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20.09.2019 11:20
Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church representation to international organizations meets with Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church
On September 19, 2019, Bishop Victor of Baryshev, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church representation to international organizations, with a blessing of His Beatitude Onufriy, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, met in Warsaw with the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church.
18.09.2019 14:37
Summer Institute for representatives of the Church of England begins its work in St. Petersburg
It is organized by the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute for Post-Graduate Studies (CMI). The delegation is led by Bishop Jonathan Goodall.
18.09.2019 10:56
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Archbishop of Bologna
On September 17, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is on a visit to Madrid with a blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with Archbishop Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, spiritual father of Sant’Egidio Community.
17.09.2019 22:28
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian ambassador in Spain
They discussed the Russian Orthodox Church’s pastoral care for compatriots in Spain and other issues of mutual concern.
17.09.2019 18:54
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Catholic Archbishop of Madrid
On September 17, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for extern church relations (DECR), who is on a visit to Spain with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra, Archbishop of Madrid.
16.09.2019 12:09
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: Reunification of Western European parishes of Russian tradition with Mother Church is result of hard work carried out by our whole nation
Speaking at a brotherly repast which followed the divine service His Holiness expressed his joy over the decision taken the day before concerning the return of the Western European parishes of Russian tradition to the bosom of the Russian Orthodox Church.
16.09.2019 2:57
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at opening of Interreligious Forum in Madrid
On September 15, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), spoke at the solemn opening of the Peace Without Borders. Religions and Cultures in Dialogue forum at the Palace of Congresses.
15.09.2019 21:16
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with president of Italian Episcopal Conference
On September 15, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is on a visit to Madrid with a blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Gualtiero Bassetti, Archbishop of Perugia.
15.09.2019 20:16
Delegation of abbots and abbesses of the Coptic Church visits Orthodox holy places in Moscow and Moscow Region
From September 12-15, 2019, a delegation of abbots, abbesses and nuns of the Coptic Orthodox Church monasteries and convents, who are on a pilgrimage to Russia at the invitation of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited churches in monasteries in Moscow and Moscow Region.
15.09.2019 16:32
DECR chairman celebrates the Liturgy at the church of St. Mary Magdalene in Madrid
On September 15, 2019, the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox church of St. Mary Magdalene Equal-to-the-Apostles in Madrid.