Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

23 October 2022 year 14:51

DECR chairman meets with Russian ambassador in Italy

On October 22, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, met in Rome with Russia’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Italy S. S. Razov.

21 October 2022 year 13:14

President of Protection of Christian Identity Center visited DECR

On October 20, the president of the Protection of Christian Identity Center (Belgrade), Mr D. Valvanidis, who has come to Moscow for the Consolation of the Russian Heart Festival, visited the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and met with its acting vice-chairman Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk.

17 October 2022 year 20:11

Hierarchs of Serbian Orthodox Church visit DECR

On October 17, hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church - Metropolitan Joannikije of Montenegro and the Littoral and Bishop Jovan of Slavonia visited the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and met with the DECR chairman, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk.

13 October 2022 year 22:10

Holy Synod considers matters of external church relations

On October 13, at its session held in the Synodal and Patriarchal Residence at St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, the Holy Synod considered, in particular, a number of issues pertaining to the external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church and adopted decisions https://mospat.ru/ru/news/89714/ concerning the Moscow Patriarchate’s dioceses abroad.

13 October 2022 year 13:10

DECR vice-chairman meets with deputy head of Iranian Culture and Islamic Relations Organization

On October 13, DECR vice-chairman Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov) met with Dr Hussein Roozbeh, deputy head of the Iranian Organization for Culture and Islamic Relation.

10 October 2022 year 13:52

DECR Chairman meets with Director of a MFA Department

On October 10, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Alexander P. Lukashik, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry Department for Liaisons with the Constituent Entities of the Federation, the Parliament, and Public Associations.

8 October 2022 year 10:45

DECR secretary for interreligious relations takes part in the forum in Elista

On October 6, an interregional reflection-action conference on ‘Nikolay Palmov: Personality and Time’ was opened in Elista. It was devote to the 150th birthday of Nikolay N. Palmov, an historian of the Church, the founder of Kalmyk studies, an educator and the founder of the museum and archive work in Kalmykia.

5 October 2022 year 15:21

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with RUFCEF chairman Sergey Ryakhovsky

On October 5, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with the chairman of the Russian United Fellowship of Christians of the Evangelical Faith, Sergey Ryakhovsky.

28 September 2022 year 20:26

The 4th Plenary Session of the Bilateral Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church

The 4th Plenary Session of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church took place fr om September 19 to 24, in Moscow.

22 September 2022 year 10:13

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk celebrates at Chinese Patriarchal Metochion

On September 21, the feast of the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady and Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated Divine Liturgy at the church of St. Nicholas in Golutvino – the Chinese Patriarchal Metochion in Moscow with the blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’.

21 September 2022 year 12:17

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with the representative of the Church of England

On September 20, DECR chairman Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk met with the chaplain of the St. Andrew’s Anglican Parish in Moscow Rev Canon Malcolm Rogers.

21 September 2022 year 11:48

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with the Russian minister of foreign affairs’ special representative for cooperation with organizations in Muslim states

On September 20, DECR chairman Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk met at the DECR with the Russian minister for foreign affair’s special representative for cooperation with organizations in Muslim states, ambassador at-large and chairman of the Strategic Vision Group ‘Russia - the Islamic World’, Mr. K. V. Shuvalov.

21 September 2022 year 09:38

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with representative of Assyrian Church of the East

On September 20, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk received Chorebishop Samano Odisho, rector of the Assyrian church Mat Maryam in Moscow.

15 September 2022 year 16:48

Metropolitan Anthony’s address at closing session of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

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The final session of the 7th Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions was held on September 15. Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, addressed the participants.

15 September 2022 year 10:58

Delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate meets with Pope Francis of Rome

On September 14, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis of Rome met in the Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan with hierarchs of the Moscow Patriarchate who, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, attend the Seventh Congress of Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions.