The Far Abroad
25.01.2021 14:00
DECR chairman meets with newly appointed ambassador of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Russian Federation
On January 25, 2021, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with H. E. Khaled Shawabkeh, ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Russian Federation, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR).
25.01.2021 13:50
The Metropolitan of Сhersonesus and Western Europe Anthony (Sevryuk) meets ambassador of Russia to the Holy See Alexander Alexeyevich Avdeyev
On 21st January 2021 the Patriarchal exarch to Western Europe the metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe Anthony (Sevryuk), during a working visit to Italy, visited the Russian diplomatic representation to the Vatican.
25.01.2021 12:26
Metropolitan Hilarion: Rules of political correctness are not supposed to authorise intrusion into what is sacred for millions of people
In the Unites States of America, during the opening of the new session of Congress, Emanuel Cleaver, a member of the House of Representatives, read out what he called a politically correct prayer.
24.01.2021 22:03
Metropolitan Hilarion: In the USA, traditional family structure is being deliberately destroyed
“However, when from the sphere of taste all this moves to the sphere of politics, the situation gets much more serious, because disappearance of such fundamental notions as mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, etc., from the political lexicon is not just a sign of new fashion or new tastes,…
20.01.2021 14:00
Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Spain-Portugal included in list of most beautiful churches in Madrid
Spain’s El Mudo, the most quoted Spanish language mass media newspaper in the world (its website is recognized as the most visited website in Spain), has compiled a list of six the most impressive churches in Madrid. Included in this list, along with historic Catholic churches and cathedrals, is an…
19.01.2021 21:18
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord celebrated in Jerusalem
On January 19, 2021, the feast of the Holy Theophany - the Baptism of the Lord God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, led the solemn divine services at the Church of the Lord’s Sepulcher.
19.01.2021 20:21
The Epiphany is celebrated at the Russian Orthodox Church Representation in Damascus
On 19th January 2021, the feast of the Epiphany of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the Great Blessing of the Waters at the…
18.01.2021 20:31
DECR chairman meets with chairman of Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee
On January 18, 2021, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the DECR, met with the chairman of the Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee of the Palestinian National Authority (in the rank of minister) Mr. Hussain ash-Sheikh, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR).
17.01.2021 14:53
Metropolitan Hilarion: American politicians are unashamed to say that they openly interfere in interchurch relations
Such opinion was expressed by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who in the Church and the World TV-programme commented on the remark by Mike Pompeo.
13.01.2021 19:09
Christmas services celebrated for Russian communities in Turkish cities
On 7th January 2021, the Christmas Liturgy was celebrated at the Church of Ss. Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostles, located in the territory of the summer residence of Russia’s Consulate General in Istanbul. Officiating at the divine service was Rev. Georgy Sergeyev, acting rector of the church, who is responsible for taking…