DECR Chairman

20.05.2010 21:03

Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations meets with Vatican’s Secretary of State

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, who is in Rome for an official visit, met with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
19.05.2010 23:05

Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’ Department meets with the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture

On 19 May 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, currently in Rome with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi.
19.05.2010 22:52

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

On 19 May 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, currently in Rome with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Walter Kasper, at…
19.05.2010 22:51

Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at the burial site of St. Peter

After the divine service, the hierarchs, clergymen and all worshippers venerated the particles of St. Peter's holy relics, singing magnification to the apostle.
19.05.2010 22:50

Metropolitan Hilarion is awarded golden medal of the University of Bologna

A ceremony of conferring Sigillum Magnum, the Gold Medal of the University, on Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk took place on 18 May 2010.
19.05.2010 22:43

DECR Chairman meets with Cardinal Caffarra

On 18 May 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, currently on a visit in Italy, met with Archbishop of Bologna Cardinal Carlo Caffarra.
19.05.2010 14:59

His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to visit the Russian Orthodox Church on 22-31 May 2010

His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople will arrive in Moscow on May 22 at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
18.05.2010 23:27

(Russian) Митрополит Иларион возглавил ночную Божественную литургию в храме святителя Максима в Турине

(Russian) За богослужением причащались более 500 чад Русской Православной Церкви из России, Украины, Молдовы и других стран, которые прибыли в Турин для участия в общецерковном паломничестве к Плащанице Спасителя.
18.05.2010 23:05

Metropolitan Hilarion leads worship at Shroud of Turin

Over 800 pilgrims from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and other countries came to the solemn service at the Shroud of Turin.
18.05.2010 21:43

Italian version of Patriarch Kirill’s Freedom and Responsibility presented at Catholic University of Milan

Patriarch Kirill’s book has been translated and published through the efforts of the Vatican’s publishers and the international society ‘Sophia: Russian Idea – the Idea of Europe’.