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20.07.2019 13:20
Russian Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church continue cooperating in aid to Christians in Middle East
From July 16 to 18, 2019, with a blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk as head of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR), a group of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church visited the headquarters of Kirche in Not (the Church in Need), an international Catholic charitable foundation based…
20.07.2019 11:35
Primate of Serbian Orthodox Church visits Russian House in Belgrade
On July 8, 2019, the day of Ss Peter and Fevronia, with a blessing of His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, a the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the vicar of the Diocese of Belgrade and Karlovci, Bishop Stephan of Remesiana, at the Belgrade representation of the Russian Orthodox Church.
19.07.2019 21:30
28th Russian-German forum of civic societies ‘St. Petersburg Dialogue’ took place in Bonn
The civic discussion forum brought together about 300 specialists from all spheres of society in both countries.
19.07.2019 17:02
Leader of the Center for Dialogue of Religions and Cultures of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization in Iran completes his visit to Moscow
From July 14 to 18, 2019, Hojjat-ul-Islam Muhammad Mahdi Tashiri, leader of the Interreligious Dialogue Center of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization in Iran, was on a visit to Moscow.
18.07.2019 21:29
On the Day of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the St. Sergius Laura’s church of the Holy Spirit
The archpastor was assisted by Archbishop Theopanus of Korea, Bishop Alexy of Galich and Makariev and brethren of the monastery.
17.07.2019 23:36
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrated All-Night Vigil at the church of the Holy Trinity in the St. Sergius Laura of the Holy Trinity
On July 17, 2019, celebrations started at the St. Sergius Laura of the Holy Trinity to honour St. Sergius of Radonezh on his the commemoration day.
15.07.2019 22:40
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian Ambassador to Montenegro
On 15 July 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Vladislav Maslennikov, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Montenegro.
15.07.2019 21:44
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with delegation of Urbi et Orbi Foundation
On 15 July 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a delegation the Urbi et Orbi Foundation led by its founder Dr. Robert Moynihan, who is also editor-in-chief of the Inside the Vatican magazine.
15.07.2019 21:22
DECR chairman meets with the head of the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue of the Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization
On 15 July 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Hujjat al Islam Mohammad Mehdi Taskhiri, head of the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization.
14.07.2019 21:40
Metropolitan Hilarion meets at Poznanie charity with Syrian children who have come to Moscow for treatment
Seven-year-old Bashar Canaan and thirteen-year-old Sidra Zarour had come with their parents to Russia on June 30 to undergo prosthetics and rehabilitation under the charity project “There are no foreign children”.