Inter-Christian relations
31.08.2019 14:06
Delegation of Malankara Church of India visits St. Petersburg
The delegation included Metropolitan Zachariah Mar Nikolovos, head of the Malankara Church department for external church relations; Rev. Abraham Thomas, secretary of the department for external church relations; and Rev. Aswin Zefrin Fernandis, head of the Malankara Catholicos’s protocol service.
30.08.2019 10:51
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with participants in the 5th Summer Institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church
On 28th August 2019, Feast Day of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, participants in the Summer Institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
29.08.2019 17:37
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with participants in the 5th Summer Institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church
Metropolitan Hilarion told the guests about the DECR’s history and major spheres of its activities, as well as about the current relations with the Roman Catholic Church, and answered numerous questions.
27.08.2019 16:56
A delegation of the Roman Catholic Church visits the Synodal Department for Charity
On August 26, 2019, representatives of the Roman Catholic Church visited the Moscow Patriarchate department for charity and social service as part of their attendance of the Summer Institute of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI).
09.08.2019 19:15
DECR chairman meets with Manila Archbishop Cardinal Tagle
On 9 August 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently on a working visit at the Philippines, met with Louis Antonio Gokim Cardinal Tagle, Archbishop of Manila.
06.08.2019 15:40
Moscow Patriarchate delegation attended Youth Global Gathering of Syriac Orthodox Church in Stockholm
The Suryoyo Youth Global Gathering (SYGG) of the Syriac Orthodox Church was held from July 31 to August 5, 2019, in Stockholm.
20.07.2019 13:20
Russian Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church continue cooperating in aid to Christians in Middle East
From July 16 to 18, 2019, with a blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk as head of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR), a group of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church visited the headquarters of Kirche in Not (the Church in Need), an international Catholic charitable foundation based…
19.07.2019 21:30
28th Russian-German forum of civic societies ‘St. Petersburg Dialogue’ took place in Bonn
The civic discussion forum brought together about 300 specialists from all spheres of society in both countries.
15.07.2019 21:44
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with delegation of Urbi et Orbi Foundation
On 15 July 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a delegation the Urbi et Orbi Foundation led by its founder Dr. Robert Moynihan, who is also editor-in-chief of the Inside the Vatican magazine.
10.07.2019 11:39
DECR representative meets with Ambassador of Ethiopia to Russia
On 9 July 2019, hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, visited the Embassy of Ethiopia in Moscow with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), and met with H. E. Alemayehu Tegenu Aargau, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…