DECR Chairman
12.05.2018 15:16
DECR chairman speaks at a conference on theological understanding of the problem of extremism
On May 12, 2018, in keeping with a decision of the commission on theology and theological education of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Inter-Council Presence, a theological conference was held on Theological Understanding of the Phenomenon of Extremism and Terrorism, at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.
11.05.2018 18:01
Primate of Russian Church holds working meeting with chairman of the Department for External Church Relations and head of the Administration for Institutions Abroad
On 11 May 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia held a working meeting with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, and Archbishop Antony of Vienna and Budapest, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad.
09.05.2018 22:37
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem
On May 6, 2018, the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is on a working trip to the Holy Land at the instruction of Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, took part in…
09.05.2018 21:39
Meeting between Metropolitan Hilarion and Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch
On May 9, 2018, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch, received in audience at his Lebanese residence in the Balamand Monastery, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who had come to Lebanon with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch…
08.05.2018 11:32
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus
Pan-Orthodox topics, issues pertaining to bilateral cooperation and interconfessional relations were discussed.
07.05.2018 17:10
DECR chairman meets with Apostolic Nuncio to Russia
Discussed during the meeting, which took place at the DECR premises, were the current agenda of relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Holy See as well as other issues of mutual interest.
06.05.2018 23:10
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria
Discussed during the meeting were various issues of bilateral and pan-Orthodox cooperation and interfaith relations.
02.05.2018 16:43
Metropolitan Hilarion’s interview to Romfea Greek church news agency
Answering questions from Romfea, a Greek church news agency, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), spoke on the recent visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia to the Albanian Orthodox Church, and also touched upon the religious…
01.05.2018 1:30
Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to the Albanian Orthodox Church
The first official visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Albanian Orthodox Church took place from April 28 to 30, 2018.
30.04.2018 20:27
Patriarch Kirill meets with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama
In the course of the talk, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill noted that many good changes took place in the life of Albania and in its capital city in recent years. A great contribution to it was made in particular by Mr. Edi Rama who had been the mayor of Tirana…