Inter-Orthodox relations
03.06.2019 15:46
Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), representative of Patriarch of Moscow and Al Russia to Patriarch of Antioch and All the East attends celebration of irenical visit of His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia
On 1 June 2019, a delegation of the Serbian Orthodox Church headed by His Holiness Patriarch Irinej was solemnly met at the Mariamia Cathedral in Damascus and warmly welcomed by the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, His Beatitude Patriarch John X, an assembly of bishops, clergymen and laypersons.
03.06.2019 15:33
Archbishop Feofan of Korea: We continue the work that was initiated several centuries ago
On February 26, 2019, at the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, a decision was made to establish a diocese of Korea as part of the Patriarchal Exarchate of South-East Asia. Bishop Feofan of Kyzyl and Tyva was appointed its ruling hierarch.
01.06.2019 1:02
A hierarch of the Patriarchate of Antioch visits the Russian Navy church in Tartus
On May 21, 2019, Metropolitan Basil of Accra (Orthodox Church of Antioch) visited the church of the Righteous Warrior Fyodor Ushakov located at the Russian Navy logistical station in Tartus, Syria.
31.05.2019 22:02
The Serbian Church re-affirms its position on church situation in Ukraine
His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, has familiarized His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, with the position taken by the Serbian Orthodox Church on the Ukrainian church problems.
31.05.2019 16:35
Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin visits Department for External Church Relations
On 29 May 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, currently in Moscow on a trip as head of the group of teachers of the foundations of Orthodoxy in the educational institutions…
30.05.2019 15:02
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Bishop of Antiochian Church
On 29 May 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Bishop Qais of Ardrum who arrived in Moscow to take part in the international conference on ‘Violation of the rights of believers in Ukraine.’
29.05.2019 19:29
Commentary by the Secretariat of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission on the Letter by Patriarch Bartholomew to Archbishop Anastasios of Albania of 20th February 2019
The members and experts of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission have examined the key theses of Patriarch Bartholomew’s argument.
28.05.2019 21:08
Assembly of Bishops of Serbian Orthodox Church states that any change in status of Kosovo and Metohija is inadmissible
One of the major items on the agenda of the Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church that completed its work on 18th May 2019, was the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, including the issue of the status of this province which has an immense historical and spiritual importance…
22.05.2019 23:15
DECR chairman meets with delegation of Palestinian Supreme Presidential Committee for Churches’ Affairs
On May 22, 2019, the Day of the Translation of the Relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra of Lycia to Bar, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), after the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our…
21.05.2019 17:19
The Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church calls the schism and actions of Constantinople “the greatest problem of the Orthodox Church today”
The Sacred Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church held its regular session on May 9-18, 2019.