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15.12.2013 13:54
Metropolitan Hilarion begins his working visit to Hungary
Meeting Metropolitan Hilarion were Zoltan Challokeze, head of Mr. Semjén’s cabinet, Ms Martha Linke from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Valery Platonov, cultural attaché of the Russian embassy in Budapest.
14.12.2013 9:58
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Cardinal Christoph Schönborn and Metropolitan Arsenius of Austria
On 13th December 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, made a short stop in Vienna on his way to Budapest. He is to visit Hungary at the invitation of the Hungarian leadership and with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill…
13.12.2013 20:28
DECR chairman attends the opening of Moscow International Forum ‘Religion and Peace’
Before the session, Metropolitan Hilarion met with Mr. Yuri Artyukh, head of the Department of international cooperation. They exchanged opinions on the state of interreligious relations in the capital of Russia.
12.12.2013 9:31
Metropolitan Hilarion expounds inter-Orthodox relations to students of Moscow theological schools
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and chairman of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission, read a lecture to students of Moscow theological school on “Inter-Orthodox Relations at the Present Stage”.
11.12.2013 17:25
Participants in the Youth Theological School project visit Munster
The participants in the school met with the dean of the Catholic Faculty of the Wilhelm II University of Westphalia, Prof. Reinhard Feiter. The university is the largest higher education school in northern Germany.
11.12.2013 12:38
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy’s statement on the kidnapping of nuns from St Thecla’s Convent in the Syrian town of Maalula
In connection with the brutal attack carried out by extremists against Syrian Christians, the IAO expressed solidarity with the Christian population in Syria and the Middle East.
11.12.2013 2:01
DECR chairman attends a meeting of Presidential working group on prеparations for marking the 1000th anniversary of the death of St. Vladimir
Participants in the meeting had a tour of the Moscow diocesan house built in 1902, currently under reconstruction.
09.12.2013 0:11
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the death of Nelson Mandela
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to the South African President, Mr. Jacob Zuma, over the death of Nelson Mandela, a fighter against racial discrimination and the former president of the Republic of South Africa.
06.12.2013 22:47
DECR chairman meets with Mexican Ambassador to Russia
Topical issues on the current international agenda were discussed.
06.12.2013 16:48