Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

22 July 2021 year 14:23

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: На Западе наблюдается диктат меньшинств над традиционным большинством

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17 июля 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.

19 July 2021 year 19:43

Interreligious Working Group of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations holds its 11th session

On July 19, the Interreligious Working Group for Aid to the Syrian Population under the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations held its 11th session in the building of the Presidential Administration.

16 July 2021 year 16:10

The DECR chairman completes his trip to the USA

On July 15, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relation of the Moscow Patriarchate, completed his visit to the USA made with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, to take part in the International Religious Freedom Summit which took place in Washington.

16 July 2021 year 12:23

DECR chairman visits Cathedral of St. John the Baptist of Russian Church Outside Russia

On July 14, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate visited the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist of the Russian Church Outside Russia in Washington, USA. This parish was founded in September 1949 by St. John of Shanghai the Wonderworker.

16 July 2021 year 10:45

DECR chairman meets with Open Doors human rights advocacy organization

On July 14, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with Mr. David Curry, president of the Open Doors, USA, a Christian human rights organization, during the International Religious Freedom Summit held in Washington.

15 July 2021 year 15:37

Архиепископ Владикавказский и Аланский Леонид: «Время быть едиными»

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В 2022 году Россия отметит 1100-летие Крещения Алании. Крупнейшее историческое и культурное событие уже сегодня вызывает повышенный интерес. О роли Православия, духовных ценностях, воспитании молодежи и о том, как готовится земля Северной Осетии к торжествам, рассказал архиепископ Владикавказский и Аланский Леонид.

15 July 2021 year 11:40

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Идею белорусской церковной автокефалии продвигают ради расшатывания ситуации в этой стране

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10 июля 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.

13 July 2021 year 18:34

DECR chairman and ROCOR First Hierarch celebrate Liturgy at Synodal residence of Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in New York

On July 12, the commemoration day of the Holy, Glorious and All-praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, and the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Outside of Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign of the Russian Church Outside of Russia in New York.

12 July 2021 year 12:23

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of Orthodox Church in America

On July 11, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, at the St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, after the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral, in which he concelebrated with the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America.

12 July 2021 year 11:11

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk concelebrates with His Beatitude Tikhon, Metropolitan of America and Canada, at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York

On July 10, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, arrived to the United States of America for a working visit.

9 July 2021 year 17:54

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Through common efforts we will manage to overcome the pandemic

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Answering questions from an RT TV Company correspondent, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk shared his judgements on such socially painful problems as the continuing pandemic and information campaign against vaccination from the coronavirus.

8 July 2021 year 18:19

DECR chairman meets with Kirche in Not representative

On July 8, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Pyotr V. Gumenyuk, head of the Russian section of the International Catholic Charity Foundation Kirche in Not (Aid to the Church in Need).

8 July 2021 year 12:34

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Государственные лидеры должны ощущать ответственность за происходящее не только в их странах, но и в мире

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3 июля 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.

5 July 2021 year 12:48

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk leads celebration of the 300th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary

On July 4, the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost and the Sunday of All Saints Who Shown Forth in the Land of Russia, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Nizhny Novgorod to mark the 300th anniversary of the Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary.

3 July 2021 year 12:37

Moldova’s authorities point out the Church’s help in supplying the population with a vaccine against the coronavirus

On June 26, the Metropolis of Kishinev-Moldova supplied 1000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to replenish the stocks of the Vaccination Marathon conducted in the Palace of the Republic in Kishinev.