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21.01.2015 0:36
Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission in its new composition holds plenary session
On 20 January 2015, a plenary session of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission in its new composition, approved by the Holy Synod at its meeting on 25-26 December 2013 (Minutes #159), took place at the Department for External Church Relations under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.
20.01.2015 13:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expresses condolences to Reinhard Cardinal Marx, President of German Bishops’ Conference, over the demise of Msgr. Dr. Albert Rauch
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his condolences to Reinhard Cardinal Marx, President of the German Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop of Munich and Freizing, over the death of Msgr. Dr. Albert Rauch, Director of the Institute of Eastern Churches in Regensburg.
19.01.2015 20:33
The role of Christian values in international relations to be considered by a Christmas Reading section
(Russian) 23 января 2015 года в конференц-зале Общецерковной аспирантуры и докторантуры имени святых равноапостольных Кирилла и Мефодия состоится круглый стол «Христианские ценности как фактор современных международных отношений».
18.01.2015 22:17
DECR to hold round table on domestic violence
On January 22, 2015, the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate will hold a round table on ‘The Church and the Problem of Domestic Violence’ as part of the 23d International Christmas Readings.
18.01.2015 17:35
Church’s involvement in combating HIV/AIDS to be discussed at International Christmas Readings
On 22 January 2015, a round table on The Russian Orthodox Church’s Involvement in Preventing and Combating HIV/AIDS will be held within the framework of the 23rd International Christmas Readings.
16.01.2015 20:00
Metropolitan Hilarion: Russian Church prays that peace may return to the land of Ukraine
On January 10, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk as anchorman of the Church and the World program on Russia-24 TV network hosted TV journalist Alexander Rogatkin. They discussed the religious situation in Ukraine.
16.01.2015 13:53
State Duma to hold round table on Heritage of Holy Rus’ and Challenges of Modern World
Organized as part of the 3d Parliamentary Christmas Meetings within the 23d International Christmas Readings, this event will be co-chaired by Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, and Mr. A. Pushkov, chairman of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs.
11.01.2015 22:58
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi with his 40th birthday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated H.E. Mr. Matteo Renzi, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Italy, on his 40th birthday.
10.01.2015 10:18
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the opening of 5th Christmas Festival of Religious Music in Moscow
The Christmas Festival already has its own history and its own audience, Metropolitan Hilarion noted, greeting all those present in the concert hall.
07.01.2015 23:45
Patriarch Kirill celebrates Great Vespers on Christmas Day in Church of Christ the Saviour
In the evening of the Day of the Nativity of Christ, January the 7th, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated Great Vespers at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.