Inter-Christian relations
13.02.2020 16:04
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Pope Francis
On 13th February 2020, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Pope Francis.
13.02.2020 1:11
Conference in Rome devoted to 4th anniversary of meeting between Pope Francis of Rome and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
The event was presided over by Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR).
12.02.2020 17:59
Joint Working Group for Cooperation between Russian Orthodox Church and Holy See in Rome
The meeting summed up the work of the Joint Working Group for the past period.
11.02.2020 22:31
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
They discussed the current status of relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Roman Catholic Church and paid special attention to fostering the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue being held by the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church.
10.02.2020 10:14
Working Group for Bilateral Relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church holds its first session in India
On February 3-7, 2020, the first session of the Working Group for Coordinating Bilateral Relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church took place in Kottayam, state of Kerala, India.
01.02.2020 21:13
Reception at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour marks 11th anniversary of enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
Greeting the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church were members of the Holy Synod, heads of metropolias, abbots of Stavropegic monasteries, representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches, Synodal institutions, and clergy.
29.01.2020 13:40
First round of consultations between Russian Orthodox Church and Coptic Church held in Netherlands
On 20-24 January 2020, with a blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II, the first round of bilateral theological consultations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church took place at the administrative center of the Coptic Church Diocese of Netherlands and…
13.01.2020 15:20
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Bishop Joseph Werth
On 13 January 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of the Transfiguration in Novosibirsk, Bishop Joseph Werth, at the parish house of the church of Our Lady the Joy of All the…
25.12.2019 12:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends Christmas greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent Christmas greetings to the heads of the non-Orthodox Churches
25.12.2019 12:01
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.