Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

12 November 2020 year 14:05

On the role of religious organizations in post-war restoration of Syria

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Report of Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania, deputy head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relation, to the international conference on Syrian refugees’ and internally displaced people’s return to their homes, November 10-12, 2020, Damascus.

11 November 2020 year 11:12

DECR representative attends OSCE meeting on freedom of religion in Europe

On November 10, Deacon Feodor Shulga, staff member of the Secretariat for Inter-Orthodox Relations, Department for External Church Relation, Moscow Patriarchate, attended the third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Due to the quarantine measures the meeting was held in the teleconference mode.

10 November 2020 year 14:17

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Оскорбляющие чувства верующих карикатуры — не выражение свободы слова, а проявление религиозной нетерпимости

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7 ноября 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.

8 November 2020 year 18:37

XIV International Film Festival ‘Russia Abroad’ opens in Moscow

On November 7, the XIV International Film Festival ‘Russia Abroad’ was opened at the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad.

3 November 2020 year 16:46

Opening of the XIV Assembly of the Russki Mir foundation

On November 3, 2020, the regular XIV Assembly of the Russki Mir foundation has opened. According to the tradition established since 2007, the Assemblies are held by the Russki Mir Foundation on the eve of the Day of the People’s Unity. Due to the unfortunate epidemic situation, this year the Russki Mir Assembly is held for the first time in the online mode; it has united a number of issue events to be held for several days.

2 November 2020 year 20:14

Metropolitan Hilarion: Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus’s decision to make the liturgical mention of the head of Ukrainian schismatics has provoked a negative reaction in the Church of Cyprus

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On October 31, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, during the Church and the World talk show broadcast by Saturdays and Sundays by the Russia-24 news channel, answered questions from anchor Ekaterina Gracheva.

29 October 2020 year 18:55

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with new Apostolic Nuncio in the Russian Federation

On October 29, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with the new Apostolic Nuncio in the Russian Federation, Archbishop Giovanni di’Agnello, who has just arrived in Russia.

29 October 2020 year 17:43

Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations meets with ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain

On October 29, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Russia Mr. Ahmed Al Saati.

29 October 2020 year 16:18

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Slovakian ambassador in Russia

On October 29, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovakia in the Russian Federation Peter Priputen, who is completing his mission in Moscow.

29 October 2020 year 15:12

DECR representative speaks at Section II of the international forum on Theological Heritage of Muslims of Russia

On October 29, the conference on Forming the Civic Identity of the Muslim Youth in Russia and Abroad has begun in Kazan as part of the International Forum on Theological Heritage of Muslims of Russia. Along with the Bulgarian Islamic Academy, the event has been organized by leading Muslim religious boards and organizations in Russia with the support of state authorities.

29 October 2020 year 14:17

DECR chairman meets with Ethiopian ambassador in Russia

On October 29, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in the Russian Federation Mr. Tegenu Aargau, at the DECR.

27 October 2020 year 16:27

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Диалог между странами необходим для выживания человечества

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24 октября 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.

24 October 2020 year 18:27

Metropolitan Hilarion: Archbishop of Cyprus can be no longer liturgically mentioned in the Russian Orthodox Church

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As the mass media have reported, Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus has mentioned Epifaniy Dumenko for the first time as ‘primate’ of the Ukrainian church, thus de facto recognising the schismatic structure ‘Orthodox Church of Ukriane’ that he heads. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, speaks about a possible reaction of the Russian Orthodox Church to the recognition of the ‘OCU’ by the Church of Cyprus in his talk to RIA Novosti news agency.

23 October 2020 year 16:08

Online session of annual working meeting of Churches in Europe group of Russian-German forum ‘St. Petersburg Dialogue’

On October 22, the Churches in Europe group of the Russian-German forum of civic societies ‘St. Petersburg Dialogue’ held an annual working meeting in online format. They discussed 2021 plans of the working group. A number of events of dialogue nature is to be held in 2021, with some of them to be conducted online. The meeting also discussed a project ‘Youth theological meetings’ planned to be held next autumn.

23 October 2020 year 10:52

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Russian military in Syria

On October 22, during his working visit to Syria, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, visited Russia’s Khmeimim air base where he met with its commanders and enlisted personnel.