Meetings
16.10.2014 20:43
DECR chairman meets with Pope Emeritus Benedicts XVI and Russia’s ambassador to Vatican
The DECR chairman conveyed to the honorary pontiff best regards from Patriarch Kirill. During their talk, in which Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, participated, they touched upon a number of topics including the Orthodox-Catholic theological dialogue, as well as the situation in Ukraine.
10.10.2014 17:04
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with General Secretary of the World Council of Churches
Discussed were inter-Christian relations and the current international situation.
08.10.2014 21:25
Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church take part in the celebration on the commemoration day of St. Sergius of Radonezh
On 8 October 2014, Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana currently on a visit to the Russian Orthodox Church with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, took part in the celebration on the commemoration day of St. Sergius of Radonezh in the Laura of the Holt…
06.10.2014 21:58
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with ambassador of People’s Democratic Republic of Korea
On October 6, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, received the recently appointed Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, Mr. Kim Hyong Jun.
26.09.2014 17:14
DECR Chairman meets with Russia’s newly-appointed ambassador to Slovakia
On September 26, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the newly-appointed ambassador of the Russian Federation to Slovakia, Mr. A. Fedotov.
26.09.2014 16:56
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Bulgaria’s ambassador to Russia
On September 26, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Russia, Mr. Boiko Kocev, at the DECR.
24.09.2014 22:00
Patriarch Kirill meets with Iran’s ambassador to Russia
On September 24, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Mehdi Sanaei, at the patriarchal residence in Chisty Pereulok.
24.09.2014 17:51
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with newly-appointed US ambassador to Russia
On September 24, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Russia, Mr. John F. Tefft.
19.09.2014 11:01
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian ambassador to Jordan
On September 18, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is in Amman, attending the plenary session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church, met with Russian Ambassador to Jordan B. Bolotin, at…
14.09.2014 23:56
DECR chairman meets with Syria’s Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs
On September 14, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs of the Arab Republic of Syria, Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Sattar Al Sayed, at the parish house of the church of Our Lady the Joy…