DECR Chairman
26.03.2017 21:50
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk begins his working visit to Cyprus
On 25 March 2017, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of Metropolitan Isaias of Tamasos and Oreini, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in Cyprus to take part in the…
24.03.2017 17:03
DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of Canada to the Russian Federation
On 24 March 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. John Kerr, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Russian Federation. Archpriest Sergy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for far abroad countries, attended the meeting.
24.03.2017 13:05
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Swiss ambassador to Russia
On March 24, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) met with the newly appointed Ambassador of Switzerland to Russia, H. E. Yves Rossier, at the DECR.
23.03.2017 17:14
Working group for cultural cooperation between Russian Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church meets for a regular session in Moscow
On March 23, 2017, the Joint Working Group for cultural cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church held its annual meeting at the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR).
22.03.2017 13:30
DECR chairman sends message of greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem on his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem on his Name Day.
21.03.2017 10:13
Metropolitan Hilarion presides over meeting of the Chair of Pedagogy and Theory of Education of Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute
On 20 March 2017, 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, presided over a meeting of the Institute’s Chair of Pedagogy and Theory of Education that works in St. Petersburg at the…
17.03.2017 13:01
Patriarch Kirill meets with Moldova’s President Igor Dodon
On March 16, 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with President Igor Dodon of the Republic of Moldova, at the patriarchal residence in Peredelkino near Moscow.
14.03.2017 11:04
Metropolitan Hilarion’s pilgrimage to Holy Mount Athos
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, was on a visit to Holy Mount Athos from March 11 to 13, 2017.
09.03.2017 13:35
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 9 March 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.
09.03.2017 12:31
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the head of Protestant Agency for Diakonia
On 9 March 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Dr. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, head of the Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development (PADD) in Germany, who has arrived in Russia to look at the social service projects carried out…