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13.01.2010 12:55
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations: “It is impossible to solve religious issues by political means”
On 12 January 2010, Archbishop Hilarion met with the Russian and foreign journalists at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations. One of the questions regarded the interconnection between church and political problems in the post-Soviet domain.
13.01.2010 12:54
The DECR Chairman: “We vigorously oppose atheism perceived as a ‘common denominator’ of all religions”
On 12 January 2010, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with journalists at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations. While answering their questions, he told them that the Russian Orthodox Church intended to continue dialogue with different European institutions, including the European Union and the Council of Europe, "on…
13.01.2010 11:17
Relics of Matrona of Moscow abiding in the Laura of the Dormition in Ukraine
The relics of the Blessed Matrona of Moscow were brought to the Svyatogorsk Laura of the Dormition (Donetsk diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church) on the eve of the Nativity of Christ.
12.01.2010 23:41
Archbishop Hilarion: a visit of His Holiness to the Patriarchate of Alexandria will not be just a matter of protocol
On 12 January 2010, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with the Russian and foreign journalists at the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations.
12.01.2010 22:12
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations meets with Russian and foreign journalists
The meeting was dedicated to the external activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2010. Archbishop Hilarion submitted a working plan of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations for approval by His Holiness the Patriarch and members of the Holy Synod at its session on 25 December 2009…
12.01.2010 19:00
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk delivers Patriarchal awards to those who prepared the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine
Patriarchal awards were conferred upon M. Komarov, S. Baranov, M. Kudelya, and Ya. Baskov for assistance rendered by them to the success of the Patriarchal visit to Ukraine and as a blessing for their zealous work to the glory of the Russian Orthodox Church.
12.01.2010 17:43
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Director of “La Verite” French Catholic Research Centre
They discussed the present state of the Orthodox-Catholic theological dialogue and possible joint scholarly and publications projects.
12.01.2010 16:26
First session of the working group for compiling modern catechism of the Russian Orthodox Church take place at the Department for External Church Relations
On 12 January 2010, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations and rector of the Church Post-Graduate and Doctoral School, chaired the first session of the working group for compiling modern catechism of the Russian Orthodox Church. The session took place at the…
12.01.2010 14:17
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church on his Name Day
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland with his Name Day:
12.01.2010 14:17