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08.03.2017 12:35
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with WCC General Secretary
On 7 March 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Rev.Dr. Olaf Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.
08.03.2017 12:30
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at UN conference on the defense of Christians
On 7 March 2017, an international top-level conference on Mutual Respect and Peaceful Coexistence as a Condition of Interreligious Peace and Stability: Supporting Christians and Other Communities took place in Geneva on the sidelines of the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
07.03.2017 22:27
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Syria’s Minister of Awqaf
On 7 March 2017, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Dr. Mohammed Abdul Sattar al-Sayeed, Minister of Awqaf of the Syrian Arab Republic.
06.03.2017 16:29
The oldest deacon of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church died
On March 5, 2017, Protodeacon Evangel Lu Yafu, 90, the oldest cleric of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church, died after a prolonged disease in Shanghai.
05.03.2017 23:42
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow on Sunday of Orthodoxy
On 5 March 2017, 1st Sunday of Lent, feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Liturgy of St Basil the Great and the Office of the Triumph of Orthodoxy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
02.03.2017 17:29
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Israel’s new ambassador to Russia
On March 2, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Israel’s new ambassador to Russia, H. E. Gary Koren, at the DECR.
27.02.2017 15:50
Molieben of thanksgiving marks the 170th anniversary of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem
On the 170th anniversary of the establishment of the Russian Orthodox Church’s representation in the Holy Land, a molieben of thanksgiving and a requiem service for the late heads of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission and for all the brethren and sisters who had worked there were celebrated at the Church…
27.02.2017 7:13
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with chairman of Russian-Kyrgyz Business Council
On 26 February 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Ivan Polyakov, chairman of the Russian-Kyrgyz Business Council (RKBC).
24.02.2017 11:43
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to Primate of Bulgarian Church
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has congratulated the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos, on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of his enthronement.
24.02.2017 11:40
DECR chairman’s congratulatory message to Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria on the occasion of anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, has congratulated the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos, on the anniversary of his enthronement.