Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

15 September 2022 year 10:11

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade

On September 14, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relation of the Moscow Patriarchate, met in Kazakhstan capital Nur-Sultan with the Chairman of the Muslim Board of the Caucasus, Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, who lead the delegations of their religious communities at the Congress of Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions.

14 September 2022 year 17:43

DECR chairman attended the opening of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

On September 14, the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, hosted by the Kazakhstan authorities for the seventh time, was opened in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.

14 September 2022 year 11:14

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem

On September 13, in Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

14 September 2022 year 11:12

Speech by the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony at the opening of the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

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The chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony spoke at the opening of the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which took place in the capital of Kazakhstan fr om 13th to15th September.

14 September 2022 year 10:42

Moscow Patriarchate delegation led by the DECR chairman arrives in Kazakhstan

In the evening of September 13, a Russian Orthodox Church delegation led by Metropolitan Anthony of Kazakhstan, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), arrived in Nur-Sultan with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ to take part in the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional religions.

8 September 2022 year 18:06

The 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Church has completed its work

The 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Church was held from August 31 to September 8 in Karlsruhe, Germany.

8 September 2022 year 13:19

Comments of Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk on the adoption of the WCC statement ‘War in Ukraine, peace and justice in the European region

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Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and head of the Russian Orthodox Church delegation at the 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Karlsruhe, Germany, delivered his comments on the adoption of the WCC document ‘War in Ukraine, peace and justice in the European region’.

7 September 2022 year 18:03

DECR Chairman meets with Archbishop of Canterbury

On September 7, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, who is in Germany as head of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the General Assembly of the World Council of Churches, met with the head of the Church of England, Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury.

7 September 2022 year 17:46

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with the head of Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church

On September 7, on the sidelines of the 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches being held in Karlsruhe, Germany, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Archbishop Urmas Viilma of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church.

7 September 2022 year 16:24

Patriarchal Exarch for South-East Asia meets with General Secretary of the Global Christian Forum

On September 6, the Patriarchal Exarch for South-East Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia met with the General Secretary of the Global Christian Forum, Revd Dr Casely Essamuah, on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the World Council of Church in Karlsruhe, Germany.

6 September 2022 year 19:58

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

On September 6, a meeting took place in Karlsruhe, Germany, between the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, and hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany and Bishop Job of Stuttgart.

6 September 2022 year 16:37

DECR Chairman meets with General Secretary of the World Evangelical Alliance

On September 6, Chairman of the External Church Relations Department of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk met with the General Secretary of the World Evangelical Alliance Bp. Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher on the side-lines of the 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Karlsruhe, Germany.

6 September 2022 year 10:39

DECR chairman meets with delegation of Coptic Church

On September 5, in the German city of Karlsruhe, which is hosting the 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) met with a delegation of the Coptic Church.

5 September 2022 year 11:49

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk celebrates Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox parish in Strasbourg

On September 4, the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations and Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, celebrated Divine Liturgy at the stavropegic church of All Saints in Strasbourg, France.

2 September 2022 year 12:20

Co-chairs of the Working Group for bilateral relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church hold a meeting

On September 1, on the sidelines of the 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches being held in Karlsruhe, Germany, Metropolitan Leonid of Klin, Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, and Metropolitan Zachariah Mar Nicholovos of North America, co-chairs of the Working Group for the coordination of bilateral relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church, had a meeting.