Addresses and Comments

06.11.2018 17:34

Interview given by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, to Italian news agency SIR

Interview given by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, to Italian news agency SIR (Russian) В интервью итальянскому агентству SIR председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион рассказал о ситуации, которая сложилась в связи с антиканоническими шагами Константинопольского Патриархата, из-за которых Священный Синод Русской Православной Церкви признал невозможным продолжение евхаристического общения с ним.
31.10.2018 17:49

Situation in Ukraine is discussed at “Faith and Word” festival

Situation in Ukraine is discussed at “Faith and Word” festival On 31 October 2018, the Ukrainian church problem and a threat of the “one local Orthodox Church” the creation of which is being imposed by the Ukrainian authorities, was discussed in the framework of the ‘Faith and Word” international festival of Orthodox media.
30.10.2018 16:53

Patriarch Kirill: There is no conflict between Constantinople and Moscow but there is Moscow’s defence of inviolable canonical norms

Patriarch Kirill: There is no conflict between Constantinople and Moscow but there is Moscow’s defence of inviolable canonical norms On October 28, 2018, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, presided over the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted (the Transfiguration of the Lord) in Bolshaya Ordynka, Moscow.
28.10.2018 22:31

Metropolitan Hilarion: Patriarch Bartholomew is not free in his actions

Metropolitan Hilarion: Patriarch Bartholomew is not free in his actions On October 27, during ‘The Church and the World’ program aired by Russia-24 TV channel on Saturdays and Sundays, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from its host Ekaterina Gracheva.
24.10.2018 17:24

Metropolitan Onufry on the fate of canonical Orthodoxy in Ukraine

Metropolitan Onufry on the fate of canonical Orthodoxy in Ukraine The information and education department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has published an interview given by His Beatitude Onufry, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, to Pastor and Flock magazine.
22.10.2018 12:35

Metropolitan Hilarion: Constantinople is no longer the leader of the world Orthodoxy

Metropolitan Hilarion: Constantinople is no longer the leader of the world Orthodoxy Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, gave an interview to TASS news agency.
22.10.2018 8:55

Metropolitan Hilarion: Filaret Denisenko was and remains a schismatic

Metropolitan Hilarion: Filaret Denisenko was and remains a schismatic Filaret can appropriate as many titles as he likes, but the core of the matter does not change: he was not and is not the Patriarch. Thus, he is neither His Holiness, nor His Beatitude.
18.10.2018 20:32

Archbishop Clement: Nationalists are already killing our priests and capturing churches

Archbishop Clement: Nationalists are already killing our priests and capturing churches Archbishop Clement, an official representative of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and chairman of the synodal information and education department, answered questions from Komsomolskaya Pravda daily
17.10.2018 14:01

Metropolitan Hilarion: The fact that the Patriarchate of Constantinople has recognized a schismatic structure means for us that it itself is now in schism

Metropolitan Hilarion: The fact that the Patriarchate of Constantinople has recognized a schismatic structure means for us that it itself is now in schism On October 17, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations gave an interview to the BBC Russian Service on the situation that has developed in connection with the anti-canonical actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the decision of the Russian Orthodox…
16.10.2018 9:37

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia: Patriarchate of Constantinople has taken a decision to which it has no right

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia: Patriarchate of Constantinople has taken a decision to which it has no right His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia gave his comments to the mass media representatives regarding the decision of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to recognize the schismatics in Ukraine, the Information-Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reports with reference to Romfea agency.