The Far Abroad
30.08.2013 18:25
DECR chairman meets with Ireland’s Ambassador to Russia
30 August 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Philip McDonagh, Ireland’s Ambassador to Russia, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in Moscow. The meeting took place at the Department for External Church Relations.
30.08.2013 15:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador of Great Britain to Russia
On 30 August 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with His Excellency Mr. Tim Barrow, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Russian Federation.
29.08.2013 11:38
DECR chairman meets with Russia’s Ambassador to Slovenia
On 28 August 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
28.08.2013 11:12
DECR chairman meets with President of Croatia
On 27 August 2013, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of Metropolitan Ioann of Zagreb and Ljubljana, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in Croatia for a two-day visit.
26.08.2013 18:46
His Majesty King of Spain thanks His Holiness Patriarch Kirill for words of condolence and support after train crash in Santiago de Compostela
His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain sent a telegram to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, thanking him for his warm words of solidarity in the face of the terrible tragedy that occurred near Santiago de Compostela on July 24. The train accident claimed the…
24.08.2013 19:10
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates President of Finland on his 65th birthday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greeting to Mr. Sauli Väinämö Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland, on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
20.08.2013 13:49
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Spain’s ambassador to Russia
During the meeting, which was held in a friendly atmosphere, Metropolitan Hilarion told his guest about the ministry of the Russian Orthodox Church in Spain and her pastoral care of compatriots living there.
18.08.2013 8:27
Delegation of Russian Church completes its pilgrimage to Mount Athos
The delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent by the Holy Synod to take part in the celebrations on the occasion of the patronal feast of the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon, completed its pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain.
06.08.2013 19:32
DECR vice-chairman meets with newly appointed Russian Ambassador to Turkey
The DECR vice-chairman and Mr. Karlov discussed issues of mutual interest.
06.08.2013 16:44
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expresses condolences to President of the Council of Ministers of Italy over bus crash in Campania region
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of condolences to Mr. Enrico Letta, President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, over the tragic bus crash near the town of Avellino in southern Italy.