Meetings
25.11.2013 18:19
DECR chairman meets with Bishop Aarre Kuukauppi of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria
Metropolitan Hilarion noted the identity of views of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Church of Ingria on the role of Christianity in the contemporary secular society and underscored the necessity of protecting traditional Christian values. He highly appreciated the position of the Church of Ingria on many ethical and…
18.11.2013 12:47
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with representatives of Iraqi Christian communities
Representatives of the Syrian Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Chaldean Catholic Church told the DECR chairman of the situation of Christians in their country.
18.11.2013 12:02
DECR chairman meets with Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, UN special envoy to Syria
Metropolitan Hilarion gave him a detailed account of the work done by the Russian Orthodox Church for the betterment of the situation in Syria and the alleviation of sufferings of the Syrian people.
13.11.2013 12:03
DECR chairman meets with Ambassador Avdeyev of the Russian Federation to the Holy See
They discussed a number of topics of mutual interest. Metropolitan Hilarion told Ambassador Avdeyev about his recent trip to Lebanon and noted that Christian minorities in certain countries of the Middle East are persecuted and need protection.
13.11.2013 11:30
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Discussed at the meeting were various aspects of cooperation among the Churches in culture and theological education.
13.11.2013 8:22
DECR chairman meets with President of the Italian Republic
They were joined in the meeting, which took place at Palazzo del Quirinale, by counselors to the President, Antonio Zanardi Landi and Carlo Guelfi, deputy minister of foreign affairs, Marta Dassù; Russian Ambassador to Italy, Sergei Razov; archimandrite Antony (Sevryuk); hieromonk Giovanni Guaita and Rev. Alexei Dikarev, staff members of…
12.11.2013 20:54
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Pope Francis
At the beginning of the meeting, which was held in the atmosphere of mutual understanding, Metropolitan Hilarion conveyed greetings and best wishes from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Primate of the Roman Catholic Church.
12.11.2013 20:10
Metropolitan Hilarion negotiates with President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Discussed was the present state of relations between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Attention was paid to the difficulties which the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue is facing.
11.11.2013 12:47
Metropolitan Hilarion completes his visit to Lebanon
On 10 November 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), who visited Lebanon in connection with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of consecration of Archbishop Nifon of Philippopolis, representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East to the…
09.11.2013 15:59
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the President of Lebanon
President Suleiman highly appreciated the position of Russia and of the Russian Orthodox Church on the situation in Syria and shared his vision of the situation in this country and of the means for its settlement.