Inter-Christian relations
22.11.2016 20:03
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with Cardinal Kurt Koch
On 22 November 2016, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Kurt Cardinal Koch.
22.11.2016 17:33
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
On 22 November 2016, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
15.11.2016 13:43
Board of the Christian Interconfessional Consultative Committee holds meeting at the DECR
On 15 November 2016, the Board of the Christian Interconfessional Consultative Committee (CICC) met at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
22.10.2016 9:08
Holy Synod takes decisions on external church activities
During its session held on 21 October 2016 and chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church considered a number of issues pertaining to the external church relations.
21.10.2016 12:18
DECR chairman meets with new Apostolic Nuncio in Russia
On October 21, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), met with the new Apostolic Nuncio in Russia, Archbishop Celestino Migliore.
18.10.2016 21:01
Patriarch Kirill’s discussion with Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury
On October 18, 2016, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, met with Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury at the Lambeth Palace in London.
17.10.2016 16:23
Hierarchs of the Oriental Churches convey Syrian children’s peace messages to EU leaders and UN high commissioners
In early October 2016, as part of a campaign organized by the Christian Churches in more than two thousand public schools in Damask, Homs and other Syrian cities, schoolchildren wrote messages and made drawings calling the world community to stop the war in the country.
11.10.2016 19:06
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with a large group of students from Italy
On October 11, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), met with a group of professions and 250 students from schools in Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin and Palermo, run by…
06.10.2016 16:38
DECR chairman meets with a group of Catholic clergy from the diocese of Dublin
On October 6, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), met with a group of Catholic priests from Ireland, led by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, at the DECR. The group is making a pilgrimage to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
04.10.2016 16:24
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in reflection-action conferences devoted to 140th anniversary of Synodal version of the Bible
On October 4, a reflection-action conference devoted to the 140th anniversary of the Russian Synodal version of the Bible was held in Moscow. It was organized by the Christian Inter-Confessional Advisory Committee (CICAC).