Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

27 October 2021 year 12:51

DECR representative attends the Seventh International Religious and Peace Forum

On October 26, the Seventh International Religion and Peace Forum opened at the Church Councils Hall of the Church of Christ the Saviour on the theme “Interreligious and Inter-Cultural Dialogue in Contemporary World.

27 October 2021 year 11:13

Negotiations held in London between DECR chairman and representative of Archbishop of Canterbury for contacts with Orthodox Church

On October 26, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, who is in London with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited Westminster Abbey.

27 October 2021 year 09:20

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Every day we lose about a thousand people due to coronavirus

[Interview]

On October 23, on The Church and the World TV program shown on Saturdays and Sundays on “Rossiya-24”, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), answered questions fr om the anchor Ekaterina Gracheva

26 October 2021 year 14:39

DECR chairman visits Oxford

On October 23, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, who is in Great Britain with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited Oxford.

21 October 2021 year 11:39

Panel discussion on “Fanar’s actions in Ukraine: Reflection in the media space” at Faith and Word festival

On October 20, during the 9th International Faith and Word Festival held from October 18-22 at the Klyazma rest house, a panel discussion on “Fanar’s Actions in Ukraine: Reflection in the Media Space”, a major international event, took place as part of the festival.

19 October 2021 year 17:37

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Важно, чтобы межэтнический конфликт не превращался в межрелигиозный

[Interview]

16 октября в передаче «Церковь и мир», выходящей на канале «Россия 24» по субботам и воскресеньям, председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей Екатерины Грачевой и телезрителей.

19 October 2021 year 14:52

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: «Содействовать умножению добра и богозаповеданной правды» (к 75-летию Отдела внешних церковных связей)

[Article]

Статья председателя Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополита Волоколамского Илариона, посвященная 75-летию ОВЦС, опубликована в сентябрьском номере «Журнала Московской Патриархии».

16 October 2021 year 14:55

High state awards are conferred on DECR staff members by President of Russia’s decree

By President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin’s Decree No. 590 of October 14, high state awards are conferred on staff members of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

13 October 2021 year 15:27

Tripartite meeting held by religious leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia

On October 13, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Sheikh ul-Islam Allakhshuqur Pashazade, Chairman of the Muslim Board of the Caucasus, and Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in the St. Daniel monastery in Moscow.

10 October 2021 year 20:45

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Церковь никогда не навязывает людям свое учение

[Interview]

9 октября в передаче «Церковь и мир», выходящей на канале «Россия 24» по субботам и воскресеньям, председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей Екатерины Грачевой и телезрителей.

8 October 2021 year 12:27

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: To reveal Christ to people is our most important missionary task

[Interview]

Interview of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate to Italian Corriere della Sera daily.

7 October 2021 year 17:03

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

On October 6, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, at the congregation’s building.

6 October 2021 year 12:28

DECR chairman meets with Pope Francis of Rome

On October 6, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with Pope Francis of Rome at the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican.

6 October 2021 year 11:42

Presentation of the DECR Chairman at the interreligious meeting on Religion and Education

[Article]

With a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, took part in the interreligious meeting on Religion and Education, which took place in the Vatican.

6 October 2021 year 11:24

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends interreligious meeting on Religion and Education

On October 5, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, took part in the interreligious meeting on Religion and Education, which took place in the Vatican.