The Far Abroad
20.10.2015 12:54
At the largest ever conference on the Middle East, Metropolitan Hilarion calls to defend Christians
The largest ever conference to be held on the situation of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East took place on October 19-20, 2015, in Athens, under the theme ‘Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Co-existence in the Middle East’.
20.10.2015 12:54
Presentation by the DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, at the Conference on Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East (19 October 2015, Athens, Greece)
On 19-20 October 2015, the largest conference on the situation of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East took place in Athens. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk delivered his presentation on the first day of the forum.
11.10.2015 12:50
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the death of people as a result of explosions in Ankara
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, over the death of civilians as a result of explosions in Ankara.
09.10.2015 18:33
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the Ambassador of Montenegro
On 9 October 2015, H.E. Zoran Jocović, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Montenegro to the Russian Federation, visited the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations and was received by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the DECR chairman. They exchanged opinions on the issues of mutual interest.
09.10.2015 14:43
Russian Orthodox Church delegation attends 13th session of the Dialogue of Civilizations world public forum
On October 9, 2015, the Dialogue of Civilizations world public forum began its 13th plenary session on Rhodes Island, Greece. Some 500 experts in politics, economics and culture, statesmen and religious leaders, scholars and journalists from 80 countries will discuss prospects for human development in the present situation of socio-political…
07.10.2015 10:50
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Vice-President of the German Bundestag
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Mr. Johannes Singhammer, Vice-President of the German Bundestag.
01.10.2015 16:17
Construction of new cathedral in Paris continues
Archbishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate office for institutions abroad, who is on a working visit in France, arrived in Paris to visit the construction site of a new cathedral of the diocese of Chersonese on the Branly embankment.
30.09.2015 18:29
DECR chairman meets with the Turkish Ambassador to Russia
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Umit Yardim, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to Russia.
28.09.2015 18:50
Russian Orthodox Church delegation attends commemoration events in Armenia
From September 26 to 28, 2015, the concluding events of the official church-state centenary commemoration of the Armenian genocide took place in Armenia.
24.09.2015 20:05
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over the death of hundreds of pilgrims in Mecca
His Holines Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, over the death of hundreds of pilgrims in Mecca.