DECR Chairman
22.02.2017 13:10
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with ambassadors of 11 Arab countries
On 21 February 2017, at the Metochion of the Orthodox Church of Antioch in Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volkolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with diplomatic representatives of eleven Arab states.
22.02.2017 10:01
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of Russia
On 21 February 2017, a session of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of Russia (IRCR) took place at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s stavropegic monastery.
21.02.2017 19:06
First meeting of representatives of Russian Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church in Italy as part of Russian-Italian Civil Society Dialogue-Forum takes place in Moscow
The meeting was held at ‘Danilovskaya’ hotel in Moscow on 21 February 2017.
21.02.2017 14:19
Commission for International Cooperation of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations holds its third meeting
On 21 February 2017, the third meeting of the Commission for International Cooperation of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations took place at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
19.02.2017 13:00
Metropolitan Hilarion sends message of greetings to Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland on his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, greeted Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland with his Name Day.
18.02.2017 22:31
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends opening of an exhibition “In memory of those who laid down their lives for the faith of Christ”
On 18 February 2017, he conference ‘February. Tragedy. The Lessons of History. 1917” being over, an exhibition “In memory of those who laid down their lives for the faith of Christ’ was opened at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow…
18.02.2017 21:34
Conference time to the centenary of the February Revolution takes place at the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
On 18 February 2017, a conference “February. Tragedy. The Lessons of History. 2017” was held at the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
17.02.2017 21:20
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo
On 17 February 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Ms Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
17.02.2017 11:59
Metropolitan Hilarion sends a message of greetings to Primate of Orthodox Church of Alexandria on occasion of his name day
In his message to His Beatitude Theodoros II, Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, greeted His Beatitude on the occasion of his name day.
13.02.2017 15:30
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Elevation of the Cross in Geneva
On February 12, 2017, the Sunday of the Prodigal Son and the Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs, Ss Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of…