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10.11.2013 22:52
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk sends condolences to Vice President of the Republic of Philippines over natural disaster
The DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, expressed condolences to H.E. Jejomar Binay, Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines, over natural disaster that claimed the lives of the thousands.
10.11.2013 12:31
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch
On 9 November 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a visit to Lebanon with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Balamand, where…
09.11.2013 15:59
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the President of Lebanon
President Suleiman highly appreciated the position of Russia and of the Russian Orthodox Church on the situation in Syria and shared his vision of the situation in this country and of the means for its settlement.
08.11.2013 18:50
DECR chairman meets with the new Italian ambassador to Russia
Ambassador Ragaglini thanked Metropolitan Hilarion for the meeting and expressed his interest in the development of contacts with the Department for External Church Relations.
08.11.2013 18:38
DECR chairman meets with the Governor of Corfu
On 8 November 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion met with the Governor of the island of Corfu, Christos Skourtis. They were joined in the meeting, which took place at the Department for External Church Relations, by hieromonk Roman (Kiselev), a staff member of the DECR secretariat for far abroad countries, and the…
07.11.2013 13:41
(Russian) Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион дал интервью журналу «Фома»
(Russian) В беседе с корреспондентом "Фомы" председатель ОВЦС рассказал о темах, которые были подняты в его докладе на X Генеральной ассамблее Всемирного совета церквей, вызвавшем жаркие дискуссии среди участников ассамблеи.
06.11.2013 17:31
Primate of the Russian Church celebrates at the Church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk greeted His Holiness Kirill on behalf of the clergy and parishioners of the church. As a token of the service and in anticipation of His Holiness’s birthday, Metropolitan Hilarion presented the Patriarch with vestments modelled after those of St. Jonas of Moscow as depicted in the…
05.11.2013 23:44
A round table held in Moscow on the situation of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa
On November 5, 2013, a round table on “The situation of Christians: new threats and the humanitarian missions of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society” was held in Moscow as part of the 12th church-public exhibition-forum “Orthodox Rus’ – Towards the Day of People’s Unity”. It was organized by the IOPS…
05.11.2013 18:10
A seminar on Sources of Authority in the Church held at the 10th WCC Assembly
A seminar on the Sources of Authority in the Church took place as part of the discussion program of the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches held from October 30 to November 8, 2013, in Busan, South Korea.
04.11.2013 15:00
Moscow Synodal Choir performs Russian church music in Rome
With a blessing of the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the Moscow Synodal Choir conducted by Russia’a Honoured Artist A. A. Puzakov, took part in the 12th International Spiritual Music Festival held from October 29 to November 10, 2013, in Rome. It is…