Inter-Orthodox relations
21.01.2010 14:12
DECR Chairman sends a congratulatory message to the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on his Name Day
Archbishop Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, greeted His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria with the commemoration day of his heavenly patron, St. Maximus the Confessor. The text is given below.
13.01.2010 12:55
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations: “It is impossible to solve religious issues by political means”
On 12 January 2010, Archbishop Hilarion met with the Russian and foreign journalists at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations. One of the questions regarded the interconnection between church and political problems in the post-Soviet domain.
12.01.2010 23:41
Archbishop Hilarion: a visit of His Holiness to the Patriarchate of Alexandria will not be just a matter of protocol
On 12 January 2010, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with the Russian and foreign journalists at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations.
12.01.2010 22:12
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations meets with Russian and foreign journalists
The meeting was dedicated to the external activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2010. Archbishop Hilarion submitted a working plan of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations for approval by His Holiness the Patriarch and members of the Holy Synod at its session on 25 December 2009…
12.01.2010 19:00
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk delivers Patriarchal awards to those who prepared the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine
Patriarchal awards were conferred upon M. Komarov, S. Baranov, M. Kudelya, and Ya. Baskov for assistance rendered by them to the success of the Patriarchal visit to Ukraine and as a blessing for their zealous work to the glory of the Russian Orthodox Church.
12.01.2010 14:17
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church on his Name Day
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland with his Name Day:
12.01.2010 14:17
DECR Chairman congratulates His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland on his Name Day
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, congratulated the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church on his Name Day. The text of the greeting is given below:
28.12.2009 14:40
Patriarch Kirill congratulates Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada on the first anniversary of his enthronement
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in his message to His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada congratulated him on the anniversary of his enthronement. Below is the text of the message:
26.12.2009 5:42
Russian Orthodox Church delegation attends celebrations marking anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Iliya of Georgia
The Day of the Enthronement of His Holiness and Beatitude Iliya II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, on 25 December 2009, began in Tbilisi with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the Trinity Cathedral, with a multitude of people congregated. Among the participants were Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk,…
25.12.2009 19:26