the CIS and the Baltics meet with World Council of Churches delegation

The CICAC cochairman informed the WCC delegation about the work of the Committee and the life of Christian Churches and communities in the CIS and the Baltic region. They exchanged views on a number of urgent problems engaging the attention of the international public.
29.06.2010 16:13

(Russian) Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: «Всякий человек, приходящий в Церковь, является для нас даром Божиим»

(Russian) 26 июня 2010 года в эфир вышла передача «Церковь и мир», посвященная теме «Церковь и люди с ограниченными возможностями». По мнению председателя Отдела внешних церковных связей митрополита Волоколамского Илариона, такие люди должны быть предметом непрестанной заботы Церкви, потому что они особенно нуждаются во внимании.
29.06.2010 13:03

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople thanks Metropolitan Hilarion for hospitality accorded during his visit to Russia on 22-31 May 2010

His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has sent a letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, thanking him for welcome accorded to the delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople last May.