Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

9 April 2022 year 10:51

Religious communities in Russia collect humanitarian aid for people in Donbass

The Interreligious Working Group for Defending the Rights of Believers against Discrimination and Xenophobia under the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Association has collected humanitarian aid for people in Donbass.

7 April 2022 year 11:49

DECR Chairman meets with French Ambassador to Russia

On April 6, Metropolitan Hilarion, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Pierre Lévy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Russian Federation. The meeting took place at the French Embassy in Moscow.

6 April 2022 year 17:36

Chairman of Department for External Church Relations meets with European Union’s ambassador in Moscow

On April 6, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met with the head of the European Union Representation in Russia, Mr. Markus Ederer.

5 April 2022 year 15:26

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: «Русская Церковь оказывает большую помощь Армянской Церкви в ее диалоге с мусульманами Азербайджана»

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3 апреля в передаче «Церковь и мир» на канале «Россия 24» председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей Екатерины Грачевой и телезрителей.

29 March 2022 year 12:35

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk emphasizes importance of interconfessional dialogue in articulating a common approach to the situation in Ukraine

On March 16, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill had a long-distance conversation with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. The chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion spoke about the results of the conversation with the presenter of the Church and the World TV programme Yekaterina Gracheva.

29 March 2022 year 12:19

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Важно, чтобы представители крупнейших христианских Церквей общались между собой в этот критический момент

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27 марта в передаче «Церковь и мир» на канале «Россия 24» председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей Екатерины Грачевой и телезрителей.

29 March 2022 year 10:29

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on Patriarch Kirill’s conversation with Pope Francis of Romeо

On the air of the TV programme “The Church and the World”, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, at a request from the presenter Ms. E. Gracheva, spoke about the conversation that took place on March 16, through video link between Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis of Rome.

23 March 2022 year 11:22

Interreligious Working Group for Protecting Believers’ Rights against Discrimination and Xenophobia holds meeting devoted to the aid to Donbass residents

On March 22, a meeting of the Interreligious Working Group for Protecting Believers’ Rights against Discrimination and Xenophobia at the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations held its meeting at the premises of the Presidential Administration.

22 March 2022 year 10:16

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Фигура Распутина была чрезвычайно противоречивой

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20 марта в передаче «Церковь и мир» на канале «Россия 24» председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей Екатерины Грачевой и телезрителей.

16 March 2022 year 20:21

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill had a talk with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

On March 16, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia held a video call with Archbishop of Canterbury Justine Welby.

15 March 2022 year 09:37

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Раньше или позже Церковь найдет способы для исцеления украинского раскола

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13 марта в передаче «Церковь и мир» на канале «Россия 24» председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей Екатерины Грачевой и телезрителей.

14 March 2022 year 15:10

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk describes the church project for rehabilitation of Syrian children injured by the war

The Russian Orthodox Church has launched at its Damascus Representation a unique Children’s Rehabilitation and Prosthesis Center for relieving Syrian children who suffered the loss of limbs during the military conflict. Leading Russian implant doctors, as well as other medical specialists are helping them to recover and to learn to live a normal life.

8 March 2022 year 13:43

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Русская Православная Церковь получила автокефалию законным путем

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5 марта в передаче «Церковь и мир» председатель ОВЦС митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей Екатерины Грачевой и телезрителей канала «Россия 24». Выпуск опубликован на официальном официальном YouTube-канале митрополита Илариона.

7 March 2022 year 15:50

Center for Pediatric Prosthetics and Rehabilitation is opened at the Russian Orthodox Church Representation in Damascus

On March 6, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, took part in the opening ceremony of the Center for Pediatric Prosthetics and Rehabilitation at the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Damascus, Syria.

6 March 2022 year 11:53

Metropolitan Hilarion visits the Church of Antioch’s churches restored with Russian participation

On March 5, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, with a blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East, visited the Orthodox Church of Antioch’s churches, which were damaged and partly destroyed during hostilities in Syria and now are being restored with the Russian participation.