DECR Chairman
23.11.2020 21:40
Metropolitan Hilarion: For the Patriarch the prayerful support of the whole Church is important
On 21st November 2020 on the The Church and The World TV programme which comes out on Rossia-24 on Saturdays and Sundays, the chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion answered questions put by the channel’s presenter Yekaterina Gracheva.
22.11.2020 20:27
Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion Attends the Funeral of His Holiness Irinej Patriarch of Serbia
On 22nd November 2020 the divine liturgy and funeral took place in the Church of St. Sava in Belgrade of His Holiness Irinej Patriarch of Serbia (1930 – 2020), who died on 20th November.
22.11.2020 15:16
Metropolitan Hilarion: “Christians in Europe are feeling themselves to be a discriminated against minority”
“For many years the leaderships of the countries of Europe have been combatting so-called Islamophobia and antisemitism, while at the same time they forget that for along time now in Europe there is such a thing as Christianophobia, and that the passing over in silence of the Christian tradition, the…
20.11.2020 21:37
Holy Synod takes a number of decisions concerning external relations of the Russian Orthodox Church
During its session held on 20th November 2020 under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church took a number of decisions pertaining to the external activities of the Russian Orthodox Church.
20.11.2020 17:06
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church holds online session
On 20th November 2020, the Holy Session of the Russian Orthodox Church held its session under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
19.11.2020 19:22
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates on commemoration day of St. Varlaam of Khutyn at the church of ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ icon of the Mother of God
On 19th November 2020, the commemoration day of St. Varlaam of Khutyn and of the holy martyr Konstantin Lyubomudrov, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the church ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ icon of the Mother of God on Bolshaya Ordynka by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow…
17.11.2020 12:54
Metropolitan Hilarion Views as Important the Renewal of Consultations between Religious Leaders оf Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia on the Issue of Regulating the Conflict in Karabakh
On 14th November 2020 on the The Church and The World TV programme which comes out on Rossia-24 on Saturdays and Sundays, the chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion answered questions put by the channel’s presenter Yekaterina Gracheva.
09.11.2020 14:56
Metropolitan Antony of Borispol and Brovary: Metropolitan Amfilohije was surrounded with love of all Montenegrins
Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radović) of Montenegro and the Littoral passed away in the Lord on October 30, 2020. Metropolitan Antony of Borispol and Brovary, chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, told about his personal contacts with the hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church and his ministry in the interview given to…
09.11.2020 11:40
DECR chairman expresses condolences over the death of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of condolences to Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, over the death of Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain (1991-2013).
08.11.2020 20:00
Metropolitan Hilarion: Above all else, do not overlook those in need
On 8th November, 2020, the twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, the Church commemorates the holy great martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki. On this day, the Divine Liturgy in the church ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ icon of the Mother of God on Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow was celebrated by Metropolitan Hilarion of…