Representatives of government
18.01.2021 20:31
DECR chairman meets with chairman of Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee
On January 18, 2021, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the DECR, met with the chairman of the Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee of the Palestinian National Authority (in the rank of minister) Mr. Hussain ash-Sheikh, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR).
22.11.2020 20:27
Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion Attends the Funeral of His Holiness Irinej Patriarch of Serbia
On 22nd November 2020 the divine liturgy and funeral took place in the Church of St. Sava in Belgrade of His Holiness Irinej Patriarch of Serbia (1930 – 2020), who died on 20th November.
29.11.2019 11:00
DECR chairman meets with Hungary’s State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians
On 28 November 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Mt. Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s State Secretary for the aid to persecuted Christians.
23.10.2019 17:29
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian Ambassador to the USA
On 22 October 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a working visit to the USA, visited the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington, where he met with H.E. Anatoly Antonov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian…
22.10.2019 10:22
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN
They discussed issues of mutual concern in the area of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Permanent Representation to the UN.
29.09.2019 23:46
DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus
Metropolitan Hilarion and Mr. Mezentsev exchanged impressions of the celebrations and noted the importance of spiritual dimension in the life of the Russian and Belarusian peoples.
23.09.2019 16:43
DECR chairman meets with Russian ambassadors in Jordan and Israel
On September 22, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), while on a working trip to countries of the Middle East with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with Russian Federation Ambassador to the…
23.09.2019 14:27
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Russia’s Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin
Among the issues raised during the meeting was the cooperation between Russia and Lebanon in religious, cultural and educational spheres, as well the development of relationships between the Patriarchate of Antioch and the Russian Orthodox Church.
15.07.2019 22:40
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian Ambassador to Montenegro
On 15 July 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Vladislav Maslennikov, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Montenegro.
20.06.2019 15:38
DECR chairman meets with Hungary’s Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén
During the talk, the interlocutors exchanged opinions concerning a number of problems including the church situation in Ukraine.