Foreign ambassadors

10.02.2014 17:12

Metropolitan Hilarion meets the ambassador of Ireland in Russia

On February 10, 2014, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met the ambassador of Ireland in Russia, Mr. Eoin O'Leary.
06.02.2014 17:58

DECR chairman meets the new French ambassador to Russia

DECR chairman meets the new French ambassador to Russia On February 6, 2014, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met in the DECR with the new ambassador of France to the Russian Federation, Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert.
23.01.2014 18:15

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Egypt’s Ambassador to Russia

On 23 January 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud ElDieb, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Russian Federation.
22.01.2014 22:03

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the head of EU Delegation to Russia

On 22 January 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Vygaudas Ušackas, the new head of the Delegation of the European Union to Russia.
22.01.2014 21:40

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador of Greece to Russia

Metropolitan Hilarion congratulated Ms Koumanakou on her appointment and expressed his hope for the further development of fruitful cooperation between the Department for External Church Relations and the Embassy of Greece in Moscow.
06.12.2013 22:47

DECR chairman meets with Mexican Ambassador to Russia

Topical issues on the current international agenda were discussed.
06.12.2013 16:48

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Croatian Ambassador to Russia

Metropolitan Hilarion said that he had warm recollections of his visit to Croatia last August. He expressed his satisfaction with the results of the referendum held recently in Croatia as the majority spoke against the equation of same-sex unions with traditional marriages.
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.
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…
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.