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15.10.2020 12:04
A Russian parish in Iceland unites Orthodox expatriates from Armenia and Azerbaijan in common prayer for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
Supplicatory prayers were sung at the venerated copy of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God for a speedy peaceful solution of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh at the chapel of the St. Nicholas stauropegial parish of the Moscow Patriarchate in Reykjavik in the evening of October 9,…
15.10.2020 11:01
Patriarch Kirill congratulates the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on his 75th birthday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte, Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, on his 75th birthday.
13.10.2020 15:16
Chairman of Department for External Church Relations meets with Lebanese ambassador
In October 13, 2020, there was a talk between Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR) Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Lebanon to the Russian Federation Mr. Bou Nassar.
13.10.2020 14:04
DECR chairman meets with the head of the Greek diplomatic mission in Moscow
On 13th October 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Ms Ekaterini Nassika, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic to the Russian Federation.
13.10.2020 13:35
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk holds a meeting with Serbian ambassador to Russia
On October 13, 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Serbia to Russia, H. E. Miroslav Lazanski.
13.10.2020 12:55
DECR chairman meets with British ambassador to Russia
On October 13, 2020, a working meeting took place between Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR), and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Russian Federation Ms. Deborah Jane Bronnert, at the…
13.10.2020 10:00
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s statement over the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia issued a statement concerning the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
10.10.2020 12:00
DECR chairman congratulates Metropolitan Gregory of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, on his 70th birthday
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, sent a congratulatory message to Metropolitan Gregory of Veliko Tarnovo on the occasion of the remarkable date in his life.
09.10.2020 16:02
On the commemoration day of St. John the Theologian, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at his burial place near Ephesus
On October 9, 2020, the day of the passing away of St. John the Theologian, Rev. George Sergeyev, responsible for pastoral care for Russian-speaking believers in the Republic of Turkey, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church built on the burial place of the saint in the Turkish town of…
09.10.2020 15:47
Acting administrator of the Diocese of Vienna-Austria Bishop Alexis of Caffa meets with Austrian ambassador in Russia
On October 7, Bishop Alexis of Caffa, vicar of the Diocese of Chersonesus, who is acting administrator of the Diocese of Vienna-Austria, met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Austria to Russia H. E. Johannes Eigner, at the Austrian embassy in Moscow.