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28.04.2019 9:55
DECR chairman congratulates Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches on Pascha
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent his greetings with the Resurrection of Christ.
27.04.2019 12:00
Paschal Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia
to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monks and Nuns and All the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church
23.04.2019 20:37
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
On the 23rd of April 2019, at a parish house of the Church of ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Dr. Gerd Müller, Federal…
23.04.2019 17:16
Interreligious Council of Russia issues statement in response to appeal of All-Ukrainian Council of Church and Religious Associations
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Associations sent an appeal to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill as Honorary Chairman of the Interreligious Council of Russia, calling upon him to facilitate the release of the Ukrainian sailors detained on 25th November 2018, as well as the release of “hostages and captives…
23.04.2019 10:00
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulations to V. A. Zelensky on his election as President of Ukraine
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated V. A. Zelensky on his election to the office of President of Ukraine.
22.04.2019 12:02
Metropolitan Hilarion attends lecture by Italian Consul General on Dante’s Divine Comedy
On 21st April 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended a literary soiree, last in the series of readings dedicated to the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.
21.04.2019 22:57
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences upon the terrorist action in Sri Lanka
On April 21, 2019, eight explosions resounded in churches as well as hotels and other public places in the country’s largest city of Colombo and its suburbs. The death toll exceeded 200; among the victims are people who came to churches for Easter celebrations.
21.04.2019 8:12
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends Easter greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent Easter greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches
21.04.2019 8:11
DECR chairman sends Easter greetings to the heads of the non-Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent Easter greetings to the heads of other non-Orthodox Churches.
20.04.2019 19:53
Statement by the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Moldova with regard to the current tragic situation of persecution of clergy and flock of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
The statement was adopted at a session of the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Moldova on 19th April 2019.