The Far Abroad
15.06.2015 13:52
Representative of Russian Orthodox Church attends international peace forum
On June 13, 2015, a meeting with participation of religious leaders took place in Brussels, Belgium, as part of the 26th annual session of the Crans Montana Forum. The meeting considered the theme ‘Is True Peace Possible in the World?’
05.06.2015 18:12
Moscow Patriarchate representative attends presentation of annual report on freedom of religion in the world
On June 3, 2015, the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance (EP Intergroup on FoRB & RT) presented its first Annual Report on the 'State of Freedom of Religion or Belief' at the European Parliament in Brussels.
04.06.2015 10:51
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences to Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following message of condolences to Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, over the shipwreck on the Yangtze entailing numerous victims
04.06.2015 10:51
DECR chairman’s condolences over the wreck of ‘Star of the East’ cruise ship on the Yangtze River
In a message to the head of the People’s Republic of China’s directorate for religious affairs, Mr. Wang Zuoan, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), expressed condolences over the wreck of the Star of the East cruise ship on the Yangtze…
31.05.2015 21:46
Russian parliament members and public figures attend divine service at the church of Russian Orthodox Church Damascus Representation
The delegation led by D. Sablin, a member of the Russian Federation Council, was in Syria from May 25-28.
30.05.2015 17:51
Russian Orthodox Church representative attends human rights seminar in Hagaberg
A seminar organized by a mixed human rights working group of the Conference of European Church in cooperation with representatives of international organizations in Brussels took place on May 25-29, 2015, in the People’s University in Hagaberg, Sweden.
27.05.2015 19:06
Representatives of Dutch embassy in Moscow visit Department for External Church Relations
Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for the far abroad, met at the DECR with representatives of the Royal Dutch Embassy in Moscow, Ms. Maaike van Koldam, counsellor, and Mr. Gregory Dempke, expert of the Embassy’s political department.
27.05.2015 9:28
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s greeting to Mr. Andrzej Duda on his election as President of Poland
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated Mr. Andrzej Duda on his election as President of the Republic of Poland.
26.05.2015 13:37
70th anniversary of St. Nicholas’s Cathedral celebrated in Iranian capital
On May 22, 2015, the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas from Myra to Bari, the Russian Orthodox parish in Teheran celebrated the 70th anniversary of St. Nicolas’s Cathedral.
25.05.2015 23:28
Chairman of Department for External Church relations meets with ambassadors of Slavic states
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with ambassadors of several states of Slavic tradition at the Church of Christ the Saviour.