DECR Chairman
03.07.2018 15:48
DECR chairman’s message of greetings to the 24th International Academic Conference on Gospel and Mission According to St. Paul
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, sent a message of greetings to Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veroia, Naousa and Campania and to the organizers and participants in the 24th International Academic Conference on Gospel and Mission According to St. Paul, which took place…
03.07.2018 15:24
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Iranian ambassador to Russia
On July 3, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relation (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-graduate Studies (CMI), met at the CMI with the Ambassador of Iran to Russia, Mr. Mehdi Sanaei.
01.07.2018 15:29
DECR chairman meets with delegation of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony
Bishop Rentzing told about the activities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony, noting the importance of teaching the basics of the Holy Scripture and faith at schools in this federal state of Germany.
28.06.2018 22:44
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends the opening of an exhibition of the Bulgarian church art masterpieces
On 28 June 2018, an exhibition entitled “Masterpieces of Bulgarian Church Art” opened at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
26.06.2018 19:28
25th annual Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy begins its work in Athens
On 25 June 2018, the opening ceremony of the 25th annual Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy took place at the Byzantine & Christian Museum in Athens.
26.06.2018 11:48
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian ambassador to Greece A. Maslov
On June 25, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met with the Russian Ambassador to Greece A. Maslov at the historic building of the Russian embassy in Athens.
26.06.2018 11:02
DECR chairman meets with Greek deputy minister of foreign affairs
On June 24, 2018, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), arrived in Athens.
23.06.2018 18:14
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates at the Chinese Patriarchal Metochion in Moscow
Concelebrating with Metropolitan Hilarion were archpriest Igor Zuyev, rector of the church; hieromonk Nikolai (Ono), inspector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies; hieromonk Kirill (Peregudin), a DECR staff member; and clerics of the church.
20.06.2018 21:34
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with United Nations Secretary-General
On 20 June 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Dr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization.
Metropolitan Hilarion: Patriarch Bartholomew has very clearly stated that there will be no legitimation of the schism