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25.08.2017 7:38
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at the annual Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples in Rimini
On 24 August 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended the 38th Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples organized by the “Communion and Liberation” Catholic association of laypeople in Rimini, Italy, on 20-26 August 2017.
25.08.2017 7:35
Second consignment of humanitarian aid collected by Russian religious organizations delivered to Syria
On 22 August 2017, the second consignment of humanitarian aid for the suffering population of Syria, which had been collected with the assistance of the Interreligious Working Group of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations, was sent to Syria.
23.08.2017 8:00
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Holy See Secretary of State
On 22 August 2017, at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
21.08.2017 15:00
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Holy See Secretary of State
DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR) with the Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin who is on an official visit to Russia at the invitation of the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
21.08.2017 14:19
DECR chairman meets with Argentine’s ambassador to Russia
Metropolitan Hilarion warmly welcomed the head of the Argentinian diplomatic mission to the synodal department responsible for the external contacts of the Russian Church.
19.08.2017 9:19
Metropolitan Hilarion: It is important that the mass media do not distort what church hierarchs say
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his church ministry on August 19.
18.08.2017 21:56
Administrator of Patriarchal parishes in the USA meets with Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations
On 17 August 2017, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA, visited the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York, where he had a meeting with Mr. Vasily Nebenzya, newly appointed Russia’s Representative to the UN.
18.08.2017 20:31
Metropolitan Hilarion: Our task is to put the Patriarch’s ideas into practice
On August 19, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his ordination into priesthood.
18.08.2017 18:08
His Holiness Patriarchal Kirill greets DECR chairman with 30th anniversary of his ordination into priesthood
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, on the 30th anniversary of his ordination into priesthood.
18.08.2017 13:03
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church expresses condolences over terror attack in Barcelona
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conveyed his condolences to King Felipe VI of Spain over the terror attack in Barcelona. The day before, in the evening, a van ploughed into a crowd of people on Las Ramblas pedestrian mall in the centre of Barcelona. As was…