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12.04.2013 23:15
Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia retires
On April 12, 2013, the Moscow Patriarchate received an official report about a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, which took place on the same day.
12.04.2013 19:41
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill receives H.E. Mahmoud Gamil Ahmed ElDieb, Ambassador of Arab Republic of Egypt to Russian Federation
On 12 April 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H.E. Mahmoud Gamil Ahmed ElDieb, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Russian Federation, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery. Taking part in the meeting was…
11.04.2013 14:56
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Iranian ambassador to Russia
On April 11, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Mahmoud Reza, at the DECR.
10.04.2013 21:31
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Bulgaria’s ex-president Georgi Parvanov
Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed the high guest on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and wished him success his in public service.
09.04.2013 13:27
Bishop Nestor of Chersonese leads patronal celebrations in the Church of the Annunciation in Barcelona
Bishop Nestor of Chersonese was on a pastoral visit to the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona, on April 6 and 7, 2013, timed for the patronal celebrations in the local Orthodox church of the Annunciation.
08.04.2013 11:37
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with delegation of Uppsala University
On 6 April 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute for Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies, met with the delegation of the Uppsala University, Sweden, at the parish house of the Church of the…
06.04.2013 14:27
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Deputy head of Byelorussian Presidential Administration
On 5 April 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion, who stayed in Belarus with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Presidential Administration and met with its deputy head, Mr. Alexander M. Ratkov.
06.04.2013 14:26
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in international academic conference in Minsk
On 5 April 2013, an international academic conference on ‘Role of the Edict of Milan in the History of the European Civilization and Topical Issues of Church-State Relations Today’ was held at the Institute of Theology of the Belarusian State University.
05.04.2013 23:11
About facts on discrimination in Libya
Statement of the Department for External Church Relations’ Communication Service
05.04.2013 15:20
Raising aid to suffering Syrian people continues
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the collection of humanitarian aid to the Syrian people has begun through the efforts of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society (IOPS). Muscovites have met this initiative with a quick response.