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08.11.2018 15:50
Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate meets with Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus
His Eminence Varsonofy conveyed to His Beatitude a message of greetings from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and congratulated him on the 40th anniversary of the episcopal consecration, presenting him a holy pectoral icon.
07.11.2018 17:25
DECR chairman meets with French ambassador to Russia
On November 7, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Russia, Ms. Sylvie Bermann.
07.11.2018 15:10
Construction of Orthodox church discussed at a meeting in Moscow
On 6 November 2018, a meeting between Mr. Mikhail Belousov, deputy-head of the Domestic Policy Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation, and Mr. Vu Chien Thang, chairman of the Governmental Committee for Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, took place…
06.11.2018 21:00
Head of the Department of Social Ministry and Development of the Orthodox Church of Antioch visits Moscow
On 5-6 November 2018, Archimandrite Alexei (Shehadeh), director of the Antiochian Patriarchate’s Department of ecumenical relations and development, visited Moscow at the invitation of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR).
06.11.2018 17:34
Interview given by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, to Italian news agency SIR
(Russian) В интервью итальянскому агентству SIR председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион рассказал о ситуации, которая сложилась в связи с антиканоническими шагами Константинопольского Патриархата, из-за которых Священный Синод Русской Православной Церкви признал невозможным продолжение евхаристического общения с ним.
06.11.2018 16:39
3rd Antonin Readings are held at St. Sergius Metochion in Jerusalem
On 4 November 2018, the feast day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the 3rd Antonin Readings dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the foundation of the Gorny Convent in Ein Kerem and the 150th anniversary of the Metochion of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission (REM) in Hebron…
04.11.2018 12:02
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at second All-Russia Academic Conference on Theology in Present-Day Academia
The 2nd All-Russia Academic Conference on Theology in the Present-Day Academia held its final session at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in cooperation with the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI).
03.11.2018 19:22
The 12th Assembly of the Russian World
The 12th Assembly of the Russian World was opened in a solemn ceremony at the Academic Drama Theatre in Tver. It was organized by the Russian World Foundation and the International Association of Russian Language and Literature Teachers.
03.11.2018 19:20
Patriarch Kirill’s message of greeting to the 12th Russian World Assembly
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, sent a message of greeting to the organizers, participants and guests of the 12th Assembly of the Russian World, which opened on November 3, 2018, in Tver. Traditionally, this forum is timed for the People’s Unity Day celebrations.
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