Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, to the 19th International Educational Christmas Readings

The discussions involve the mass media and reach out to a large audience.

Statement of the DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, on the European Parliament resolution on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion

On 20 January 2011, the European Parliament took an unprecedented step by adopting a resolution on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion. It is for the first time that a major political body of the European Union recognized that Christians are persecuted.

(Russian) «Иметь или быть? Влияние сексуальной революции на изменение нравственного климата и социально-экономических отношений в современном мире» Доклад митрополита Волоколамского Илариона на межконфессиональной конференции по проблемам семьи в Каунасе (Литва), проходившей 10 января 2011 г.

(Russian) В современном обществе вопросам половой жизни уделяется повышенное внимание. Бытует мнение, что сексуальная сфера является едва ли не самой главной в жизни человека.

Importance of Monasticism for Orthodoxy Today – paper presented by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the round table of 4th International Theological Conference

On November 18, 2010, the last day of the 4th International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church on Life in Christ: Christian Ethics, Ascetic Tradition of the Church and Modern Challenges, a round-table talk was held at the Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to discuss…