Interreligious relations
17.10.2018 23:31
Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church attends “Bridges of Peace” meeting in Bologna
The “Bridges of Peace” international forum took place in Bologna, Italy, on October 14-16, 2018. The annual meeting is sponsored by the Catholic community of Sant’Egidio.
10.10.2018 16:53
Metropolitan Hilarion attends a meeting of the Council of Religious Leaders in Astana
On October 10, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), attended the third meeting of the Council of Religious Leaders, which was established at the 2012 Congress of the Traditional and World Religions. The council membership consisted of seventeen most authoritative…
18.09.2018 21:00
Patriarch Kirill meets Grand Mufti of Syria
On September 18, 2018, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia met with Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, Grand Mufti of Syria, at the patriarchal and synodal residence at the St. Daniel’s monastery in Moscow.
02.09.2018 18:52
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with chairman of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization
On 2 September 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, rector of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, met with Dr. Abouzar Ebrahimi Torkaman, head of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, who also acts as cochairman of the…
27.08.2018 17:47
DECR chairman meets with Ayatollah Sayyed Mussawi
On August 27, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), received Ayatollah Sayyed Javadi Mussawi, an Iranian academic figure.
09.07.2018 18:11
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Director General of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue
The discussion concerned problems involved in cooperation in the area of interreligious interaction.
03.07.2018 15:24
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Iranian ambassador to Russia
On July 3, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relation (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-graduate Studies (CMI), met at the CMI with the Ambassador of Iran to Russia, Mr. Mehdi Sanaei.
29.05.2018 9:40
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk leads church delegation at second meeting of working group of Russian Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church in Italy
On 28 May 2018, the second meeting of the working group of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Italy took place in Rome, Italy, within the framework of the Russian-Italian Civil Society Dialogue Forum.
21.05.2018 15:43
Statement by Interreligious Council of Russia over terror attack in Grozny
The Interreligious Council of Russia issued a statement over the attack on the Church of Archangel Michael in Grozny on 19 May 2018.
10.05.2018 10:06
11th meeting of Joint Commission for Orthodoxy-Islam dialogue takes place in Tehran
On 5-7 May 2018, the 11th meeting of the Joint Commission for Orthodoxy-Islam Dialogue took place in the capital of Iran. This year its topic was Religion and Environment. The commission holds meetings once in two years alternately in Moscow and Tehran.