DECR Chairman
06.11.2020 17:55
Metropolitan Hilarion: We should remember that the life of each human being is in the hands of God
On November 6, 2020, the Church celebrates the Icon of the Mother of God ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’. On this day, the Divine Liturgy in the church in Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow, in which this miracle-working icon is kept, was celebrated by the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department…
03.11.2020 15:30
Opening address of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to participants in the panel discussion on Russki Mir Online
On November 3, 2020, the XVI Assembly of Russki Mir Foundation has opened; this year the forum for the first time is held online.
02.11.2020 12:12
Metropolitan Hilarion: Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus’s decision to make the liturgical mention of the head of Ukrainian schismatics has provoked a negative reaction in the Church of Cyprus
On October 31, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, during the Church and the World talk show broadcast by Saturdays and Sundays by the Russia-24 news channel, answered questions from anchor Ekaterina Gracheva.
30.10.2020 15:10
DECR chairman has expressed condolences over the demise of Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for External church relations (DECR), has sent to His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, condolences over the passing away of Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral.
29.10.2020 17:11
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with new Apostolic Nuncio in the Russian Federation
On October 29, 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), met with the new Apostolic Nuncio in the Russian Federation, Archbishop Giovanni di’Agnello, who has just arrived in Russia.
29.10.2020 14:56
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations meets with ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain
(Russian) 29 октября 2020 года председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион встретился с Чрезвычайным и Полномочным послом Бахрейна в России Ахмедом Аль-Саати.
29.10.2020 13:06
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Slovakian ambassador in Russia
On October 29, 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovakia in the Russian Federation Peter Priputen, who is completing his mission in Moscow.
29.10.2020 12:25
DECR chairman meets with Ethiopian ambassador in Russia
The sides discussed the situation in Ethiopia where in the last year there have been attacks of extremists on churches, clergy and the faithful of the Ethiopian Church.
25.10.2020 18:01
Metropolitan Hilarion: For God there is nothing impossible
On October 25, 2020, the commemoration day of the holy fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-In-Bolshaya-Ordynka, Moscow.
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk greets participants and guests of XIV International Festival ‘Russia Abroad’