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09.10.2015 14:43
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s greeting to participants in the 13th session of the Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”
(Russian) Святейший Патриарх Кирилл направил приветствие организаторам, участникам и гостям XIII ежегодной сессии Мирового общественного форума «Диалог цивилизаций» (8-12 октября 2015 года, о. Родос, Греция).
08.10.2015 23:42
Concert in commemoration of victims of World War II
Among the numerous listeners were Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, Mr. Vygaudas Usackas, head of the EU Delegation in Moscow, and representatives of the diplomatic corps.
08.10.2015 21:02
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Mayor of Riga
Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Mayor of Riga Mr. Nil Isakovs, who was in Moscow for a working visit.
08.10.2015 20:29
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates the memory of St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Trinity church of St. Sergius’ Laura
On October 8, 2015, when the Church commemorates the repose of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the Wonder-worker of All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, led the…
07.10.2015 22:40
Celebrations marking commemoration day of St Sergius of Radonezh begin in the Holy Trinity and St Sergius Laura
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Small Vespers and read the Akathist to St Sergius in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
07.10.2015 15:59
Inter-Council Presence Commission on Theology holds its regular session
On 6 October 2015, a regular session of the Inter-Council Presence Commission on Theology took place at Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies. Presiding over the meeting was Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Commission on Theology, head of the Department for External Church Relations of…
07.10.2015 10:50
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Vice-President of the German Bundestag
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Mr. Johannes Singhammer, Vice-President of the German Bundestag.
05.10.2015 12:14
Conference in commemoration of Protopresbyter Vitaly Borovoy takes place in Minsk
On 3 October 2015, an international theological conference on “Spiritual Heritage of Protopresbyter Vitaly Borovoy (1916-2008)” was held at the Minsk Theological Seminary in commemoration of centenary of the birth of this renowned Orthodox priest, a teacher and spiritual leader who was well known all over the world.
04.10.2015 13:40
Metropolitan Hilarion officiates at the great blessing of the Church of the Twelve Apostles in Narva
(Russian) Председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион посетил Нарву для участия в торжествах по случаю освящения храма святых Двенадцати апостолов.
02.10.2015 16:23
Statement by the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations on the mass murder of Christians in a college in Oregon, USA
The Russian Orthodox Church is deeply grieved to learn about the terrible terrorist action in a college in the state of Oregon in the United States, in which peaceful people were killed.