Inter-Christian relations
07.01.2018 14:41
DECR chairman meets with delegation of Syrian Orthodox Church
On 6 January 2018, at the parish house of the Church of the Joy of All Who Sorrow Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with a delegation of the…
29.12.2017 22:12
Condolences sent by the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church to Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II over the attack of militants on a Coptic church in Cairo
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has extended condolences to Patriarch of the Coptic Church Tawadros II over the attack on the church of St. Mina in a Cairo’s suburb committed on December 29.
29.12.2017 22:11
DECR chairman’s condolences over attack on the Coptic church of St. Mina in Cairo
Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk called the attack a dastard and cynical crime. As a result of the attack, nine people were killed and several more people were wounded.
25.12.2017 10:01
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates heads of non-Orthodox Churches on the Nativity of Christ
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent Christmas greeting to the heads of the non-Orthodox Churches.
25.12.2017 10:00
DECR chairman sends Christmas greetings to the heads of the non-Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent Christmas greetings.
19.12.2017 22:12
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits Bari
On December 18-19, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), visited Bari, Italy, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
11.12.2017 22:14
First session of Commission for Dialogue between Russian Orthodox Church and Syriac Orthodox Church
The Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church held its first session in Cherepovets, Vologda region.
23.11.2017 16:24
Archbishop of Canterbury visits Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies
On 22 November 2017, during his first visit to Russia, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby visited Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies.
21.11.2017 21:02
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations meets with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
On 21 November 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the DECR, met with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby. Talks were held with the delegation of the Church of England accompanying the Archbishop on his visit to Moscow.
21.11.2017 21:01
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with Archbishop of Canterbury
On 21 November 2017, at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Anglican Communion.