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02.11.2016 11:11
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with newly-appointed Luxembourg’s Ambassador to Russia
On 1 November 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Knebeler, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Russian Federation.
02.11.2016 10:20
DECR chairman’s message of greetings to participants in events devoted to 165th birthday of Queen Olga Constantinovna of the Hellenes
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), sent the following message of greetings to the participants in the solemn events devoted to the Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna, which took place from October 31 to November 1, 2016, in Athens.
01.11.2016 16:05
Russian Orthodox Church representatives take part in world conference ‘Together with Russia’
On November 1, 2016, the World Conference ‘Together with Russia’ began its work at the International Trade Center in Moscow.
31.10.2016 13:05
Patriarch Kirill chairs a meeting of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
On October 31, 2016, the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church met at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. It was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
30.10.2016 20:37
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at Bulgarian Orthodox Church representation in Moscow
On October 30, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God – the Moscow representation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
28.10.2016 19:31
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar
On 28 October 2016, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, and Mr. Alexander Boroda, chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia.
26.10.2016 18:42
DECR representative attends round table on Buddhism in Russia
On October 25, 2016, a round-table conference on Buddhism as a Factor in the Development of the Civil Society, Inter-confessional Peace and Accord in the Russian Federation was held at the Council of the Federation.
25.10.2016 13:02
Bulgarian Orthodox Church receives a part of the relics of St. Luka of Simferopol
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the request of His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria, a part of the relics of St. Luka (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea, has been given as a gift to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
25.10.2016 10:56
Russian Orthodox Church delegation takes part in Days of Russian Spiritual Culture in Slovakia
From October 21 to 24, 2016, an official delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church led by Metropolitan Feodosy of Tambov and Rasskazovo took part in the Days of Russian Spiritual Culture in Slovakia at the invitation of His Beatitude Rostislav, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, and with the…
24.10.2016 14:00
Hungarian authorities to allocate funds for the restoration of the Dormition Cathedral in Budapest
On 24 October 2016, Mr. Miklós Soltész, Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs of Hungary’s Ministry of Human Resources, and Bishop Tikhon of Podolsk, head of the diocese of Hungary of the Russian Orthodox Church, signed an agreement stipulating the allocation of one hundred million forints for the…