Inter-Christian relations
19.08.2018 18:50
DECR chairman meets with a group of Christian figures from Switzerland
On August 19, 2018, the Day of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with a group of Christian figures from Switzerland.
15.08.2018 14:38
Pilgrims from Portugal visit Department for External Church Relations
On 15 August 2018, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Portugal, led by Rev. António Vaz Pinto, rector of the Church of St. Roch in Lisbon, visited the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations.
10.08.2018 10:27
Patriarchal deanery in Thailand has given humanitarian aids to Karen refugees
On August 7, 2018, with a blessing of the dean of the Patriarchal Parishes in Thailand and the Russian Orthodox Church representative in Thailand, Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), a working group visited the Ban Huai Sua village in the Tanah Seri Hills on the Thailand–Myanmar border.
20.07.2018 15:52
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby sends letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the centenary of martyrdom of the Venerable Martyr Elizabeth
On 18 July 2018, the centenary of the martyrdom in Alapayevsk of the Venerable Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth, the head of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, sent a letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
08.07.2018 18:26
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy on the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Bari
On 8 July 2018, the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a visit to Bari on the occasion of the meeting of the heads and representatives of Christian Churches and communities celebrated the Divine Liturgy…
08.07.2018 3:54
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk takes part in the meeting of the heads and representatives of the Christian Churches and communities over the situation of Christians in the Middle East
On 7 July 2018, in Bari, Italy, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended the meeting of the heads and representatives of the Christian Churches and communities over the situation of Christians in Middle East.
01.07.2018 15:29
DECR chairman meets with delegation of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony
Bishop Rentzing told about the activities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony, noting the importance of teaching the basics of the Holy Scripture and faith at schools in this federal state of Germany.
23.06.2018 15:55
Tenth theological talks between the Russian Orthodox Church and the German Bishops’ Conference take place in Germany
The 10th theological talks between the Russian Orthodox Church and the German Bishops’ Conference (Roman Catholic Church) took place in Marienrode, Hildesheim, Germany.
21.06.2018 23:41
Patriarch Kirill congratulates the Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of World Council of Churches, and members of the WCC Central Committee on the 70th anniversary of WCC
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches and members of the Central Committee who had assembled to hold a regular session dedicated to the 70th anniversary of establishment of the World Council of…
06.06.2018 14:08
Head of the Kirche in Not/Russia awarded by Russian Orthodox Church
Mr. P. V. Gumenyuk, head of the department for relations with Russia of the international Catholic charitable foundation Kirche in Not, has been awarded the jubilee Medal ‘In Memory of the Centenary of the Restoration of Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church’.