Meetings
10.01.2019 20:43
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the State of Israel
On 10 January 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with H.E. Alexander Viktorov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation…
10.01.2019 15:17
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
On January 10, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land made with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem to meet with…
25.12.2018 21:45
Guests from Kosovo and Metohija visit the DECR
On 25 December 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) met with Bishop Teodosije of Raška-Prizren, Serbian Orthodox Church, and hieromonk Isidor (Jagodić), who have arrived as pilgrims to venerate the holy sites of the Russian Orthodox Church.
30.11.2018 19:45
DECR chairman meets with Russian ambassador to France
Metropolitan Hilarion shared impressions of his visit to the Russian Orthodox cultural center on the Branly Embankment in Paris and participation in the conference devoted to the 60th anniversary since the death of Vladimir Lossky, an outstanding theologian of the Russian Diaspora.
27.11.2018 9:39
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian ambassador in Beijing A. Denisov
They discussed a wide range of issues of mutual concern including further steps to be made to normalize the situation of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church.
26.11.2018 11:21
Metropolitan Hilarion completes his working visit to Pyongyang
On 26 November 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Kim Yong-dae, vice-president of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and with Mr. Im Chon-il, deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK.
19.11.2018 17:03
Metropolitan Hilarion visits metochion of Kykkos Monastery in Nicosia
On 19 November 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the metochion of the Kykkos Monastery in the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia, where he met with the hegumen of the monastery, Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tylliria.
19.11.2018 16:10
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Archbishop of Cyprus
They were joined in the meeting, which took place the Archbishopric premises in Nicosia, by Bishop Gregorios of Mesaoria and hierodeacon Grigory (Sokolov), a staff member of the DECR.
18.11.2018 17:19
DECR chairman meets with Grand Mufti of Syria
On November 17, 2018, during his visit to Damascus, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Grand Mufti of Syria Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun.
18.11.2018 16:03
(Russian) Состоялась встреча председателя ОВЦС с министром по делам вакуфов Сирии
On 17 November 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the Ministry of Awqaf of the Syrian Arab Republic and met with the Minister, Dr. Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed.