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04.06.2018 11:43
Metropolitan Hilarion chairs a meeting of the Inter-Council Presence’s commission on theology and theological education
Opening the meeting, His Eminence announced the agenda. After that, reports were made on the progress of the work on various documents.
03.06.2018 19:10
On 1st Sunday after Pentecost the Primate of the Russian Church celebrates Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow and officiates at consecration of Archimandrite Feoktist (Igumnov) as Bishop of Gorodische
On 3 June 2018, 1st Sunday after Pentecost, commemoration day of all saints, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow and officiated at the consecration of Archimandrite Feoktist (Igumnov) as Bishop of Gorodische, vicar of…
01.06.2018 14:58
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with French Ambassador to Russia
On 1 June 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchates Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Sylvie Bermann, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Russian Federation, accompanied by two staff members of the Embassy.
01.06.2018 12:55
DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of Bulgaria to Russia
On 1 June 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H. E. Boyko Kotzev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Russian Federation, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Moscow.
01.06.2018 11:52
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador of Slovenia to Russia
On 1 June 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Primež Šeligo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to the Russian Federation, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Russia.
31.05.2018 18:57
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church take part in International Conference “Religious Freedom in the World. The Way to Dialogue”
On May 31, 2018, the International Conference “Religious Freedom in the World. The Way to Dialogue” took place at President Hotel in Moscow.
31.05.2018 12:48
Russian Orthodox Church delegation led by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Pope Francis
On May 30, 2018, Pope Francis of Rome met at the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican with delegations of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Italian Bishops’ Conference, who gathered together for the Russian-Italian dialogue to discuss church pilgrimage as parts of civil societies.
30.05.2018 17:21
Sixty thousand appeals handed over to the Patriarch of Constantinople from the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Sixty thousand appeals from the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church were handed over to the secretariat of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
29.05.2018 16:21
Archbishop Yevgeny of Vereya elected Primate of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate
On 29 May 2018, the Synod of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate held an extraordinary session at the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Tallinn with the view of electing the Primate of the Estonian Church.
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.