Interreligious relations
25.09.2020 13:24
DECR secretary for interreligious relations takes part in online interfaith conference
On 24th September 2020, an international online conference on “Religion in Changing World. Role of Education in Upbringing of Youth” took place on the platform of the TASS press centre in Moscow, bringing together eighty participants from twenty countries.
28.02.2020 13:48
Communique of joint meeting of Interreligious Council in Russia and Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee
We, participants in the joint meeting of the Interreligious Council in Russia and the Christian Inter-Confession Consultative Committee representing Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Buddhist communities in Russia, have gathered in Moscow on the invitation of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
11.02.2020 14:45
DECR secretary for interreligious relations meets with deputy head of Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader
On 11 February 2020, a solemn reception was given at the residence of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation on the occasion of the National Day of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
31.01.2020 22:53
Reception marking the anniversary of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s enthronement takes place at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
On 31st January 2020, a reception marking the 11th anniversary of enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took place in the Refectory Chambers of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
30.01.2020 7:46
Representative of Russian Orthodox Church attends Holocaust Remembrance Day events in New York
Annually in the end of January, the UN marks the Holocaust Remembrance Day. On January 27, the Red Army troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of the most terrible Nazi death camps, also known by its Polish name Oswiecim.
28.01.2020 12:30
DECR representative attends an event timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 January 2020, a memorial ceremony took place at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow dated for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
15.12.2019 13:59
DECR representative takes part in Religions for Peace meeting in New York
On 11th – 13th December 2019, the Religions for Peace International organized a meeting in New York, bringing together over 200 representatives of religious traditions from various countries.
25.11.2019 23:07
Statement of the Interreligious Council in Russia on protection of religious holy places in the Middle East
The Statement was adopted at the ICR meeting that took place on November 25, 2019, at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies.
25.11.2019 23:00
Interreligious Council of Russia holds its session
A regular session of the Interreligious Council of Russia (ICR) took place at the premises of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Moscow on November 25, 2019.
22.11.2019 21:09
Interreligious Working Group for Humanitarian Aid to Population of Syria holds its 9th session
On 6th November 2019, with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, the Interreligious Working Group for Humanitarian Aid to Population of Syria of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations under the President of Russia held its ninth session…