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30.08.2013 18:25
DECR chairman meets with Ireland’s Ambassador to Russia
30 August 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Philip McDonagh, Ireland’s Ambassador to Russia, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in Moscow. The meeting took place at the Department for External Church Relations.
30.08.2013 15:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador of Great Britain to Russia
On 30 August 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with His Excellency Mr. Tim Barrow, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Russian Federation.
29.08.2013 11:38
DECR chairman meets with Russia’s Ambassador to Slovenia
On 28 August 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
28.08.2013 11:12
DECR chairman meets with President of Croatia
On 27 August 2013, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of Metropolitan Ioann of Zagreb and Ljubljana, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in Croatia for a two-day visit.
26.08.2013 18:46
His Majesty King of Spain thanks His Holiness Patriarch Kirill for words of condolence and support after train crash in Santiago de Compostela
His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain sent a telegram to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, thanking him for his warm words of solidarity in the face of the terrible tragedy that occurred near Santiago de Compostela on July 24. The train accident claimed the…
24.08.2013 19:10
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates President of Finland on his 65th birthday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greeting to Mr. Sauli Väinämö Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland, on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
23.08.2013 14:13
Patriarch of Antioch thanks Russian Church for defending Christians in Middle East
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East sent a message to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in which he expressed his gratitude for the efforts that the Russian Orthodox Church makes to defend Christians in the Middle East.
23.08.2013 14:07
Head of Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America expresses gratitude to the Russian Church for her concern for Christians in Syria
His Eminence Philip (Saliba), Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America, head of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, sent a message to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, which reads, in particular: “We monitor with gratitude your tireless efforts in support of the…
20.08.2013 16:21
Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus: Rich is he who has Christ in his heart
The celebrations marking the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were over in the end of July. Among the witnesses to and participants in the celebrations was His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus. His interview has been published by…
20.08.2013 15:35
Primate of Serbian Church thanks Patriarch Kirill for hospitality during his peace visit and celebration marking 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’
His Holiness Patriarch Irenaios of Serbia, after his visit to the Russian Orthodox Church in July 2013, sent a letter of thanks to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia