The Far Abroad
25.07.2013 15:00
DECR chairman expresses condolences to President of the Government of Spain over trail derailment near Santiago de Compostela
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following message of condolences to H. T. Mariano Rajoy Brey, President of the Government of Spain.
25.07.2013 14:35
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church expresses condolences to the King of Spain over train accident near Santiago de Compostela
On July 24, over seventy people were killed and many injured in the train derailment near Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following message with condolences and support to the King of Spain.
25.07.2013 14:32
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expresses condolences to President of Spanish Episcopal Conference over victims of train derailment in Spain
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent the following message of condolences to Archbishop Antonio Maria Varela of Madrid over the train derailment near Santiago de Compostela.
23.07.2013 23:58
Patriarch Kirill’s message of condolences to Chairman of People’s Republic of China
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping over the destructive earthquake that happened on July 22 in Central PRC with a great death toll.
11.07.2013 12:47
Members of Churches in Europe working group of St. Petersburg Dialogue forum met with Landtag of Bavaria vice-president
On July 10, 2013, Russian Orthodox members of the Churches in Europe working group of the St. Petersburg Dialogue forum met with the vice-president of the Landtag of Bavaria, Mr. Rienhold Bocklet.
11.07.2013 12:46
Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church visits St. Job of Pochayev Monastery in Munich
The members of the Churches in Europe working group were warmly greeted by Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany.
04.07.2013 16:15
DECR vice-chairman meets with a delegation of the Catholic Church in Hungary
On July 3, 2013, Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), a vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met at the DECR with a delegation of the Catholic Church in Hungary who came to Moscow at the invitation of the Peace and Peacemakers Association.
04.07.2013 13:34
Money being collected at Russian churches to help victims of Syrian war
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service is coordinating the fund-raising campaign and has collected 7 million 155 thousand rubles as of July 2.
29.06.2013 23:49
Albanian extremists’ attack on children’s’ buses in Kosovo
Statement of the Communication Service of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations.
28.06.2013 22:15
Metropolitan Hilarion attends opening of church-public conference in Vienna
On June 28, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, attended the opening of a conference on Multiple Traditions – Multiple Ways of Development – Multiple Reflections of Today.