The Far Abroad
27.08.2018 17:51
DECR chairman had a meeting with Indonesian ambassador
On August 27, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Russia Mohamad Wahid Supriyadi.
27.08.2018 15:28
DECR chairman meets with Italia’s ambassador to Russia
Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with newly appointed Italian Ambassador to Russia Pasquale Terracciano.
13.08.2018 18:44
DECR vice-chairman meets with Swiss ambassador to Russia
On August 13, 2018, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Russia Ives Rossier visited the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) and was received by the DECR vice-chairman Archpriest Nikolay Balashov.
10.08.2018 10:27
Patriarchal deanery in Thailand has given humanitarian aids to Karen refugees
On August 7, 2018, with a blessing of the dean of the Patriarchal Parishes in Thailand and the Russian Orthodox Church representative in Thailand, Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), a working group visited the Ban Huai Sua village in the Tanah Seri Hills on the Thailand–Myanmar border.
06.08.2018 17:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends condolences over the death of people as the result of earthquake in Indonesia
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to the President of Indonesia, Mr. Joko Widodo, over the death of people as the result of the earthquake on Lombok island.
03.08.2018 12:10
Requiem service for sailors of Arctic convoys who had died during World War II was celebrated in Iceland
On 29 July 2018, Russia's Navy Day, the compatriots laid flowers to the Hope for Peace Monument in Reykjavik, Iceland.
01.08.2018 10:47
Russian Orthodox Church’s parishes in various countries celebrate 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia
The divine services marking the 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia were celebrated at the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in various countries.
25.07.2018 10:45
Russian Orthodox Church representatives take part in discussion at the conference of leaders of Rossotrudnichestvo representations abroad
On July 24, 2018, leaders and representatives of the Rossotrudnichestvo missions held a section discussion on Support for Representatives of Partner Non-Commercial Organizations in Developing and Promoting International Humanitarian Projects, as part of their annual meeting at the press center of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
24.07.2018 22:25
Families of Russian servicemen who died in Syria visit monasteries of the Church of Antioch
On July 24, 2018, widows, parents and children of Russian servicemen who died in Syria, while on a visit to the Arab Republic of Syria at the invitation of President Bashar Assad, made a pilgrimage to the monasteries of the Orthodox Church of Antioch in Maaloula and Sednaya.
24.07.2018 18:58
Patriarch Kirill’s letters of condolences over the loss of lives as a result of fires in Greece
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has expressed condolences to Prime Minister of the Republic of Greece Alexis Tsipras and His Beatitude Jeronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, over the loss of lives in the fires in Greece. According to the latest reports, the number…