Meetings
08.11.2013 18:50
DECR chairman meets with the new Italian ambassador to Russia
Ambassador Ragaglini thanked Metropolitan Hilarion for the meeting and expressed his interest in the development of contacts with the Department for External Church Relations.
08.11.2013 18:38
DECR chairman meets with the Governor of Corfu
On 8 November 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion met with the Governor of the island of Corfu, Christos Skourtis. They were joined in the meeting, which took place at the Department for External Church Relations, by hieromonk Roman (Kiselev), a staff member of the DECR secretariat for far abroad countries, and the…
04.11.2013 13:16
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian ambassador to South Korea
On November 4, 2013, having concluded his participation in the 10th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches, which takes place in Busan, South Korea, on his way from Busan to Seoul, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with Russian…
24.10.2013 18:07
DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of Guatemala to Russia
On 24 October 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Herbert Estuardo Meneses Coronado, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Guatemala to Russia. They were joined in the meeting by Miguel Palacio, staff member of the DECR secretariat for far…
24.10.2013 12:37
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets vice-chairman of Cuba’s government
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the vice-chairman of the Cuban Council of Ministers, Mr. Ricardo Cabrisas. Present at the meeting were also Cuban Ambassador to Russia His Excellency Emilio Lozada Garcia and Miguel Palacio of the DECR secretariat for…
22.10.2013 15:46
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with new Latvian ambassador to Russia
On 22 October 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Russian Federation, H. E. Astra Kurme.
18.10.2013 16:48
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador Bolot Junusov of Kyrgyzstan to Russia
On 18 October 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H. E. Bolot Junusov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Russian Federation.
01.10.2013 12:06
DECR chairman meets with Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles
On 30 September 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a hierarch of the Coptic Church, Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles.
25.09.2013 21:09
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
On 25 September 2013, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, and Arcbishop Elisey of Sourozh attended the episcopal ordination of Canon Jonathan Goodall which took place in the main Cathedral of Westminster…
25.09.2013 10:44
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Archbishop Antonio Mennini
They had a warm talk on numerous issues of concern to both the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.