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07.05.2018 17:10

DECR chairman meets with Apostolic Nuncio to Russia

DECR chairman meets with Apostolic Nuncio to Russia Discussed during the meeting, which took place at the DECR premises, were the current agenda of relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Holy See as well as other issues of mutual interest.
06.05.2018 23:10

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria Discussed during the meeting were various issues of bilateral and pan-Orthodox cooperation and interfaith relations.
06.05.2018 18:11

Patriarch Kirill sends greetings to participants in the 11th meeting of Joint Russian-Iranian Commission for Dialogue ‘Orthodox-Islam’

Patriarch Kirill sends greetings to participants in the 11th meeting of Joint Russian-Iranian Commission for Dialogue ‘Orthodox-Islam’ The 11th meeting of the Joint Russian-Iranian Commission for Dialogue ‘Orthodoxy-Islam’ took place on May 5-6, 2018, in Teheran. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greeting to the participants in the meeting.
02.05.2018 19:59

Statement of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in Support of the Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Statement of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in Support of the Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church On 26-27 April 2018, a regular session of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia took place in New York under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York.
02.05.2018 19:00

Head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad visits the USA

Head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad visits the USA On 23-30 April 2018, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Archbishop Antony of Vienna and Budapest, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, was on a working visit in the United States.
02.05.2018 16:43

Metropolitan Hilarion’s interview to Romfea Greek church news agency

Metropolitan Hilarion’s interview to Romfea Greek church news agency Answering questions from Romfea, a Greek church news agency, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), spoke on the recent visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia to the Albanian Orthodox Church, and also touched upon the religious…
02.05.2018 16:07

Celebrations marking 10th anniversary of Archbishop Hilarion’s election as the sixth First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad take place in New York

Celebrations marking 10th anniversary of Archbishop Hilarion’s election as the sixth First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad take place in New York On 29 April 2018, the Fourth Sunday after Pascha, the celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of election of Archbishop Hilarion of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand as the sixth First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia were held in New York.
01.05.2018 1:30

Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to the Albanian Orthodox Church

Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to the Albanian Orthodox Church The first official visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Albanian Orthodox Church took place from April 28 to 30, 2018.
01.05.2018 1:05

Patriarch Kirill visits the Holy Resurrection Theological Academy of the Albanian Orthodox Church

Patriarch Kirill visits the Holy Resurrection Theological Academy of the Albanian Orthodox Church On April 30, 2018, in conclusion of the of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia’s visit to Albania, the Primates of the Russian and Albanian Orthodox Churches visited the St. Vlash Monastery and the Holy Resurrection Theological Academy of the Albanian Orthodox Church.
30.04.2018 20:27

Patriarch Kirill meets with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama

Patriarch Kirill meets with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama In the course of the talk, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill noted that many good changes took place in the life of Albania and in its capital city in recent years. A great contribution to it was made in particular by Mr. Edi Rama who had been the mayor of Tirana…