Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

8 December 2022 year 11:09

DECR Chairman visits the memorial in Shipka Pass

On December 7, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, who is on a working visit to Bulgaria with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited Shipka Pass, where fierce battles were held during the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War between Russian troops supported by Bulgarian volunteer corps and troops of the Ottoman Empire.

7 December 2022 year 10:21

DECR chairman takes part in celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Metochion in Sofia

On December 6, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the church of St. Nicholas in Sofia, marking the 70th anniversary of the Metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church. Many faithful attended the festive service officiated at which were Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovec; Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; and Bishop Gerasim of Melnik, chief secretary of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

5 December 2022 year 11:20

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk presides over patronal feastivities of the Church of St. Catherine in Rome

On December 4, the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in Italy, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Great Martyr Catherine in Rome.

25 November 2022 year 12:52

Выступление митрополита Волоколамского Антония на конференции «Религиозное многоголосие и национальное единство»

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24 ноября в Казани прошла организованная Валдайским клубом конференция на тему «Религиозное многоголосие и национальное единство». Председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей митрополит Волоколамский Антоний выступил с докладом на сессии «Религиозное взаимодействие между странами как одна из основ мира и развития».

25 November 2022 year 11:31

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk takes part in a meeting with head of the Muslim Board of Tatarstan

On November 24, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with Metropolitan Kirill of Kazan and Tatarstan and the head of the Muslim Board of the Republic of Tatarstan Kamil-khazrat Samigullin, at the Muslim Board of the Republic of Tatarstan (MBT) building in the city of Kazan.

18 November 2022 year 17:12

Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East has completed his visit to Russia

On November 16, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Awa III completed his first official visit to Russia.

14 November 2022 year 13:43

Acting DECR vice-chairman and delegation of Foundation for Support of Christian Culture and Heritage meet with Bishop Jefrem of Banja Luka

On November 11, the acting vice-chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, and a delegation of the Foundation for Support of Christian Culture and Heritage visited Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

11 November 2022 year 13:46

The DECR chairman meets with His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia

On November 10, a meeting took place at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade between His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia and the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, who had come to the Serbian capital on a working visit with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

11 November 2022 year 12:24

His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia and Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk visit the Russian Orthodox Church’s Belgrade Representation

On November 10, His Holiness Porfirije, Patriarch of Serbia, and Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, who is in the Serbian capital on a working visit with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Russian church of the Holy Trinity at Tasmajdan - the Metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church, to venerate its shrines and evaluate the progress made in the repair and restoration work carried out in it.

8 November 2022 year 10:50

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II

On November 7, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relation of the Moscow Patriarchate, visited the residence of the Coptic Patriarchs to meet with the Primate of the Coptic Church, His Holiness Patriarch Tawadros II.

7 November 2022 year 12:18

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk has arrived in Egypt

On November 6, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, arrived in Cairo.

5 November 2022 year 11:43

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk presided over patronal festivities at the Gorneye Convent in Jerusalem

On November 4, the day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God particularly venerated by the Gorneye Convent in Jerusalem, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of All the Saints Who Shone Forth in the Russian Land - the main church of the convent.

3 November 2022 year 20:12

DECR chairman begins his working trip to the Holy Land

On November 2, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Mosco and All Russia, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, arrived in Israel on a working visit.

24 October 2022 year 12:38

DECR chairman attends the opening of inter-religious forum in Rome

On October 23, the forum organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio on ‘The Cry for Peace’ began its work in Rome, Italy.

23 October 2022 year 18:31

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk presides over the great consecration of a church in Tarquinia

On October 23, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, temporary administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in Italy, presided over the great consecration of the Church of the Holy Transfiguration and St. Anthony the Great in the city of Tarquinia, the province of Viterbo, Italy.