Interreligious relations
14.06.2017 16:49
The first All-Russian academic conference on Theology in Humanitarian Education takes place in Moscow
The first All-Russian academic conference on Theology in Humanitarian Education began its work on June 14, 2017.
08.06.2017 17:52
Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill over terrorist attacks in Tehran
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences over terrorist attack s in the capital of Iran. Seventeen people were killed and forty-three wounded as a result of the attacks.
31.05.2017 14:41
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at the Council of the Federation plenary session
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies, spoke at the Experts’ Time section of the Council of the Federation plenary session.
28.05.2017 23:02
Patriarch Kirill meets with Supreme Mufti of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Supreme Mufti of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Maksatbek aji Toktomushev.
19.05.2017 23:52
DECR representative takes part in meetings held by working bodies of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana
On 17-18 May 2017, the Working group and the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held their meetings in Astana, Kazakhstan.
18.05.2017 20:09
Fundraising campaign begins to help war-affected population of Syria
On 17 May 2017, the second meeting of the Working Group for Rendering Humanitarian Aid to the Population of Syria took place at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations.
12.05.2017 9:57
Presentation by the DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians
800 participants from over 135 countries have gathered at the Summit that is taking place in Washington on May 10-13, 2017.
12.05.2017 1:33
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk spoke at World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians
On 11 May 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, delivered an address at the plenary session of the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians in Washington.
17.03.2017 23:31
Russian Orthodox Church delegation attends interreligious forum in Baku
An international conference on ‘Islamic Solidarity – A Challenge of Time’ took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was organized jointly by the Caucasus Moslem Board, the State Committee for Work with Religious Entities, the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, and the Baku International Center of Multi-Culturalism.
07.03.2017 22:27
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Syria’s Minister of Awqaf
On 7 March 2017, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Dr. Mohammed Abdul Sattar al-Sayeed, Minister of Awqaf of the Syrian Arab Republic.