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30.11.2016 12:43
Metropolitan Hilarion signs condolence book at Cuba’s Embassy
On 30 November 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Moscow and met with Ambassador Emilio Losada Garcia to express condolences over the death of Fidel Castro Ruz.
30.11.2016 6:37
Presidential working group and Russian Orthodox Church’s organizing committee sum up celebrations marking the millennium of Russian monasticism on Mt Athos
On 29 November 2016, the concluding joint meeting of the Presidential working group for the preparation of the celebrations marking the millennium of the Russian presence on Mt Athos and the Russian Orthodox Church’s organizing committee for the preparation of the celebrations marking the millennium of the Russian monasticism on…
29.11.2016 12:40
Primate of Orthodox Church of Cyprus meets with head of Moscow Patriarchate office for institutions abroad
On November 28, 2016, Bishop Antoniy of Bogorodsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate office for institutions abroad, met with His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, in Nicosia.
28.11.2016 20:38
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with students of Higher Diplomatic Courses
On November 28, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with a group of students of the Higher Diplomatic Courses under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic…
26.11.2016 16:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expresses condolences over the demise of Fidel Castro Ruz
To General Raul Castro Ruz, Chairman of the State Council and Council of Ministers
26.11.2016 12:15
DECR chairman expresses condolences over the death of Bishop Jeronim of Jegar
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent a condolence letter to Bishop Irinej of Backa over the demise of Bishop Jeronim of Jegar, a vicar of the Backa diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
25.11.2016 18:30
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with President of the Governorate of Vatican City State
On 25 November 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Cardinal Guiseppe Bertello, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State.
25.11.2016 10:58
German edition of Patriarch Kirill’s book ‘Freedom and Responsibility’ presented in Berlin
On 24 November 2016, the German edition of a book by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, entitled ‘Freedom and Responsibility: A Search for Harmony – Human Rights and Personal Dignity,’ was presented at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Berlin, marking the 70th birthday…
24.11.2016 15:36
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends greetings to Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East on his 75th birthday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to His Holiness Mar Gewargis III Sliwa, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, on his 75th birthday.
24.11.2016 15:33
DECR chairman greets Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East with his 75th birthday
In his message to Mar Gewargis III Sliwa, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated His Holiness on his 75th birthday.