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31.03.2018 12:01
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church greets His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia with Krsna Slava
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church on the Krsna Slava – commemoration day of the heavenly patron of his family. His Holiness Patriarch Irinej celebrates Krsna Slava on the Saturday of Lazarus.
31.03.2018 12:00
DECR chairman sends message of greetings to His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia on the Day of Krsna Slava
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, greeted the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church with Krsna Slava.
30.03.2018 10:54
Archbishop Yevlogiy of Sumy has sent letter to Ukrainian president over threat to seize Sumy Cathedral of the Trinity
On March 29, 2018, Archbishop Yevlogiy of Sumy and Akhtyrka sent a letter to Ukrainian President P. Poroshenko expressing concern over the intentions of the ‘Patriarchate of Kiev’ to initiate a takeover of the Sumy Cathedral of the Trinity, the Sumy diocesan site has reported.
28.03.2018 23:07
Metropolitan Hilarion receives Chairman of Doha International Dialogue Center
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the head of the Doha International Dialogue Center (DICID) and Qatar’s deputy minister of education, Prof. Ibrahim Al Naimi, at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI).
27.03.2018 20:45
Meeting of the Interreligious Council of Russia takes place in Moscow
A regular meeting of the Interreligious Council of Russia (ICR) took place at the premises of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Moscow on March 27, 2018.
27.03.2018 12:45
New Russian Orthodox church consecrated in Spanish Torrevieja
Bishop Nestor of Korsun, administrator of the Korsun diocese, celebrated the Grand Consecration of a new parish Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Torrevieja, Alicante Province, Spain.
26.03.2018 19:24
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with leaders of Baptist organizations
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the chairman-elect of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists (RUECB), Petr V. Mitskevich, and the president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Ngweda Paul Msiza.
26.03.2018 16:11
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Local Orthodox Churches, interchurch organizations and international institutions meet at the DECR
On 26 March 2018, a meeting of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Churches to the Local Orthodox Churches, interchurch organizations and international institutions took place at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
23.03.2018 11:02
DECR chairman visits Russian embassy in China
On March 22, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), and a Russian delegation, who came to Beijing for the sixth meeting of the Russian-Chinese working group for contacts and cooperation in the religious sphere, visited the Russian embassy in China.
23.03.2018 10:16
Russian-made bell presented to Maronite Church
The solemn blessing of the bell will take place on April 21, 2018, in the presence of an official delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church.