DECR Chairman
08.03.2017 12:45
DECR chairman meets with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
On 7 March 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary on his initiative.
08.03.2017 12:35
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with WCC General Secretary
On 7 March 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Rev.Dr. Olaf Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.
08.03.2017 12:30
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at UN conference on the defense of Christians
On 7 March 2017, an international top-level conference on Mutual Respect and Peaceful Coexistence as a Condition of Interreligious Peace and Stability: Supporting Christians and Other Communities took place in Geneva on the sidelines of the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
05.03.2017 23:42
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow on Sunday of Orthodoxy
On 5 March 2017, 1st Sunday of Lent, feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Liturgy of St Basil the Great and the Office of the Triumph of Orthodoxy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
02.03.2017 17:29
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Israel’s new ambassador to Russia
On March 2, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Israel’s new ambassador to Russia, H. E. Gary Koren, at the DECR.
27.02.2017 7:13
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with chairman of Russian-Kyrgyz Business Council
On 26 February 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Ivan Polyakov, chairman of the Russian-Kyrgyz Business Council (RKBC).
24.02.2017 11:40
DECR chairman’s congratulatory message to Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria on the occasion of anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, has congratulated the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos, on the anniversary of his enthronement.
22.02.2017 21:44
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with president of Italian Bishops’ Conference
On February 22, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, at the DECR.
22.02.2017 16:28
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Greek Ambassador to Russia
Prospects of cooperation between the Embassy of Greece and the Russian Orthodox Church were discussed.
22.02.2017 15:26
DECR chairman meets with Hungarian Ambassador to Russia
Ambassador Balla thanked Metropolitan Hilarion for the talk and noted great importance of contacts between Hungary and the Moscow Patriarchate.