DECR Chairman
07.01.2017 10:00
DECR chairman sends Christmas greetings to Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent greetings with the Nativity of Christ to the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches
07.01.2017 6:47
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates the Nativity of Christ at the Church of ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ icon of the Mother of God
On the night of January 7, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated Divine liturgy at the Church of ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ icon of the Mother of God, Bolshaya Ordynka street, Moscow.
29.12.2016 16:51
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at MPhI Academic Council enlarged meeting
On December 22, 2016, the Academic Council of the National Research Nuclear University ‘MPhI’ held an enlarged meeting with participation of representatives of the staff and United Students Council to honour Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk as MPhI professor, head of its Chair of Theology, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department…
29.12.2016 14:15
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 29 December 2016, a regular session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, last in 2016, took place at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
29.12.2016 13:48
Moscow Patriarchate commission for students exchange meets at CMI
On December 28, 2016, the Moscow Patriarchate commission for students exchange met at the assembly hall of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute for Post-Graduate Studies (CMI).
28.12.2016 19:21
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the newly-appointed Ambassador of Russia to Switzerland
In the course of the talk, which was held in a constructive atmosphere, the DECR chairman told the guest about the situation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Switzerland.
28.12.2016 11:03
Holy Synod makes decisions concerning external church relations
At its session on December 27, 2016, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church considered in particular some matters concerning external church relations.
27.12.2016 12:22
Patriarch Kirill chairs a session of the Holy Synod
On December 27, 2016, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held its last session this year, at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow. The session was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
25.12.2016 14:46
Metropolitan Hilarion prays for victims of plane crash over Black Sea
On December 25, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), commemorated those who died that day in a plane crash over the Black Sea, during the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted in Moscow.
25.12.2016 13:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expresses condolences over plane crash in Black Sea
In the morning of December 25, the Russian Defense Ministry’s TU-154 aircraft crashed into the Black Sea. Eight crew members and 84 passengers died.