The Far Abroad
28.11.2019 12:02
DECR Chairman presided over round-table conference on cooperation between Russian Church and compatriots living in countries of Middle East and Africa
The round table was organized by the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the DECR with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture and the Russian World foundation.
27.11.2019 18:55
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over deaths caused by earthquake in Albania
On the night of November 26, 2019, an earthquake, the largest in the last 40 years, happened near the Albanian capital city of Tirana. According to the latest reports, over 32 people were killed and 658 were injured.
12.11.2019 18:06
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia
On 12 November 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation.
08.11.2019 22:01
150th anniversary of Russian metochion celebrated in ancient Joppa
On 7th November 2019, at the Holy Apostle Peter and Righteous Tabitha Metochion of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, the celebrations took place, marking the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Russian metochion in ancient Joppa – present-day Jaffa.
07.11.2019 18:11
DECR secretary for far abroad countries meets with high-ranking Qatar diplomat
On 7th November 2019, at the Department for External Church Relations, Archpriest Sergy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for far abroad countries, met with Mr. Waleed Mohd Alemadi, Deputy Ambassador, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Russia.
30.10.2019 16:25
Representatives of Russian Orthodox Church take part in World Conference on Fellow Countrywomen and Continuity of Generations
On 30th October 2019, the World Conference on Fellow Countrywomen and Continuity of Generations began its work in Moscow.
23.10.2019 17:29
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian Ambassador to the USA
On 22 October 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a working visit to the USA, visited the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington, where he met with H.E. Anatoly Antonov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian…
22.10.2019 10:22
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN
They discussed issues of mutual concern in the area of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Permanent Representation to the UN.
14.10.2019 22:44
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Swiss Council of States
On 14th October 2019, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Stavropegic Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Mr. Jean-René Fournier, President of the Council of States of the Swiss Confederation.
14.10.2019 9:21
Celebrations marking 30th anniversary of glorification of Patriarch Tikhon take place at Saint Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York
On 9th October 2019, commemoration day of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian and the 30th anniversary of glorification of St. Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, clerics of Saint Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, USA, celebrated the Divine Liturgy.