The Far Abroad
15.11.2016 15:53
Church of Protecting Veil of the Mother of God consecrated in Islamabad
On 13 November 2016, Bishop Antony of Bogorodsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, while on a working visit in Pakistan, consecrated the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God in Islamabad.
15.11.2016 13:07
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Germany’s ambassador to Russia
On November 15, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), met with Germany’s Ambassador to Russia Baron Rüdiger von Fritsch-Seerhausen, at the DECR.
14.11.2016 12:34
Head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad visits Russian church on the Arabian Peninsula
On 11 November 2016, Bishop Antony of Bogorodsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, paid a brief working visit to the United Arab Emirates.
10.11.2016 12:14
Representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate take part in the Council of Europe’s exchange on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue
The role of education in the prevention of radicalization leading to terrorism and violent extremism was the main theme at the 2016 Council of Europe exchange on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue which took place in Strasbourg on November 9-10, 2016.
09.11.2016 17:36
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Donald Trump on his election as President of the United States of America
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated Donald Trump on winning the US presidential election.
07.11.2016 16:25
Orthodox Bishops’ Conference of Germany holds its autumn session
On 4 November 2016, the autumn session of the Orthodox Bishops’ Conference of Germany opened in Berlin. Taking part in it were ruling and vicar hierarchs of the Orthodox dioceses in Germany.
07.11.2016 13:35
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulations conveyed to Lebanon’s new president
On November 5, 2016, the President of the Republic of Lebanon Mr. Michel Naim Aoun met with hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of Antioch – Metropolitan Niphon of Philippople, representative of the Patriarch of Antioch to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and Metropolitan Anthony of Zahle.
04.11.2016 18:03
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with France’s ambassador to Russia
On November 4, 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), met with France’s Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert.
02.11.2016 11:11
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with newly-appointed Luxembourg’s Ambassador to Russia
On 1 November 2016, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Knebeler, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Russian Federation.
02.11.2016 10:20
DECR chairman’s message of greetings to participants in events devoted to 165th birthday of Queen Olga Constantinovna of the Hellenes
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), sent the following message of greetings to the participants in the solemn events devoted to the Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna, which took place from October 31 to November 1, 2016, in Athens.