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02.09.2014 14:46
DECR chairman meets with Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
On 2 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Archbishop Kari Mäkinen of Turku and Finland.
01.09.2014 11:26
Metropolitan Hilarion: No winners in a World War
A century ago, the First World War began... It might seem that the lessons of it have been wholly and long ago forgotten, just like the lessons of the war that followed it, the human losses of which outweighed even the horrific figures of the first war several times over.
01.09.2014 11:04
DECR chairman meets with Lebanon’s ambassador to Russia
On August 29, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Lebanon to the Russian Federation, Mr. Bou Nassar.
31.08.2014 18:13
Metropolitan Hilarion: We pray that the Lord may give our children intelligence and wisdom
On August 31, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow.
30.08.2014 17:31
Patriarch Kirill congratulates Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko on his 60th birthday
Below is the congratulatory message sent by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko on the occasion of his 60th birthday
29.08.2014 21:48
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulations to Raul Khadzhimba elected President of the Republic of Abkhazia
Below is the congratulatory message sent by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Mr. R. Khadzhimba on his election as President of the Republic of Abkhazia
29.08.2014 15:55
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates funeral service for Archbishop Longin of Klin
On August 28, 2014, the Day of the Dormition of Our Lady, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Catholic church of St. Sebastian offered for Orthodox service in Bonn. He was assisted by Archbishop Feofan of…
27.08.2014 19:56
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church meets with Ambassador of Israel, Ms. Dorit Golender
On 27 August 2014, at the Patriarchal working residence in Chisty side-street, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Ms. Dorit Golender, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to the Russian Federation.
27.08.2014 16:35
9th meeting of Joint Russian-Iranian Commission for Orthodoxy-Islam Dialogue takes place in Tehran
On 25-26 August 2014, the 9th meeting of the Joint Russian-Iranian Commission for Orthodoxy-Islam Dialogue took place in the capital of Iran. This year, the meeting was dedicated to the theme “Importance and Strengthening of Cooperation and Mutual Understanding between Islam and Orthodoxy.”
26.08.2014 17:29
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia and members of the Serbian Church’s Holy Synod
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relation, was on a working trip to Serbia on August 25-26, 2014.