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16.12.2009 13:44
Moscow Patriarchate representative meets with Council of Europe Secretary General in Strasbourg
The Rev. Hegumen Philaret (Bulekov), Moscow Patriarchate representative to the Council of Europe, met on 15 December 2009 with the newly-elected Secretary General of this major European international organization, Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland.
16.12.2009 13:10
Patriarch Kirill sends a letter to Italian Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi wishing him speedy recovery
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following letter to Italian Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi wishing him a speedy recovery: Dear Mr. Berlusconi, Please accept my sincere compassion over the incident in Milan. The service of a state leader always involves risk and danger. When a…
15.12.2009 23:21
Archbishop Hilarion visits Russian Diplomatic Mission in Geneva
Archbishop Hilarion and members of the delegation had a talk with the permanent Russian representative Ambassador Valery Loshcinin. They discussed cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the dialogue with world community on the meaning of traditional values in the life of the…
15.12.2009 16:52
Patriarch Kirill’s letter to Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following letter to the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland: Dear Mr. Jagland, Kindly accept my cordial congratulations on your election to the important post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Your long-standing experience of state…
15.12.2009 11:40
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Liturgy at the cathedral of the Russian Church Outside Russia in Geneva
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who are in Switzerland for a meeting of the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission for a Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on December 13, 2009, the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Elevation…
14.12.2009 17:04
Archbishop Hilarion’s answers questions from Der Spiegel
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from Der Spiegel magazine. Below is the text of the talk His Eminence Hilarion had with the magazine’s correspondents. The interview is published in Der Spiegel’s issue No. 51, 2009. – How would you…
14.12.2009 13:06
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk: ‘A woman can hold major leading positions in the Church’
Speaking about the role of woman in the Church on the Church and the World TV talk-show on December 12, 2009, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from TV-viewers.
14.12.2009 12:30
Vandalism committed against the Russian Church Representation in Jerusalem
During the night of December 11, 2009, the walls of the Cathedral of the Trinity in the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission were defiled with graffiti in Hebrew ‘Death’, ‘Death to Christians’. A statement was lodged with the police.
12.12.2009 22:16
Archbishop Hilarion meets with rector of University of Fribourg
Archbishop Hilarion, who is a privat-docent of the University of Fribourg, told his colleagues from Fribourg about the work of Sts Cyril and Methodius’s Post-Graduate and Doctoral School which he was appointed to lead in March 2009.
11.12.2009 12:15