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23.04.2013 14:34
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expresses condolences to Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East over the abduction of Metropolitan Boulos of Aleppo, hierarch of Orthodox Church of Antioch, and Metropolitan Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim of Syrian Orthodox Church
In the message to His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his sympathy over the abduction of hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Antioch and of the Syrian Orthodox Church. The…
23.04.2013 13:00
Statement by DECR Communication Service on kidnapping of Christian leaders of Aleppo
On 22 April 2013, leaders of Christian communities of Aleppo, Metropolitan Boulos of Aleppo (Orthodox Church of Antioch) and Metropolitan Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim (Syriac Orthodox Church), were abducted in northeast Syria.
23.04.2013 12:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: We pray for the soonest return of hierarchs abducted in Syria
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, made comments to the mass media concerning the abduction of hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Antioch and of the Syrian Orthodox Church
22.04.2013 17:52
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with participants of Higher Diplomatic Courses
On 22 April 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with participants in the Higher Diplomatic Courses of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All…
22.04.2013 15:03
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with German Ambassador to Russia
On 22 April 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H. E. Ulrich Brandenburg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Russian Federation.
21.04.2013 14:21
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk chairs meeting of Coordinating Committee of border zone dioceses of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
Metropolitan Hilarion chaired the meeting. In his welcoming address, he spoke about topical problems in cooperation among the border zone dioceses of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus and outlined the purposes of the Coordinating Committee.
20.04.2013 22:33
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expresses condolence over earthquake in China’s Sichuan province
On 20 April 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of condolences to Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, over the earthquake in China’s Sichuan province, which had claimed the lives of many people. The text of the message is…
19.04.2013 16:48
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch expresses gratitude for humanitarian aid to the Syrian people
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East sent a letter to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, in which he expressed his gratitude for humanitarian aid collected for the Syrian people in Russia by the Imperial Orthodox Palestine…
19.04.2013 13:30
Primate of Russian Orthodox Church expresses his condolence to the President of United States over tragedies in Boston and Texas
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to U.S. President Barack Obama over the tragedies in Boston and Texas. The text of the message is given below.
19.04.2013 13:29
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk sends his condolences to U.S. Secretary of State over the tragedy in Boston
DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expressed his condolences to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over the terrorist attack committed in Boston on April 15. The text of the message is given below.