DECR Chairman
14.12.2016 0:02
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker
On 13 December 2016, commemoration day of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, while in Italy on a working visit, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Bari in the crypt of the Basilica of St Nicholas the…
13.12.2016 23:51
(Russian) Заместителя председателя ОВЦС протоиерея Николая Балашова поздравили с 60-летием со дня рождения
(Russian) 13 декабря 2016 года, в день памяти апостола Андрея Первозванного, руководитель Управления Московской Патриархии по зарубежным учреждениям епископ Богородский Антоний совершил Божественную литургию в московском храме Воскресения Словущего на Успенском вражке.
13.12.2016 23:26
Metropolitan Hilarion pays working visit to Bari
On 12 December 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, while in Italy upon the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the city of Bari.
12.12.2016 20:55
DECR chairman expresses condolences to Primate of Coptic Church over explosion in Cairo
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent condolences to His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark in All Africa and the Middle East, over a terrorist attack committed at the church complex in…
12.12.2016 13:32
Concert of the Moscow Synodal Choir and the Sistine Chapel Choir is performed in Rome
On 11 December 2016, a concert performed by the Moscow Synodal Choir conducted by the honoured artist of Russia Alexei Puzakov and the Sistine Chapel Choir conducted by Mons. Massimo Palombella was performed at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs in Rome.
12.12.2016 11:02
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Bishop Antony of Bogorodsk celebrate on patronal feast at the Church of St. Catherine in Rome
On 11 December 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, and Bishop Antony of Bogorodsk, rector of the Church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr and administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate’s parishes in Italy celebrated Divine Liturgy.
10.12.2016 18:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Pope Francis
On 10 December 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.
07.12.2016 22:50
Round table meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the Church and International Relations Centre takes place in Moscow Institute of International Relations
On 7 December 2016, a round table meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Church and International Relations Centre was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
07.12.2016 22:12
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates at the Church of the Resurrection in Zurich
At the entrance to the church children from Sunday school met him with flowers and bread and salt of hospitality.
01.12.2016 18:04
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with participants in the 1st International Conference of choir conductors and singers of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 1 December 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the participants in the 1st International Conference of choir conductors and singers of the Russian Orthodox Church.