Interreligious relations
12.09.2015 15:16
DECR chairman’s condolences to Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations has extended condolences to the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mr. Iyad bin Amin Madani, over the tragedy in Mecca in which hundreds of people were killed and injured.
11.09.2015 16:00
Russian Orthodox Church delegation attend interreligious forum in Albania
September 6-9, 2015 – The annual forum ‘Prayer for Peace’, held by the Catholic Community of St. Egidio in various countries, took place in Tirana, Albania, under the theme ‘Peace Is Always Possible’.
12.06.2015 1:36
Russian Orthodox Church representatives attend meeting of Strategic Vision Group ‘Russia – Islamic World’
On June 11, 2015, the Strategic Vision Group ‘Russia – Islamic World’ began its meeting in Moscow under the chairmanship of R. Minnikhanov, acting head of the Republic of Tatarstan.
31.05.2015 21:46
Russian parliament members and public figures attend divine service at the church of Russian Orthodox Church Damascus Representation
The delegation led by D. Sablin, a member of the Russian Federation Council, was in Syria from May 25-28.
14.05.2015 22:10
Round table with participation of representatives of traditional religions of Russia and China takes place in Beijing
The Chinese and Russian participants spoke at length about the importance of contacts in religious sphere for consolidation of relations between Russia and China and for friendship between the people of the two countries which was mentioned by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and President Xi…
30.04.2015 22:14
DECR chairman meets with representatives of the Yezidi community in Russia
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with representatives of the Yezidi community in Russia.
29.04.2015 19:52
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Mr. Damir Mukhetdinov, deputy chairman of Muslim Spiritual Board of Russia
The meeting took place at the Department for External Church Relations.
28.03.2015 23:48
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at forum held in Kazan Federal University
Metropolitan Hilarion spoke on the topic “Faith as Shaping Power and Basis of Civilizational Stability of the State”.
15.02.2015 18:50
Hierarch of Russian Orthodox Church visits Cambodia
On 13 February 2015, Archbishop Feofilakt of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk arrived in Cambodia, accompanied by Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Thailand, and Mr. Dmitry Petrovsky, a staff member of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
31.10.2014 22:42
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with the Grand Mufti of Syria
On 31 October 20124, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Grand Mufti of Syria, Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun.