DECR Chairman

20.06.2018 14:38

DECR chairman meets with head of Austrian diplomatic mission in Russia

DECR chairman meets with head of Austrian diplomatic mission in Russia Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria to Russia H. E. Johannes Eigner.
16.06.2018 14:38

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Legitimization of the schism in Ukraine will cut up the whole body of world Orthodoxy

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Legitimization of the schism in Ukraine will cut up the whole body of world Orthodoxy For already two months a lively discussion has not been subsiding around the prospects for creating in Ukraine the so-called ‘One Local Church’ – a project initiated by the president of that country, Petr Poroshenko, who has been strongly supported by nationalist politicians and schismatics.
15.06.2018 13:19

DECR chairman congratulates His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, on his Name Day

DECR chairman congratulates His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, on his Name Day Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, on his Name Day.
13.06.2018 23:49

Patriarch Kirill meets with Moldova President Igor Dodon

Patriarch Kirill meets with Moldova President Igor Dodon On June 13, 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon, at the patriarchal working residence in Chistyj Pereulok.
13.06.2018 22:30

Patriarch Kirill meets with Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias

Patriarch Kirill meets with Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias On June 13, 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Greece, Mr. Nikos Kotzias, at the patriarchal working residence in Chistyj Pereulok.
13.06.2018 14:03

Patriarch Kirill presides over a regular session of the Supreme Church Council

Patriarch Kirill presides over a regular session of the Supreme Church Council On June 13, 2018, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, presided over a session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, at the Supreme Church Councils hall of the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour.
11.06.2018 13:00

DECR chairman congratulates His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew on his Name Day

DECR chairman congratulates His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew on his Name Day Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople on his Name Day.
04.06.2018 22:07

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the Primate of the Georgian Orthodox Church

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the Primate of the Georgian Orthodox Church On 4 June 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) paid a visit to Georgia with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
04.06.2018 18:22

DECR chairman congratulates the first hierarch of the Finnish Autonomous Orthodox Church on his 70th birthday

DECR chairman congratulates the first hierarch of the Finnish Autonomous Orthodox Church on his 70th birthday Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and All Finland on his 70th birthday.
04.06.2018 11:43

Metropolitan Hilarion chairs a meeting of the Inter-Council Presence’s commission on theology and theological education

Metropolitan Hilarion chairs a meeting of the Inter-Council Presence’s commission on theology and theological education Opening the meeting, His Eminence announced the agenda. After that, reports were made on the progress of the work on various documents.