Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

2 July 2021 year 18:41

Богословие в Церкви и в светском университете: особенности и проблемы

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Интервью председателя Синодальной библейско-богословской комиссии, ректора Общецерковной аспирантуры и докторантуры митрополита Волоколамского Илариона члену редколлегии журнала «Вопросы теологии» А.И. Кырлежеву.

1 July 2021 year 18:18

DECR chairman meets with Qatar’s ambassador to Russia

On July 1, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk received Mr. Ahmed Bin Nasser Al-Thani, Qatar’s ambassador to the Russian Federation, who has recently entered upon the responsibilities of his office. The meeting took place at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

29 June 2021 year 19:35

"An attempt to rewrite history" - Metropolitan Hilarion shares his thoughts on the the bill that excludes Russians from the list of indigenous peoples of Ukraine

[Interview]

On June 26, 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 relation (DECR), answered questions fr om the anchor Ekaterina Gracheva.

29 June 2021 year 16:07

Russian Orthodox Church representatives attend grand meeting devoted to 25th anniversary of Institute of CIS Countries

On June 29, the Anniversary Academic Readings timed to the 25th anniversary of the Institute of the CIS Countries, an institute of diaspora and integration, took place at the Round Hall of the President-Hotel in Moscow. Established in 1996, the Institute has become a platform for studying problems and consolidating relations between the countries and peoples in the post-Soviet space.

28 June 2021 year 12:43

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Constantinople’s attempt to introduce papal power in the Orthodox Church has led to a schism of world Orthodoxy

The ever more insistent statements made by representatives of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on a radical “rapprochement” between the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, on a possibility for their forthcoming unification make it necessary to pay special attention to the content of the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue held in the last decades and to issues that divide the Orthodox and Catholics.

23 June 2021 year 18:50

Presentation of the book The Gospel according to Dostoevsky by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk in Moscow

On June 22, the presentation of the book The Gospel according the Dostoevsky by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations and rector of Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies, took place at the central building of the Vladimir Dal Museum of the History of Russian Literature.

22 June 2021 year 19:13

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Чтобы победить пандемию, нам нужна всеобщая мобилизация

[Interview]

19 июня 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.

22 June 2021 year 14:04

DECR chairman meets with Republic of Austria’s ambassador to Russian Federation

22 июня в Общецерковной аспирантуре и докторантуре состоялась встреча председателя Отдела внешних церковных связей митрополита Волоколамского Илариона с послом Австрийской Республики в Российской Федерации Йоханнесом Айгнером, завершающим свое дипломатическое служение в Москве.

19 June 2021 year 16:25

Church helps provide people in Moldavia with a vaccine against coronavirus

With a blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 2000 doses of Russia’s vaccine SputnikV will be supplied to Moldavia with the help of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. Given as a humanitarian aid, the vaccine will be distributed through the Orthodox Church of Moldova.

14 June 2021 year 12:05

Russian Church can help provide Lebanon with vaccines against coronavirus

Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania, vice-chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, reported the results of his recent visit to Lebanon on June 7-9, and the aid rendered to Lebanese people by the Russian Orthodox Church.

12 June 2021 year 15:02

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk receives National Award of the Russian Federation

On June 12, the Day of Russia, a solemn ceremony of presenting Gold Medals of the Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation and the 2020 National Awards in the field of science and technology, literature and art and for achievements in the human rights advocacy and charitable works took place at the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

12 June 2021 year 12:22

Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania meets with Orthodox public of Lebanon

On June 9, in conclusion of his working visit to Lebanon, Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania, vice-chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with the Orthodox public of the country.

11 June 2021 year 12:03

Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania meets with Metropolitan Elias of Beirut

On June 9, Metropolitan Elias of Beirut met at the Metropolis of Beirut with Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkas and Alania, deputy head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

11 June 2021 year 11:19

Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania meets with Metropolitan Elias of Beiru

On June 8, Metropolitan Elias of Beirut met at the Metropolis of Beirut with Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkas and Alania, deputy head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

9 June 2021 year 17:49

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Preaching Christ and the Gospel is what I have dedicated my life to.

Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, composer and author of a large number of books, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk, who was awarded the State Prize in the area of literature and art of 2020, told RIA Novosti News that he had devoted his life to preaching Christ and the spiritual and moral ideals of Christianity “by all means available".