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23.05.2013 15:01
Primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem arrives in Moscow
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos will stay on a visit to the Russian Orthodox Church till May 31.
23.05.2013 0:37
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the chairman of Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
On 22 May 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Sergei Stepashin, chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.
21.05.2013 22:00
Easter reception is held at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 21 May 2013, a solemn Easter reception was held at the mansion of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was met by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Moscow Synodal choir conducted by Alexei Puzakov, honoured artist of Russia, sang Paschal hymns.
21.05.2013 18:42
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
On 21 May 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St Daniel Monastery.
20.05.2013 19:46
Head of the Department for External Church Relations meets with chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights
On May 20, 2013, the DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with the chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of the Civil Society and Human Rights, M. Fedotov.
20.05.2013 19:38
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Academician Chelyshev
They discussed the progress made in preparing for publication a collective work ‘Russia’s Civilization Path: the Legacy of the Past and the Present Time’.
20.05.2013 19:07
Meeting of Organizing Committee for Days of Russia abroad with inclusion of religious events
The meeting was chaired by the co-chair of the Committee, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, Ms. A. Manilova, deputy minister of culture, and G. Gatilov, deputy foreign minister.
18.05.2013 12:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
On 17 May 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), who was making a working trip to Istanbul with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
18.05.2013 10:10
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at the conference on the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan
On 16 May 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently in Turkey with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, and his suite venerated Christian holy sites of Istanbul and the monastery of Khor and…
16.05.2013 14:59