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04.07.2013 13:34
Money being collected at Russian churches to help victims of Syrian war
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service is coordinating the fund-raising campaign and has collected 7 million 155 thousand rubles as of July 2.
01.07.2013 13:07
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy in the Far Caves of the Kievan Laura of the Caves
On Sunday, 30 June 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, currently on a working visit to Kiev with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Theodosius of…
01.07.2013 0:31
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: the Holy Rus’ keeps living in the souls of millions of people who are under spiritual guidance of Russian Church
After the liturgy, clergy and official delegations took part in the opening of the festival marking the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia.
30.06.2013 23:45
Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy holds is 20th conference in Athens
The Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy held its 20th General Assembly from June 27-29, 2013, in Athens to discuss Parliamentary Democracy-Christianity-Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings.
30.06.2013 21:44
Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev celebrates Liturgy at the Monument of Friendship on the border of Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia
On 29 June 2013, the festival marking the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia opened at the crossing place of the Russian, Ukrainian and Byelorussian borders.
29.06.2013 23:49
Albanian extremists’ attack on children’s’ buses in Kosovo
Statement of the Communication Service of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations.
28.06.2013 22:15
Metropolitan Hilarion attends opening of church-public conference in Vienna
On June 28, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, attended the opening of a conference on Multiple Traditions – Multiple Ways of Development – Multiple Reflections of Today.
28.06.2013 22:14
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations Moscow Patriarchate “Church, Society and State in Russia: Ways of Cooperation”
(28 June 2013, Vienna, Austria)
28.06.2013 22:11
Metropolitan Hilarion visits Pro Oriente Foundation
On June 28, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, visited the Pro Oriente Foundation to meet with representatives of Austrian secular and ecclesial mass media journalists and to hold talks with Pro Oriente leaders.
26.06.2013 13:10
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Polish Ambassador Wojciech Zajączkowski
On 25 June 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H. E. Wojciech Zajączkowski, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the Russian Federation.