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12.10.2018 14:38
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem visits Cathedral of the Dormition in Astana
On 11 October 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, currently attending the 6th Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, visited the Cathedral of the Dormition in Astana, the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
11.10.2018 9:54
DECR chairman meets with chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board
On October 10, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), during his stay in Astana, met with Sheik-ul-Islam Allahshuqur Pasha-zade, chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, who also came to Astana for the 6th Congress of Traditional and World Religions.
10.10.2018 20:09
Patriarch Kirill meets with Cuban ambassador to Russia
On October 10, 2018, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, met with the Cuban ambassador to Russia, Mr. Gerardo Peñalver Portal, at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel monastery.
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…
10.10.2018 16:09
Bishop Nestor of Chersonese takes part in glorifying an assembly of old saints of Spain and Portugal
On October 7, 2018, an assembly of the saints who shone forth in Spain and Portugal was glorified during the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Parish of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God (Romanian Orthodox Church).
10.10.2018 8:42
Chairman of the DECR meets with Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Kazakhstan
Discussed at the meeting were issues pertaining to the life of the Metropolitan area of Kazakhstan.
09.10.2018 21:55
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Minister of social development of Kazakhstan
On 9 October 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) arrived in Astana to take part in the 6th Congress of the leaders of world and traditional religions.
09.10.2018 15:28
DECR representatives take part in the 17th Petersburg Russian-German Public Forum
The 17th session of Petersburg Dialogue Russian-German Public Forum took place in Moscow on October 7-8, 2018. Its theme was the strengthening of trust, partnership and cooperation between civil societies of Russian and Germany as an impetus to inter-governmental dialogue.
09.10.2018 14:14
Metropolitan Hilarion: If the project for Ukrainian autocephaly is carried through, it will mean a tragic and possibly irretrievable schism of the whole Orthodoxy
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relation, has given an interview to the Greek newspaper Ethnos tis Kiriakis.
Three hierarchs of Bulgarian Orthodox Church make statement on situation in Ukraine