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21.01.2021 21:30
Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations meets for a regular session
The meeting was attended by religious leaders, experts, officials of the federal executive bodies and representatives of non-governmental organizations.
21.01.2021 19:48
Members of Interreligious Council in Russia meet with Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, UN Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for Alliance of Civilizations
The meeting was addressed by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, a member of the ICR Presidium, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR).
21.01.2021 19:45
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at a session of the Interreligious Council of Russia attended by Mr. Miguel Moratinos, High-Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
On January 21, 2021, the Interreligious Council in Russia (ICR) held an extraordinary session at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations to meet its guest, Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC).
20.01.2021 14:00
Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Spain-Portugal included in list of most beautiful churches in Madrid
Spain’s El Mudo, the most quoted Spanish language mass media newspaper in the world (its website is recognized as the most visited website in Spain), has compiled a list of six the most impressive churches in Madrid. Included in this list, along with historic Catholic churches and cathedrals, is an…
19.01.2021 21:18
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord celebrated in Jerusalem
On January 19, 2021, the feast of the Holy Theophany - the Baptism of the Lord God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, led the solemn divine services at the Church of the Lord’s Sepulcher.
19.01.2021 20:48
Metropolitan Hilarion: The Lord has imbued the waters of Jordan with his divine presence to wash away human sins
On January 19th, 2021, the feast of the Holy Epiphany of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Moscow church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” icon of the Mother of…
19.01.2021 20:21
The Epiphany is celebrated at the Russian Orthodox Church Representation in Damascus
On 19th January 2021, the feast of the Epiphany of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the Great Blessing of the Waters at the…
18.01.2021 22:12
Metropolitan Hilarion advises the faithful not to participate in baptismal bathing during the pandemic
The chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion answered questions put to him by the presenter of The Church and the World programme Yekaterina Gracheva which was broadcast on 16th January 2021 on Rossia-24.
18.01.2021 21:01
Holy Assumption church in Stafford returns to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
The community of Holy Assumption Church split from ROCOR in 2007, after His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II and His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus signed the Act of Canonical Communion between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
18.01.2021 20:31
DECR chairman meets with chairman of Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee
On January 18, 2021, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the DECR, met with the chairman of the Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee of the Palestinian National Authority (in the rank of minister) Mr. Hussain ash-Sheikh, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR).