DECR Chairman
12.05.2017 1:33
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk spoke at World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians
On 11 May 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, delivered an address at the plenary session of the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians in Washington.
11.05.2017 23:16
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Vice President of the United States Michael R. Pence
On 11 May 2017, the Vice President of the Unites States Michael R. Pence met with religious leaders of different Christian confessions at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington before a plenary session of the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians.
11.05.2017 22:49
World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians begins its work in Washington
On 10 May 2017, the World Summit of Christian Leaders in Defense of Persecuted Christians opened in Washington, USA. The conference organized by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association brought together representatives of various Christian confessions from over 135 countries.
10.05.2017 10:13
The Fourth International Patristic Conference on St. Ephrem the Syrian completes its work at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies
The Fourth International Patristic Conference on St. Ephrem the Syrian and His Spiritual Legacy has completed its work at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI).
07.05.2017 18:17
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation
On 7 May 2017, at the parish of the ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation.
04.05.2017 12:40
Primate of the Russian Church chairs regular session of the Holy Synod
On 4 May 2017, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began its regular session under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
28.04.2017 16:41
4th International Patristic Conference on St. Ephrem the Syrian and His Spiritual Heritage opened at St Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute
On 27 April 2017, the 4th International Patristic Conference on St. Ephrem the Syrian and His Spiritual Heritage opened at the conference hall of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies.
28.04.2017 14:51
Briefing held at DECR on bringing the relics of St. Nicholas to the Russian Orthodox Church
For the first time in the 930 years of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker’s relics being kept in Bari, they will leave for a time this Italian city to stay in the Russian Orthodox Church from May 21 to July 28, 2017.
27.04.2017 14:25
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Mr. Vuk Jeremić, president of the Serbian Centre for International Relations and Sustainable Development
Discussed was the inner decoration of the Cathedral of St. Sava in Belgrade as Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church are taking part in the work for its adornment, as well as other matters of mutual interest.
26.04.2017 20:16
Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee completes its 5th plenary session
The plenary session on ‘Faith and the Overcoming of Civil Confrontation: Lessons of the Century’ was moderated by the CICC co-chairmen