The Far Abroad
28.06.2013 22:11
Metropolitan Hilarion visits Pro Oriente Foundation
On June 28, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, visited the Pro Oriente Foundation to meet with representatives of Austrian secular and ecclesial mass media journalists and to hold talks with Pro Oriente leaders.
11.06.2013 17:57
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Estonia’s ambassador to Russia
(Russian) Председатель ОВЦС рассказал главе эстонского дипломатического представительства в Российской Федерации о предстоящем визите Святейшего Патриарха Кирилла в Эстонию.
07.06.2013 23:38
Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to the Orthodox Church of Greece
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia was on a visit to Greece from June1-7, 2013, at the invitation of His Beatitude Hieronymus, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, and the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece.
29.05.2013 16:54
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill receives President of the Democratic Party of Serbia
On 29 May 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia received Mr. Boris Tadić, former President of the Republic of Serbia and incumbent President of the Democratic Party of Serbia at his request. The meeting took place at the work-room of His Holiness in the building of…
28.05.2013 16:24
U.S. Secretary of State thanks Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk for words of sympathy and support following terrorist attacks in Boston
H.E. Mr. John F. Kerry, the Secretary of State of the United States of America, sent a message to the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, in which he thanked Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamk for condolences over the terrorist attacks at the Boston Marathon.
27.05.2013 19:59
On the Escalation of Violence against Christians in Syria
Statement by Communication Service of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations
23.05.2013 15:24
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expresses condolences to US President over natural disaster in Oklahoma
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United State of America, over the natural disaster in Oklahoma. The text of the message is given below.
23.05.2013 15:22
DECR chairman expresses condolences to Mr. John Kerry, US Secretary of State, over natural disaster in Oklahoma
In his message to Mr. John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States of America. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed his condolences over the destructive tornado brought down upon the State of Oklahoma. The text of the message is…
21.05.2013 18:42
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
On 21 May 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St Daniel Monastery.
18.05.2013 12:00
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
On 17 May 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), who was making a working trip to Istanbul with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Patriarchate of Constantinople.