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21.01.2019 17:51
Annual Christmas dinner takes place at Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with participation of church officials
On January 21, 2019, the annual Christmas dinner held was at the Reception House of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the invitation of leaders of the Russian foreign affairs department.
21.01.2019 15:42
Patriarch Kirill greets Primate of Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the his name day
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has greeted His Holiness Neophyte, Patriarch of Bulgaria, on the occasion of his Name Day.
21.01.2019 15:38
DECR chairman sends name-day greetings to Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, has greeted the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the commemoration day of his heavenly patron, the Holy Martyr Neophytos.
21.01.2019 12:42
DECR chairman meets with the newly appointed Ambassador of Hungary to Russia
On 21 January 2019 Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Norbert Konkoly, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to the Russian Federation.
17.01.2019 18:52
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church regards the law on subordination of religious organizations adopted by the Verkhovna Rada as a violation of the Constitution of Ukraine
Archbishop Clement noted that this legislative act brutally violates the fundamental rights and freedoms of believers.
17.01.2019 16:30
Radicals seize church buildings of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Chernigov and Lvov regions
On January 16, 2019, the Church of the Holy Ascension of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Olenevka village, Borzna district, Chernigov region, was seized.
17.01.2019 10:56
Supporters of Constantinople-recognized church structure in Ukraine capturing churches of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Despite repeated statements of Ukrainian President P. Poroshenko that – in spite of the creation of a new church structure inspired with his participation – each person will be free to choose to which church to come and that there will be no forcible captures of monasteries, churches and other…
17.01.2019 7:22
Christmas reception at Russian Consulate General in New York
On January 15, 2019, the Russian Federation Consulate General in New York gave an official Christmas reception on behalf of Consul General S. K. Ovsyannikov and the Moscow Patriarchate Representation in the USA.
16.01.2019 13:49
A boarding school in Damascus receives aid from Russian religious communities
The administration of the Damascus boarding school for children of deceased Syrian servicemen sent a letter to the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, expressing their gratitude for the aid delivered to the school before the New Year celebrations.
14.01.2019 9:30
Metropolitan Hilarion: The Russian Orthodox Church originated in Kiev, not in Moscow, not in St. Petersburg
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, gave an interview to the TV channel RT.