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16.10.2017 12:49
The bills, discriminating against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, will provoke an even greater religious schism, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill believes
On 16 October 2017, in his address to the 137th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, held in St. Petersburg, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia reminded the participants in the meeting about the ongoing legislative attempts to discriminate against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
16.10.2017 9:58
Former head of the Evangelical Church in Germany visits the DECR
On 13 October 2017, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Huber, former chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg, visited the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) and was received by Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, with…
13.10.2017 17:18
DECR chairman meets with head of Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
On 13 October 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary.
13.10.2017 16:22
Representative of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to Patriarch of Antioch and All the East meets with Russian Ambassador to Lebanese Republic
On 13 October 2017, Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, met with H.E. Alexander Zasypkin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Lebanese Republic.
13.10.2017 15:40
Russian Orthodox bishop celebrates memorial service at the Russian military cemetery in Romania
On 10 October 2017, Archbishop Sergy of Solnechnogorsk, currently on a visit to Romania with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania, celebrated memorial service at the Russian military cemetery in Braşov.
12.10.2017 19:02
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at international conference on persecution of Christians
On 12 October 2017, an international consultation on “Finding the Appropriate Answers to a Long Neglected Crisis” began its work in Budapest (Hungary). With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, took part…
12.10.2017 19:02
Presentation by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the conference on “Finding the Appropriate Answers to a Long Neglected Crisis”
On 12 October 2017, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, took part in the opening of the international consultation in Budapest on the persecution of Christians.
12.10.2017 13:40
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs regular session of the Supreme Church Council
On 12 October 2017, a regular session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church took place in the Supreme Church Council’s Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour under chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
11.10.2017 13:19
His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople visits Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara
On 6 October 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople visited the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara. H.E. Mr. Alexei Yerkhov, Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey, told the Patriarch about the history and current activities of the Russian diplomatic representation and showed to the guest the portrait gallery.
11.10.2017 12:51
Chairman of Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society meets with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
Mr. Stepashin informed the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople of the opening of the IOPS’s representation in Istanbul and asked him for assistance in promoting pilgrimage to the holy places in Turkey for Orthodox Christians.