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23.01.2014 18:15
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Egypt’s Ambassador to Russia
On 23 January 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud ElDieb, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Russian Federation.
22.01.2014 22:03
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the head of EU Delegation to Russia
On 22 January 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Vygaudas Ušackas, the new head of the Delegation of the European Union to Russia.
22.01.2014 21:50
Primate of the Church of Antioch meets with members of the Russian parliamentary delegation
The members of the delegation visited one of the hospitals which provide treatment to the people injured during the hostilities, and the orphanage which accommodated the orphans who had lived in the Convent of St Thecla in Maaloula before its seizure by the militants.
22.01.2014 21:40
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador of Greece to Russia
Metropolitan Hilarion congratulated Ms Koumanakou on her appointment and expressed his hope for the further development of fruitful cooperation between the Department for External Church Relations and the Embassy of Greece in Moscow.
22.01.2014 9:49
Prime minister D. Medvedev and Patriarch Kirill chair a meeting of the Public Board of Guardians of St. Panteleimon’s monastery in Mount Athos
On January 24, 2014, the Public Board of Guardians of the Athonite Monastery of St. Panteleimon held a meeting. It was chaired Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
21.01.2014 14:28
Address of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the participants in Geneva II International Conference
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent an address to the participants in Geneva II International Conference due to take place in Montreux, Switzerland, on 22 January 2014.
20.01.2014 9:43
On the Epiphany Day Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates the Liturgy in Mexico City
On January 19, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. George’s of the Orthodox Church of Antioch in Mexico City.
20.01.2014 9:41
Primate of the Church of Serbia attends Christmas reception at Russian embassy
The event was opened by Russian Ambassador A. Chepurin. He noted that the last year was full of contacts between the Russian and Serbian Orthodox Churches.
19.01.2014 20:02
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with compatriots in Mexico
On 18th January 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently on a working visit to Mexico, met with compatriots who reside in the country. Attending the meeting, which took place at the Cultural Centre of the National University of Mexico, was Archbishop Justinian…
18.01.2014 14:43
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk awarded Mexico’s Order of the Legion of Honour
Metropolitan Hilarion was also awarded the Order of the Mexican National Academy, the country’s leading scientific research center.