Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

22 March 2021 year 12:41

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: the canonical Church in Ukraine is actually declared an outlaw

As chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk underscored on their air of the Church and the World broadcast, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – the national Church of Ukraine, the Church of the majority of the Ukrainian population – for already several years is facing a critical situation.

17 March 2021 year 11:08

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with newly appointed Russian Ambassador to Brazil

On March 16, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Alexey Labetsky, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federative Republic of Brazil.

16 March 2021 year 17:44

DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of Ireland to Russia

On March 16, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Brian McElduff, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Ireland to the Russian Federation.

16 March 2021 year 14:48

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Церковь призывает к лояльности гражданским властям вне зависимости от политического строя

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13 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.

14 March 2021 year 12:26

Metropolitan Hilarion emphasizes importance of continuing ‘Amman format’ of inter-Orthodox meetings

According to the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, a meeting in the ‘Amman format’ can take place when the pandemic restrictions will be mitigated.

11 March 2021 year 18:57

DECR chairman takes part in online-conference of partners of Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly

On March 11, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for external church relations (DECR), took part in an online-conference of partners in agreements of the Eurasian People’s Assembly.

10 March 2021 year 14:43

Students of the Patriarchate of Antioch studying in Russia come together

With the blessing of the Most Blessed Patriarch of Antioch and All the East John X and with the support of the metropolitan of Philippopolis Niphon, the representative of the Primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Church to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus, there was organized fr om 6th to 8th March for students from various dioceses of the Patriarchate of Antioch studying in Russian colleges and universities a three-day camp called ‘Following in the Lord’s Footsteps.’

8 March 2021 year 13:49

Working Group for bilateral relations between Russian Orthodox Church and Malankara Church holds online session

On March 3, the Working Group for coordinating bilateral relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church held the online session.

8 March 2021 year 10:58

“The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is Ukraine’s national Church uniting a majority of Orthodox believers of the country”

“I very much hope that the public both inside and outside of Ukraine will finally pay attention to the lawlessness which was going on under President Poroshenko and which, unfortunately, has not been exhausted because from time to time we continue hearing about captures of churches, and the propaganda, which leads to these captures, continues”, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion pointed out in the Church and World broadcast.

7 March 2021 year 16:06

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: USA’s attempts “to engraft democracy” in the Middle East have sharply aggravated the situation of Christians

The actions of the USA “to engraft democracy” by force in such regions in the world as the Middle East have resulted in particular in a decreased number of Christians living in those countries. This was pointed out by the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who was asked by the presenter of the Church of and World program Ms. E. Gracheva to give his comments on the report that the US State Secretary Antony Blinken has recently stated the refusal of this country “to promote democracy through costly military operations”.

6 March 2021 year 19:57

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Доказательствами историчности Христа являются четыре Евангелия

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6 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.

2 March 2021 year 14:12

Церковные расколы на Украине и в Черногории как инструмент геополитики

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Доклад заместителя председателя Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата архиепископа Владикавказского и Аланского Леонида на заседании круглого стола «Роль гражданского общества в обеспечении стабильности в Черноморско-Балканском регионе», прошедшего 1 марта 2021 года.

1 March 2021 year 19:56

Deputy chairman of the DECR speaks on schism as a means of geopolitics

On March 1, in Moscow the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation hosted a round table on the topic of the role of civil society in guaranteeing stability in the Black Sea and Balkans region.

1 March 2021 year 19:27

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Церковь может дать молодому человеку смысл и содержание жизни

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27 февраля 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.

27 February 2021 year 20:30

Metropolitan Hilarion: Patriarch of Constantinople has no flock in Ukraine

Patriarch of Constantinople has recently stated that he would surely come to Ukraine as ‘his flock is there.’ Yekaterina Gracheva, a host of “The Church and the World” TV programme, asked Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to give comments on this statement.