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25.01.2011 22:40
Metropolitan Hilarion awards Marquise Immacolata Solaro del Borgo with an order of the Russian Orthodox Church
Taking part in the awarding ceremony were Archbishop Antonio Mennini, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation; the first counsellor of the Embassy of the Order of Malta to the Russian Federation Nicola Savoretti; Rev. Dimitry Sizonenko, DECR acting secretary for Inter-Christian relations; and nuns of the Convent of St.…
25.01.2011 22:25
DECR chairman receives hierarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
Taking part in the meeting was Rev. Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for Inter-Orthodox relations.
25.01.2011 22:23
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the newly appointed Ambassador of Italy to the Russia
On 25 January 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Italian Republic to the Russian Federation, H.E. Antonio Dzanardi Landi.
25.01.2011 0:12
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, to the 19th International Educational Christmas Readings
The discussions involve the mass media and reach out to a large audience.
24.01.2011 22:23
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Zurab Tsereteli
Metropolitan Hilarion was accompanied by archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), secretary of the Patriarchal Council for Culture.
24.01.2011 22:15
19th International Educational Christmas Readings begin in Moscow
The opening ceremony was led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
24.01.2011 16:38
(Russian) Праздник Богоявления отметили в Шанхае
(Russian) В праздник Крещения Господа Бога и Спаса нашего Иисуса Христа с разрешения китайских властей в храме святителя Николая в Шанхае (Китай) было совершено торжественное богослужение и великое освящение воды.
24.01.2011 11:24
First Christmas Festival of Religious Music ends in Moscow
The last concert was performed at the Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International House of Music.
24.01.2011 1:56
Statement of the DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, on the European Parliament resolution on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion
On 20 January 2011, the European Parliament took an unprecedented step by adopting a resolution on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion. It is for the first time that a major political body of the European Union recognized that Christians are persecuted.
24.01.2011 1:53