DECR Chairman
08.04.2017 14:30
DECR chairman congratulates His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia on Krsna Slava
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of greetings to the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church on his Krsna Slava.
04.04.2017 15:07
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of Supreme Church Council
Prior to the meeting, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill said a requiem litiya for the victims of the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg.
31.03.2017 14:22
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church take part in session of the Presidential Council for Coordination with Religious Organizations
On 30 March 2017, a session of the Presidential Council for Coordination with Religious Organizations chaired by Mr. Anton Vaino, head of the Presidential Administration, was held in the Kremlin.
30.03.2017 21:03
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with staff of Orthodox Encyclopedia Research Centre
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, rector of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, chairman of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission, visited the Orthodox Encyclopedia Church Research Centre and met with its senior staff.
30.03.2017 19:38
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with LWF Vice President
Discussed at the meeting was the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Academic cooperation between theological educational institutions of the Moscow Patriarchate and the educational centers in Germany was also discussed.
29.03.2017 15:18
Metropolitan Hilarion’s interview with Greek Romfea news agency
Answering the journalist’s questions, Metropolitan Hilarion spoke on the Council that took place in Crete last year, the construction of a Russian church in Cyprus, the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the situation in the Middle East and other issues.
28.03.2017 16:42
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk takes part in the opening of the Russian church in Cyprus
On 27 March 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations and rector of Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, while in Cyprus with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the metochion of…
28.03.2017 12:27
Culture and education center opened at Patriarchal Metochion of the Martyrs of Chernigov
On March 24, 2017, after the Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified Gifts at the church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist-at-the-Pine-Forest, the opening of a culture and education center ‘Chernigov Methochion’ took place at the conference hall of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI).
27.03.2017 17:00
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with President Nicos Anastasiadis of Cyprus
On March 27, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with President Nicos Anastasiadis of the Republic of Cyprus at his residence in Nicosia.
27.03.2017 16:35
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus
On March 27, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, at the Archdiocese of Cyprus in Nicosia.