DECR Chairman
30.11.2016 20:34
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Chilean ambassador to Russia
On November 30, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Chile’s Ambassador to Russia Juan Eduardo Eguiguren, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Moscow, at the DECR. Taking part in the meeting was also Miguel Palacio, DECR secretariat for…
30.11.2016 18:25
DECR chairman meets with Bulgarian ambassador to Russia
On November 30, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Russia Boiko Kocev, at the DECR.
30.11.2016 18:05
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with newly-appointed Ambassador of Poland to Russia
On 30 November 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Włodzimierz Marciniak, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the Russian Federation.
30.11.2016 12:43
Metropolitan Hilarion signs condolence book at Cuba’s Embassy
On 30 November 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Moscow and met with Ambassador Emilio Losada Garcia to express condolences over the death of Fidel Castro Ruz.
30.11.2016 6:37
Presidential working group and Russian Orthodox Church’s organizing committee sum up celebrations marking the millennium of Russian monasticism on Mt Athos
On 29 November 2016, the concluding joint meeting of the Presidential working group for the preparation of the celebrations marking the millennium of the Russian presence on Mt Athos and the Russian Orthodox Church’s organizing committee for the preparation of the celebrations marking the millennium of the Russian monasticism on…
28.11.2016 20:38
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with students of Higher Diplomatic Courses
On November 28, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with a group of students of the Higher Diplomatic Courses under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic…
26.11.2016 12:15
DECR chairman expresses condolences over the death of Bishop Jeronim of Jegar
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent a condolence letter to Bishop Irinej of Backa over the demise of Bishop Jeronim of Jegar, a vicar of the Backa diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
24.11.2016 15:33
DECR chairman greets Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East with his 75th birthday
In his message to Mar Gewargis III Sliwa, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Holiness on his 75th birthday.
22.11.2016 21:02
Patriarch Kirill meets with delegation of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
On November 22, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with a delegation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church who participated in the celebrations devoted to his 70th birthday, at the patriarchal residence in the St. Daniel Patriarchal Monastery.
22.11.2016 20:45
Patriarch Kirill meets with delegation of Romanian Orthodox Church
On November 22, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with a delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the patriarchal residence in the St. Daniel Patriarchal Monastery.