The Far Abroad
25.01.2017 11:44
Staff members of Synodal departments meet with Dr. Moushira Khattab, candidate to the post of UNESCO Director-General
On 25 January 2017, staff members of the Synodal departments of the Russian Orthodox Church met with H. E. Dr. Moushira Khattab, Egypt’s nominee for the post of the Director-General of UNESCO.
21.01.2017 20:12
Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill over death of school children in Italy
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán over the death of school children killed in a bus crash in northeast Italy.
10.01.2017 16:33
Patriarch Kirill’s Christmas and New Year greetings to head of foreign states
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent Christmas and New Year greetings to heads of traditionally Orthodox states in the far abroad
10.01.2017 16:31
DECR chairman sends Christmas and New Year greetings to foreign statesmen and public figures
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent Christmas greetings
10.01.2017 13:50
Memorial services held in Ankara for Russian ambassador in Turkey Andrey Karlov
On January 10, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the memorial Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Russian embassy with the prayer for the repose of the head of this diplomatic mission Russia’s Hero Andrey Karlov.
29.12.2016 10:19
1700th birthday of St. Martin of Tours is celebrated in Budapest
On 27 December 2016, Bishop Tikhon of Podolsk, administrator of the diocese of Hungary of the Russian Orthodox Church, and Archbishop Jurai of Michalovce and Košice, Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, celebrated Divine liturgy at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Budapest.
28.12.2016 19:21
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the newly-appointed Ambassador of Russia to Switzerland
In the course of the talk, which was held in a constructive atmosphere, the DECR chairman told the guest about the situation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Switzerland.
28.12.2016 11:03
Holy Synod makes decisions concerning external church relations
At its session on December 27, 2016, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church considered in particular some matters concerning external church relations.
20.12.2016 17:56
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over terrorist attack in Berlin
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, expressing his condolences over a terrorist attack in Berlin. In the evening of 19 December 2016, a truck ploughed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the centre of the…
15.12.2016 16:57
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Columbia to the Russian Federation
Metropolitan Hilarion warmly greeted the guest at the Synodal institution in charge of the relations of the Russian Orthodox Church with the world.