Representatives of government
26.06.2018 11:02
DECR chairman meets with Greek deputy minister of foreign affairs
On June 24, 2018, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), arrived in Athens.
14.03.2018 21:43
DECR chairman meets with Syria’s Minister of Tourism
Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Minister of Tourism of the Syrian Arab Republic Bishr Riad Yazigi.
19.11.2017 7:00
DECR chairman meets with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Health of Lebanon
On 18 November 2017, at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health of the Lebanese Republic.
17.11.2017 13:36
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Morocco’s Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is on a visit Morocco’s capital city of Rabat with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia with a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the round-table conference…
05.09.2017 21:24
DECR chairman meets with Russian ambassador to Greece A. Maslov
The head of the diplomatic representation in the Republic of Greece told the archpastor about the embassy’s projects for preserving the Russian legacy in Greece and activities for strengthening traditionally fraternal relationships between the peoples of the two countries.
21.06.2017 18:59
DECR chairman meets with deputy head of the First European Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed the diplomat to the Synodal institution responsible for external contacts of the Russian Church.
11.05.2017 23:16
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Vice President of the United States Michael R. Pence
On 11 May 2017, the Vice President of the Unites States Michael R. Pence met with religious leaders of different Christian confessions at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington before a plenary session of the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians.
11.04.2017 16:23
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with speaker of People’s Council of Syria
On 11 April 2017, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, its chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met with Mrs. Hadieh Abbas, Speaker of the People’s Council of the Syrian Arab Republic, and a delegation of the Syrian parliamentarians and public officials who accompanied her.
08.03.2017 12:45
DECR chairman meets with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
On 7 March 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary on his initiative.
28.12.2016 19:21
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the newly-appointed Ambassador of Russia to Switzerland
In the course of the talk, which was held in a constructive atmosphere, the DECR chairman told the guest about the situation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Switzerland.