Inter-Orthodox relations
27.04.2013 10:39
Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria arrives in Moscow at the invitation of Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 26 April 2013, Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria arrived in Moscow at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. He is accompanied on his visit by his private secretary, Dr. Ivaylo Shafalov.
24.04.2013 21:12
Reports on release of Christian hierarchs abducted in Syria prove to be false
Agence France-Presse and Reuters, and then other foreign news agencies and broadcasting companies reported that the kidnapped Christian hierarchs had been released and were on their way to or had just returned to Aleppo. Those reports were cited by the mass media in various countries, including Russia. However, authoritative sources…
23.04.2013 14:34
Patriarchal message to the Primate of Church of Antioch on the abduction of Christian leaders in Aleppo
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East, in which he expressed his sympathy over the abduction of Metropolitan Buolos of Aleppo (Orthodox Church of Antioch) and Metropolitan Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim (Syrian…
23.04.2013 13:00
Statement by DECR Communication Service on kidnapping of Christian leaders of Aleppo
On 22 April 2013, leaders of Christian communities of Aleppo, Metropolitan Boulos of Aleppo (Orthodox Church of Antioch) and Metropolitan Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim (Syriac Orthodox Church), were abducted in northeast Syria.
23.04.2013 12:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: We pray for the soonest return of hierarchs abducted in Syria
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, made comments to the mass media concerning the abduction of hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Antioch and of the Syrian Orthodox Church
19.04.2013 16:48
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch expresses gratitude for humanitarian aid to the Syrian people
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East sent a letter to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, in which he expressed his gratitude for humanitarian aid collected for the Syrian people in Russia by the Imperial Orthodox Palestine…
17.04.2013 10:59
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church
In a solemn ceremony at the Orthodox Cultural and Religious Center in Warsaw, Metropolitan Hilarion presented the Polish Orthodox Church with an iconostasis for the Center’s Chapel of Ss Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-the-Apostles as a gift from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.
17.04.2013 10:51
Metropolitan Hilarion delivers a lecture at University of Thessaloniki
At the university main entrance, Metropolitan Hilarion was welcomed by rector Prof Yoannis Mylopoulos, pro-rector Despina Lioliou and dean of the Faculty of Theology Prof Michael Tritos.
15.04.2013 23:52
DECR chairman continues his pilgrimage to Mount Athos
On 14 April 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently leading the group of pilgrims visiting the Holy Mount Athos with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Iveron Monastery.
15.04.2013 21:41
First consignment of humanitarian aid from Russia is delivered to Damascus
Humanitarian aid for the Syrian people was collected in Moscow from March 31-April 12 2013, by the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, with the participation of the Russian Orthodox Church, upon the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.