DECR Chairman

19.11.2009 20:53

DECR chairman visits the Church of the Intercession in Harbin

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow patriarchate department for external church relations, who is on a visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese State Administration for Religious Affairs, visited on 19 November 2009 the Church of the Intercession in Harbin.
18.11.2009 21:48

Archbishop Hilarion meets with representatives of the traditional religions of China

On behalf of representatives of the traditional religious organization, Anthony Liu Bainian expressed his appreciation of the ongoing dialogue on the normalization of the situation of Orthodoxy in China and added that, as a Catholic, he is well aware of the importance of having the well-trained clergymen and church buildings…
17.11.2009 16:36

Talks on Russian-Chinese relations in religious sphere held in Beijing

The delegation of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organization and the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations held talks on 17 November 2009 in Beijing with leaders of the Chinese State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA).
17.11.2009 16:30

Archbishop Hilarion’s TV talk on Church and World honoured with a special award of the Radonezh festival president

The jury of the 14th International Film and Television- and Radio- Programs ‘Radonezh’ announced its decision on November 13.
16.11.2009 18:50

Archbishop Hilarion’s condolences over the demise of the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church

The Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk sent his condolences over the demise of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia to Archbishop of Tsetin and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Coastlands Amfilohije, who was elected Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne of…
16.11.2009 16:02

Archbishop Hilarion arrives in China leading a delegation of the Department for External Church Relations and Presidential Council for Religious Organizations

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations and member of the Presidential Council for Religious Affairs, has arrived in Beijing on 16 November 2009 on the invitation of the Chinese State Administration for Religious Affairs.
14.11.2009 19:35

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk leads inauguration of Paris Orthodox Seminary

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk led the inauguration of the Paris Orthodox Seminary on 14 November 2009, the Day of Sts Cosmas and Damian the Unmercenery Physicians.
13.11.2009 23:05

First volume of French version of Archbishop Hilarion’s Orthodoxie presented in Paris

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who was in Paris for the inauguration of a Russian Orthodox Church’ seminary, attended on 13 November 2009, a presentation of the French version of the first volume of his Orthodoxie published by Cerf Publishers.
12.11.2009 22:15

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk explains to foreign journalists the Russian Orthodox Church’s stand on problems facing today’s society

During his meeting with foreign journalists on 11 November 2009, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk answered questions concerning urgent problems of society today.
12.11.2009 22:13

DECR chairman explains to foreign journalists the church situation in Ukraine and Belarus and answers questions about inter-Orthodox relations

‘We never refer to two patriarchates in Ukraine – those of Moscow and Kiev. We maintain that there is one canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine and also a group that has arbitrarily and illegally named itself as ‘patriarchate’.