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22.02.2017 21:44
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with president of Italian Bishops’ Conference
On February 22, 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, at the DECR.
22.02.2017 18:34
Meeting with a French National Assembly deputy at the Department for External Church Relations
On February 22, 2017, Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for the far abroad, met at the DECR with Mr. Jean-Francois Copé, a Republic Party deputy to the French National Assembly.
22.02.2017 16:28
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Greek Ambassador to Russia
Prospects of cooperation between the Embassy of Greece and the Russian Orthodox Church were discussed.
22.02.2017 15:26
DECR chairman meets with Hungarian Ambassador to Russia
Ambassador Balla thanked Metropolitan Hilarion for the talk and noted great importance of contacts between Hungary and the Moscow Patriarchate.
22.02.2017 13:50
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with participants in the first session of the working group of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Italy as part of the Russian-Italian Civil Society Dialogue-Forum
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greeted the guests and underscored the importance of the representatives of both Churches’ presence at the Russian-Italian Civil Society Dialogue-Forum
22.02.2017 13:10
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with ambassadors of 11 Arab countries
On 21 February 2017, at the Metochion of the Orthodox Church of Antioch in Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volkolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with diplomatic representatives of eleven Arab states.
22.02.2017 10:01
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of Russia
On 21 February 2017, a session of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of Russia (IRCR) took place at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s stavropegic monastery.
21.02.2017 19:06
First meeting of representatives of Russian Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church in Italy as part of Russian-Italian Civil Society Dialogue-Forum takes place in Moscow
The meeting was held at ‘Danilovskaya’ hotel in Moscow on 21 February 2017.
21.02.2017 14:19
Commission for International Cooperation of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations holds its third meeting
On 21 February 2017, the third meeting of the Commission for International Cooperation of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations took place at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
19.02.2017 13:00
Metropolitan Hilarion sends message of greetings to Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland on his Name Day
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, greeted Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland with his Name Day.