DECR Chairman
15.10.2018 16:36
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presides the first in history session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held in Minsk
On 15 October 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held at building of the Minsk diocesan administration. It was the first in history session of the Holy Synod in the land of Belarus.
14.10.2018 22:28
The Primate of the Russian Church lays a wreath at the Victory Monument in Minsk
On October 14, 2018, the Day of the Protecting Veil of the Most Holy Mother of God and Ever Virgin Mary, after a visit to the crypt of the newly consecrated monument church dedicated to All Saints in Minsk, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, laid a…
13.10.2018 17:09
Patriarch Kirill arrives in Minsk
On October 13, 2018, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, began his fifth primatial visit to the Byelorussian Orthodox Church.
10.10.2018 16:53
Metropolitan Hilarion attends a meeting of the Council of Religious Leaders in Astana
On October 10, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), attended the third meeting of the Council of Religious Leaders, which was established at the 2012 Congress of the Traditional and World Religions. The council membership consisted of seventeen most authoritative…
10.10.2018 8:42
Chairman of the DECR meets with Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Kazakhstan
Discussed at the meeting were issues pertaining to the life of the Metropolitan area of Kazakhstan.
09.10.2018 21:55
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Minister of social development of Kazakhstan
On 9 October 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) arrived in Astana to take part in the 6th Congress of the leaders of world and traditional religions.
04.10.2018 15:53
DECR chairman meets with Serbian ambassador to Russia
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Serbia to Russia Slavenko Terzic.
04.10.2018 12:47
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Italian consul general in Moscow
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Italian Consul General in Moscow Mr. Francesco Forte, at the DECR.
03.10.2018 17:40
Metropolitan Hilarion chairs a meeting of the Inter-Council Presence commission on theology and theological education
On October 3, 2018, the Inter-Council Presence commission on theology and theological education met at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute for Post-Graduate Studies (CMI). The meeting was chaired by the chairman of the commission, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk in his capacity of chairman of the Synodal Biblical-Theological Commission and…
Metropolitan Hilarion: If the project for Ukrainian autocephaly is carried through, it will mean a tragic and possibly irretrievable schism of the whole Orthodoxy