Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

9 June 2021 year 17:12

Patriarch John X of Antioch meets with the hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church

On June 9, His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East received the Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania, who arrived in Lebanon on a working visit.

9 June 2021 year 15:09

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk is awarded Russian Federation State Prize

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations and rector of Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute for Post-Graduate Studies, has become a winner of the State Prize in the area of literature and art. In the Presidential Decree signed on June 9 by President Vladimir Putin, it is stated that the prize is awarded ‘for a contribution to the development of culture and educational work”.

9 June 2021 year 12:52

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Пандемия не должна использоваться для извлечения выгоды

[Interview]

5 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.

3 June 2021 year 20:18

Problems of social ministry of religious communities in the situation of COVID-19 pandemic were discussed at the DECR

In the framework of the 19th International Educational Readings a round table on “Social Service in the Situation of Covid-19: Challenges and Actions” took place at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations.

1 June 2021 year 11:21

Metropolitan Hilarion: The Gospel does not provide answers for all occasions, but offers guidelines to help us know the will of God

[Interview]

On May 29, 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.

31 May 2021 year 16:09

Russia’s minister of foreign affairs gives high assessment to the DECR’s contribution to the broadening of inter-civilization dialogue

The year 2021 marks the 7th anniversary since the establishment of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. As the head of the Russian diplomatic department pointed out, “the fruitful cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church is a good tradition of the Russian diplomatic service”.

31 May 2021 year 11:52

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Each conceived human being should have the right to life by law

At a request of Ms. E. Gracheva, presenter of the Church and the World program, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk commented on the discussion held in the Church on the need to provide by law the right of unborn children.

30 May 2021 year 13:19

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: By Accusing the Russian Church, Patriarch Bartholomew tries to justify his anti-canonical acts

In his interview to one of the Georgian TV channels Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople hurled harsh and ungrounded accusations at the Russian Orthodox Church. Analysing these contentions at a request from the Church and the World program presenter Ms E. Gracheva, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk stated, “Regrettably, Patriarch Bartholomew tends to say ever more frequently the things that do not correspond to reality, he is either not competent in matters he is discussing or consciously says a lie“.

26 May 2021 year 11:27

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Мы всегда рядом с нашей паствой

[Interview]

22 мая 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.

24 May 2021 year 15:30

Address by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations

[Patriarch : Greetings and addresses]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and the staff members of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations on the 75th anniversary of the foundation of this Synodal institution.

21 May 2021 year 11:08

President of Russia thanks the staff of the Department for External Church Relations

The President of the Russian Federation expressed gratitude to the staff of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. It is stated in the decree of the head of the Russian State published on May 19.

20 May 2021 year 20:31

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: the work of the DECR can be compared to the service of border-guards

[Interview]

75 years ago, in 1946, the Russian Orthodox Church got its own Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After three decades of terrible years of persecution, the Church was able to establish new social contacts and begin peacemaking activities. For this, the oldest synodal department for external Church relations was established. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, spoke about those years in an interview with the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta".

19 May 2021 year 17:37

DECR chairman holds memorial service for repose of Pontic Greeks

On May 19, with a blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, held the lity for the victims of the Pontic Greeks genocide, at the Church of All Saints-in-Kulishki, Moscow.

18 May 2021 year 19:45

President of Russia has awarded Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk Order of St. Alexander Nevsky

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has awarded Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky.

17 May 2021 year 19:09

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Важно, чтобы в процессе научного поиска не нарушались основополагающие нравственные принципы

[Interview]

15 мая 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.