Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

12 April 2021 year 11:18

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: actions of a politician must not come into conflict with his religious convictions

Answering the question of the host of the program “The Church and the World,” if similar discussions take place in the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, referred to the differences between Russian and American history.

9 April 2021 year 18:23

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has kept his love for Orthodoxy for the rest of his life

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On April 9, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at the age of 100. In a comment to RIA Novosti, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, spoke about the deceased's attitude to the Orthodox faith and shared his memories of meeting with Duke Philip.

9 April 2021 year 15:38

First meeting held in 2021 by Presidential Council for International Cooperation’s commission for interaction with religious associations

On April 9, the Commission for International Cooperation of the Presidential Council for Interaction with Religious Associations held its sixth and this year the first meeting, at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations.

9 April 2021 year 13:29

Delegation of abbots and brethren of UOC monasteries on pilgrimage to common Christian holy places in Egypt

From March 25 to April 1, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine and at the invitation of His Holiness Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II, a delegation of abbots and brethren of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s monasteries was on a visit to Egypt.

7 April 2021 year 12:23

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Русская Церковь не рассматривает вопрос о смене календаря и Пасхалии

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3 апреля 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 телеканала Екатерины Грачевой.

6 April 2021 year 16:18

Д.И. Петровский: Мы надеемся на возрождение Китайской Автономной Православной Церкви

[Interview]

На портале «Благовест-инфо» опубликовано интервью сотрудника Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата Д.B. Петровского, посвященное Православию в Китае.

6 April 2021 year 11:40

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Summit of the heads of Churches is possible in foreseeable future

[Interview]

An interview of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, to RIA Novosti.

4 April 2021 year 13:19

Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion: The issue of a change of calendar and Paschalia is not on the Russian Church’s agenda

Commenting on this declaration in the Church and the World TV programme, the chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion noted that such proposals had been discussed over a number of decades in various contexts, including at the World Council of Churches: “But here we are dealing with a very simple question: who should change their Paschalia? We, for example, have no intention of changing ours,” said the bishop.

4 April 2021 year 11:04

Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion: There exist within the Church differing opinions regarding the permissibility of IVF

Pastoral necessity has forced a conversation within the Church on the permissibility of modern biotechnology and practices, as well as the examination of other issues on bioethics, believes the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion.

3 April 2021 year 11:08

Приветственное слово митрополита Волоколамского Илариона на торжественном собрании, посвященном Дню единения народов России и Белоруссии

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2 апреля председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион в онлайн-формате принял участие в открытии посвященного Дню единения народов Беларуси и России торжественного собрания «Союзное государство: открывая новые возможности». Иерарх обратился к участникам мероприятия с приветственным словом.

30 March 2021 year 14:31

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Православные и католики едины в восприятии однополых союзов как греховного явления

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27 марта 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 телеканала Екатерины Грачевой.

28 March 2021 year 15:08

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: the Church does not bless the same-sex cohabitation, for it is a sinful way of life

“In no way and under no circumstances can we accept same-sex unions as a marriage union with all the ensuing consequences of this rejection,” the Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations stressed. “Accordingly, there can be no wedding or any blessing for a same-sex couple.”

26 March 2021 year 11:36

DECR chairman meets with leaders of Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists

On March 25, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Peter Mitskevich, President of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists

26 March 2021 year 10:37

The memory of fighters of the 1821-1823 Greek liberation movement is prayerfully honoured in Moscow

On March 25, a solemn prayers service was held at the Donskoy Stauropegial Monastery in Moscow and the Office for the Dead was said for the fighters of 1821-1823 Greek liberation movement - the Greeks who found their last earthly refuge in the old Moscow monastery.

23 March 2021 year 11:14

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: A new wave of capturing churches is possible in Ukraine

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The situation of Christian in Ukraine, new persecutions against and plans of Ukrainian authorities, as well as prospects for a meeting of the heads of Orthodox Churches are dealt with in an exclusive interview given to RIA Novosti by the head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.