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22.09.2020 22:02
Metropolitan Hilarion: actions of the Patriarch of Constantinople in Ukraine have become a kind of natural disaster for the entire world Orthodoxy
On 19th September 2020, in the Church and the World TV programme broadcast by Russia-24 channel on Saturdays and Sundays, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, answered questions of the programme’s host, Yekaterina Gracheva.
21.09.2020 16:06
Mr. Miklós Soltész, Hungary’s Secretary of State for Churches, Minorities and Civil Affairs, visits construction site of Orthodox church in Hévíz
On 18th September 2020, Mr. Miklós Soltész, Hungary’s Secretary of State for Churches, Minorities and Civil Affairs, visited the town of Hévíz, in particular, a building site of the Russian Orthodox church of the “Life-Giving Spring” Icon of the Mother of God.
21.09.2020 15:13
Representative of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarchal Throne of Antioch celebrated memorial litya for the late director of the Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development of the Church of Antioch
On 20th September 2020, on the eve of the 40th day after the demise of Archimandrite Alexi (Chehadeh), director of the Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, a memorial litya was celebrated at his burial place in the Christian Bab Sharqi cemetery in Damascus,…
19.09.2020 11:18
DECR chairman sends greetings to Metropolitan Grigorij of Vratsa of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the occasion of his jubilee
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a letter to Metropolitan Grigorij of Vratsa on the occasion of his 50th birthday. The text of the message is given below.
18.09.2020 21:50
Moscow Patriarchate’s representative attends opening ceremony of the Association of Russian-Speaking Compatriots in northern Turkey
Within the framework of the opening ceremony, a meeting with compatriots took place with the view of discussing the organization of divine services in the region.
17.09.2020 13:00
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris will take part in European Heritage Days
On September 19 and 20, 2020, the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity and the Russian Spiritual-Cultural Orthodox Center in Paris will take part for the fourth time in the European Heritage Days (Journées européennes du Patrimoine).
16.09.2020 15:51
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Latvia’s Ambassador to Russia
On 16th September 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Māris Riekstiņš, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Russian Federation.
16.09.2020 13:16
DECR chairman meets with newly appointed Ambassador of Russia to Slovakia
On 16th September 2020, at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, met with H.E. Mr. Igor Bratchikov, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Slovak Republic.
16.09.2020 12:12
Le président du DREE : Nous continuerons à parler au monde entier du patrimoine chrétien profané aujourd’hui
Le 12 septembre 2020, le métropolite Hilarion de Volokolamsk a répondu aux questions de la présentatrice Ekaterina Gratcheva, dans l’émission « L’Eglise et le monde » (Tserkov’ i mir), diffusée sur la chaîne de télévision « Rossia-24 » les samedis et les dimanches,.
16.09.2020 11:01
Russian Orthodox Church in UAE resumes divine services after six-month quarantine
On September 13, 2020, the 14th Sunday after Pentecost and the commemoration day of the Saints Peter and Fevronia, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the church of St. Philip in Ash Shāriqah (United Arab Emirates).