DECR Chairman
22.02.2018 11:37
DECR chairman’s condolences over the death of pastor Billy Graham
Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk has expressed to the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Franklin Graham his condolences over the death of his father, Dr. Billy Graham known for his preaching, public, charitable and peacemaking work.
22.02.2018 0:33
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk chairs session of Commission for International Cooperation of Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations
On 21 February 2018, the Commission for International Cooperation of Russia’s Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations held its fourth session. The meeting which took place at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations was chaired by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the DECR.
20.02.2018 19:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to the Russian Federation
On 20 February 2018, at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, met with H.E. Mr. Nadir Yousif Eltayeb Babiker, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan to the Russian Federation.
20.02.2018 17:47
DECR chairman meets with Executive Director of UN World Food Programme
On 20 February 2018, at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, met with Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme.
20.02.2018 15:34
DECR chairman meets with newly appointed ambassador of Cuba to Russia
Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with the newly appointed ambassador of Cuba to Russia, Mr. Gerardo Peñalver Portal.
19.02.2018 21:00
DECR chairman meets with Portuguese ambassador to Russia
DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with Portuguese ambassador to Russia Paulo Vizeu Pinheiro, at the parish house of the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordynka.
17.02.2018 14:19
Metropolitan Hilarion sends greetings to Primate of Orthodox Church of Alexandria on his Name Day
In his message to His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Beatitude on his Name Day.
16.02.2018 20:00
DECR chairman meets with President of Christian Democratic Party of France
On 16 February 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Mr. Jean-Frederic Poisson, president of the Christian Democratic Party of France.
16.02.2018 13:20
Deputy Minister of Education and Science hands over to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk certificate of state accreditation of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies
On 15 February 2018, Feast of the Meeting of the Lord, after the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in-the-Woods, a ceremony of handing over of the certificate of state accreditation to Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies took place…
15.02.2018 20:26
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with King of Jordan
On 15 February 2018, at the Throne Hall of the Patriarchal Chambers of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan.