The Far Abroad
18.11.2018 16:03
(Russian) Состоялась встреча председателя ОВЦС с министром по делам вакуфов Сирии
On 17 November 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the Ministry of Awqaf of the Syrian Arab Republic and met with the Minister, Dr. Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed.
16.11.2018 13:01
DECR chairman visits Russian Embassy in Cairo
On 15 November 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited, while in Egypt, the Russian Embassy in Cairo and met with Mr. Sergei Kirpichenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Egypt.
15.11.2018 10:37
Foundation stone for Russian cultural center and Russian Orthodox church blessed in Singapore
On November 13, 2018, President Vladimir Putin attended the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for a Russian cultural center and a Russian Orthodox church in Singapore.
13.11.2018 22:12
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with newly appointed Czech Ambassador to Russia
On 13 November 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Vitězslav Pivoňka, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Russian Federation.
12.11.2018 16:17
Medical doctors on humanitarian mission to Syria visit Damascus representation of Russian Orthodox Church
(Russian) Основная задача прибывших в Сирию российских врачей – отбор раненых в ходе военных действий в Сирии детей с ампутированными конечностями и их последующая отправка в российские медицинские учреждения для протезирования и оказания психологической помощи.
12.11.2018 10:18
Divine services to be celebrated on regular basis at the historical church in the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul
During the Litany of Fervent Supplication, prayers were said for the preservation of the unity of Orthodoxy and for peace in Ukraine. To mark the centenary of the end of World War I, prayers were offered, commemorating the commanders and soldiers who had laid down their lives on the battlefields.
10.11.2018 16:53
Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church speaks at the conference of compatriots living in Syria
On 9 November 2018, a conference of representatives of the organizations of compatriots living in Syria took place in Damascus.
09.11.2018 12:57
10th anniversary of consecration of Russian church in Havana celebrated in Cuba
On 1-6 November 2018, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Archbishop Antony of Vienna and Budapest, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, visited Cuba.
07.11.2018 17:25
DECR chairman meets with French ambassador to Russia
On November 7, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Russia, Ms. Sylvie Bermann.
07.11.2018 15:10
Construction of Orthodox church discussed at a meeting in Moscow
On 6 November 2018, a meeting between Mr. Mikhail Belousov, deputy-head of the Domestic Policy Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation, and Mr. Vu Chien Thang, chairman of the Governmental Committee for Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, took place…