The Far Abroad
26.11.2013 22:19
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Iraq’s Ambassador to Russia Ismail Shafeeq Mohsen
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church said that Russia and Iraq had a good and long history of relations, which ‘have been intensively developing since 1958 after certain changes, also in historical science, which is close to me and to people having the similar philosophy of life. I recall…
26.11.2013 21:58
Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church takes part in the IX Assembly of the World Conference of Religions for Peace
A delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church took part in the Assembly with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The delegation consisted of archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), vice-chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) – head of the delegation; Rev. Roman Bogdasarov, acting…
22.11.2013 16:00
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Mr. Igor Radojičić, President of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska
Metropolitan Hilarion warmly greeted the high guest and his suite and shared with them reminiscences of his visit to Banja Luka paid at the invitation of the President of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, in November 2012. The DECR chairman noted that the development of relations with Republika Srpska was…
18.11.2013 12:47
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with representatives of Iraqi Christian communities
Representatives of the Syrian Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Chaldean Catholic Church told the DECR chairman of the situation of Christians in their country.
18.11.2013 12:02
DECR chairman meets with Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, UN special envoy to Syria
Metropolitan Hilarion gave him a detailed account of the work done by the Russian Orthodox Church for the betterment of the situation in Syria and the alleviation of sufferings of the Syrian people.
17.11.2013 22:03
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk takes part in international colloquium on Syrian crisis
On 17 November 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, who has arrived in Vaduz, the capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, took part in the international colloquium on…
14.11.2013 17:12
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the Rome presentation of Sergei Averintsev’s book
The book was published by the Russian-Italian Academy Sapientia et Scientia and the Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate.
13.11.2013 12:03
DECR chairman meets with Ambassador Avdeyev of the Russian Federation to the Holy See
They discussed a number of topics of mutual interest. Metropolitan Hilarion told Ambassador Avdeyev about his recent trip to Lebanon and noted that Christian minorities in certain countries of the Middle East are persecuted and need protection.
13.11.2013 8:22
DECR chairman meets with President of the Italian Republic
They were joined in the meeting, which took place at Palazzo del Quirinale, by counselors to the President, Antonio Zanardi Landi and Carlo Guelfi, deputy minister of foreign affairs, Marta Dassù; Russian Ambassador to Italy, Sergei Razov; archimandrite Antony (Sevryuk); hieromonk Giovanni Guaita and Rev. Alexei Dikarev, staff members of…
10.11.2013 22:58
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends condolences over natural disaster in the Philippines
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to H.E. Benigno Aquino, President of the Republic of Philippines, over many human victims and large-scale destruction caused by the typhoon.