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02.07.2014 15:36
Session of WCC Central Committee begins in Geneva
Among the topics on the agenda of the session are current problems facing the WCC and the situation in the Middle East, on the Korean Peninsula, and in other regions.
02.07.2014 12:49
Swiss authorities express gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for help in releasing OSCE observers
H.E. Pierre Helg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to the Russian Federation, sent a letter to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressing his gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for her concern over the fate of the Organization for Security…
30.06.2014 18:42
DECR chairman congratulates Thorbjorn Jagland on his re-election as Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Metropolitan Hilarion of Vlokolamskm chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following greeting to Thorbjorn Jagland.
30.06.2014 16:12
Second group of OSCE observers is released in south east Ukraine
The second and last group of the OSCE observers, including a citizen of the Russian Federation, S. Sidorov, were released in the southwest of Ukraine on 28 June 2014.
29.06.2014 7:37
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the opening of “Slavonic Unity-2014” International Festival
On 28 June 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in Bryansk with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the opening of the “Slavonic Unity-2014” International festival.
27.06.2014 15:44
OSCE observers released thanks to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s appeal
According to Alexander Borodai, the international observers were released unconditionally ‘thanks to the Patriarch’s appeal and people’s good will.’
26.06.2014 23:34
21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy opens at State Duma
June 26, 2014 – the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy has opened in the State Duma under the theme “Parliamentary Democracy – Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings”.
26.06.2014 23:33
Patriarch Kirill’s video-address to the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy
On June 26, the opening of the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy took place in the State Duma under the theme “Parliamentary Democracy – Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings”.
26.06.2014 23:32
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the 1st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy
On June 26, the opening of the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy took place in the State Duma under the theme “Parliamentary Democracy – Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings”. Below is the address to the Assembly by the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’ department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of…
25.06.2014 18:04
Patriarch Kirill’s appeal for the OSCE observers held in Ukraine
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church has made the following appeal to help release the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s observers held in south east Ukraine.