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25.12.2014 12:31
The Holy Synod meets for its last session in 2014
On December 25, 2014, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began its last session in 2014 at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow. It is chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
25.12.2014 12:23
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Primate of Georgian Orthodox Church with anniversary of his Patriarchal enthronement
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greeting to Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia on the occasion of the anniversary of his Patriarchal enthronement.
25.12.2014 12:23
Metropolitan Hilarion sends greetings to Primate of Georgian Orthodox Church on the occasion of anniversary of his enthronement
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, greeted His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, with the anniversary of his elevation to the Patriarchal throne.
25.12.2014 0:04
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sends Christmas greeting to the heads of the non-Orthodox Churches
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated the heads of the non-Orthodox Churches on the Nativity of Christ. Among his addressees include Pope Francis, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians, Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, chairman of the EKD Council, and…
25.12.2014 0:02
DECR chairman congratulates heads of the non-Orthodox Churches on the Nativity of Christ
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following Christmas greeting to Pope Francis, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians, Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, chairman of the EKD Council, and heads of other non-Orthodox Churches
24.12.2014 16:47
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Chaplain to St Andrew’s Anglican Church
On 24 December 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), received the Revd. Clive Fairclough, Chaplain to St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Moscow, appointed by Archbishop Justin Welby last August.
24.12.2014 16:40
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the head of the Russian and Nor Nakhichevan diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
On 24 December 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan, head of the Russian and Nor Nakhichevan diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
24.12.2014 16:06
DECR vice-chairman meets with Ambassador of Serbia to Russia
On 24 December 2014, archpriest Nikolai Balashov, vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Slavenko Terzich, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Serbia to the Russian Federation.
21.12.2014 8:17
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Macedonia’s president and prime minister
On December 20, 2014, while on a visit to Skopje with the blessing of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with Macedonia’s President Georje Ivanov. Participating in the meeting was Russia’s Ambassador O. Shcherbak.
20.12.2014 17:51
Metropolitan Hilarion granted degree of doctor honoris causa by Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo
On December 19, 2014, during his visit to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, made with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations and rector of Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute for Post-Graduate Studies, visited…