DECR Chairman
02.11.2017 15:35
Russian Orthodox Church and Evangelical Church in Germany hold joint conference on Martyrs, Martyrdom, Christian Witness
A joint conference of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Church in Germany on Martyrs, Martyrdom, Christian Witness opened at the grand hall of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR).
01.11.2017 19:09
Metropolitan Hilarion visits Georgia
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), made a working visit to Georgia, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
30.10.2017 14:57
DECR chairman speaks at Athens forum on religious pluralism in Middle East
October 30, 2017 – the second conference on the situation of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East opened at the Intercontinental Hotel in Athens. Its theme is ‘Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East’. The first forum on this topic took place in…
30.10.2017 14:55
Presentation by Metropolitan Hilarion at the 2nd Athens International Conference on Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East Athens
Presentation by Metropolitan HILARION of Volokolamsk Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations at the 2nd Athens International Conference on Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East (Athens, 30 October 2017).
27.10.2017 20:04
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill takes part in divine service celebrated in Bucharest in commemoration of martyrs who suffered in the years of persecution
Church festivities are dedicated to the commemoration day of St. Demetrius of Basarbov, heavenly patron of Bucharest; to the memory of the martyrs and confessors who suffered under the theomachist regime in Romania; and to the 10th anniversary of the enthronement of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania. The Bulgarian…
26.10.2017 20:01
Patriarch Kirill arrives in Bucharest
During his visit, Patriarch Kirill will attend events held by the Romanian Orthodox Church as part of the Year of Memory for the Defenders of Orthodoxy during the atheistic regime in Romania. Among those invited to the events are heads and representatives of a number of Local Orthodox Churches who…
24.10.2017 22:11
Patriarch Kirill presides over meeting of Interreligious Council in Russia
The presidium of the Interreligious Council in Russia (ICR) met at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow.
22.10.2017 12:00
DECR chairman’s congratulations to Primate of Orthodox Church of Constantinople on the next anniversary of his election to Patriarchal see
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) has congratulated the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople on the next anniversary of his Patriarchal ministry.
20.10.2017 15:01
Metropolitan Hilarion visits the leading pedagogical university in Russia
On October 19, 2017, the National Day of the Lyceum Student, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), visited Moscow State Pedagogical University (MSPU).
19.10.2017 20:40
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with the President of Croatia
On 19 October 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of the Republic of Croatia, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St.Daniel’s monastery.