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06.12.2009 17:39
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk: We expect the Roman Catholic Church to make concrete steps pointing to the desire to go towards meeting our views
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, in a talk with the Saturday national news anchorman Sergey Brilev, when asked about what significance the diplomatic relations now established between the Russian Federation and the Vatican have for dialogue between the Moscow Patriarchate and…
06.12.2009 16:16
Primate of the Orthodox Church in America arrives in Moscow
His Beatitude Jonah, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada, arrived in Moscow on December 5, 2009, at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, to take part in the celebrations devoted to the 15th anniversary of the OCA Representation Church in…
06.12.2009 13:47
Archbishop Hilarion: the Russian Church experienced colossal quantitative growth and qualitative changes under Patriarch Alexy II
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, in his talk with national news anchorman Sergey Brilev, shared his thoughts about the ministry of the late Patriarch Alexy II.
03.12.2009 20:12
Patriarch Kirill meets with a Roman Catholic delegation from France led by Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, Archbishop of Bordeaux
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met on December 3 with Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, Archbishop of Bordeaux, Mgr Benoit Riviere, Bishop of Autun, and Mgr Jacques Blaquart, Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux. Present at the meeting was also Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Holy See Representative in the Russian Federation.
02.12.2009 16:45
Archbishops Hilarion’s condolences over the death of Prof. Georg Krechmar, former head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia
Archbishop of Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, sent the following message to Avgust Kruze, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia, with condolences over the death of the retired archbishop Prof. Georg Friedrich Karl Krechmar. Dear…
02.12.2009 13:49
English version of Archbishop Hilarion’s book “Christ the Conqueror of Hell. The Descent into Hades from an Orthodox Perspective” comes off the press
St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, New York, published an English version of the book "Christ the Conqueror of Hell. The Descent into Hades from an Orthodox Perspective" by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations.
01.12.2009 16:12
Patriarch Kirill attends the opening of the 3d Congress of Compatriots living abroad
The 3d World Congress of Compatriots living abroad began its work on Dec. 1 at the House of Unions Column Hall in Moscow.
01.12.2009 12:45
Second volume of Archbishop Hilarion’s Orthodoxy comes out in the Sretensky Monastery Publishers
‘At the same time, the book does not claim to be an exhaustive treatment of the themes it deals with. It is not an encyclopedia or a reference book. It is rather an attempt to reflect on Orthodoxy in its diversity through the prism of the author’s personal perception’, states…
30.11.2009 12:25
Archbishop Hilarion’s assessment of the 2009 State Department Religious Freedom Report
In his letter to US Ambassador to Russia, Mr John Beyrle, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, makes an assessment of the section on Russia in the US State Department Religious Freedom Report 2009. Below is the text of the letter.…
27.11.2009 19:19