The Far Abroad
23.01.2020 14:09
Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem attends meeting of President Putin with Naama Issachar’s mother
At his meeting with President Putin on 20 November 2019 attended by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos appealed for pardon for the sentenced citizen of Israel.
16.01.2020 16:02
DECR chairman holds meeting with head of the Order of Malta’s Mission to Russia
On 16th January 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with the newly appointed head of the Mission of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and Malta to the Russian Federation, Aimone of Savoy-Aosta.
16.01.2020 15:48
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador of Austria to Russia
On 16 January 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Johannes Aigner, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Russian Federation.
07.01.2020 9:05
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets heads of foreign states with Nativity of Christ and New Year
On the Feast of the Radiant Nativity of Christ and the New Year His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent greetings to heads of foreign states of the Orthodox tradition.
07.01.2020 9:00
DECR chairman greets heads of foreign countries, statesmen and public figures in far abroad countries with the Nativity of Christ and New Year
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent Christmas greetings
24.12.2019 15:12
DECR chairman meets with Charge d’Affaires ad interim of Israel to Russia
Mr. Livne told about his mission in Moscow. The participants in the meeting noted that the Embassy of Israel in Moscow and the Russian Orthodox Church have maintained constructive cooperation and discussed plans for its further promotion in the near future.
19.12.2019 23:17
Russia completes yet another stage in creating mosaic decoration for Cathedral of St. Sava in Belgrade
On 18th December 2019, a meeting of the commission for acceptance of decoration works at the Church of St. Sava in Vračar took place at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Belgrade.
10.12.2019 16:12
DECR secretary for far abroad countries meets with a delegation from Slovenia
Discussed during the talk held in friendly atmosphere were further cooperation between the Moscow Patriarchate and Slovenia in religious and cultural spheres, prospects of strengthening inter-Christian relations, and problems pertaining to pilgrimage
29.11.2019 11:00
DECR chairman meets with Hungary’s State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians
On 28 November 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Mt. Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s State Secretary for the aid to persecuted Christians.
28.11.2019 19:15
Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary attends presentation of Metropolitan Hilarion’s book
On 27 November 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion’s book ‘Catechism. A Short Guide to the Orthodox Faith’ in the Hungarian language was presented at the Russian Cultural Centre in Budapest, Hungary.