Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

29 September 2020 year 17:45

Sixth International Conference on Orthodoxy in the Far East takes place in St. Petersburg

On September 28-29 the 6th International Research to Practice Conference on Orthodoxy in the Far East was held in St. Petersburg. It was organized by the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, the Faculty of Asian and African Studies of the St. Petersburg State University, and the National Library of Russia, with the support of the Pallady Charitable Foundation.

25 September 2020 year 15:42

DECR secretary for interreligious relations takes part in online interfaith conference

On September 24, an international online conference on “Religion in Changing World. Role of Education in Upbringing of Youth” took place on the platform of the TASS press centre in Moscow, bringing together eighty participants from twenty countries. Among those who took part in the forum were religious leaders, statesmen, journalists and experts.

23 September 2020 year 15:33

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: actions of the Patriarch of Constantinople in Ukraine have become a kind of natural disaster for the entire world Orthodoxy

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On September 19, in the Church and the World TV programme broadcast by Russia-24 channel on Saturdays and Sundays, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, answered questions of the programme’s host, Yekaterina Gracheva.

17 September 2020 year 15:19

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Мы будем продолжать напоминать всему миру о христианском наследии, которое сейчас подвергается поруганию

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12 сентября 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.

16 September 2020 year 17:48

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Latvia’s Ambassador to Russia

On September 16, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Māris Riekstiņš, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Russian Federation.

16 September 2020 year 14:57

DECR chairman meets with newly appointed Ambassador of Russia to Slovakia

On September 16, at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman, met with H.E. Mr. Igor Bratchikov, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Slovak Republic.

12 September 2020 year 17:17

Patriarch Kirill visits Department for External Church Relations

On September 12, after the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Trinity in St. Daniel Stauropegial Monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

12 September 2020 year 17:17

Patriarch Kirill visits Department for External Church Relations

On September 12, after the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Trinity in St. Daniel Stauropegial Monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

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10 September 2020 year 10:29

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Джуканович не внял голосу народа

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5 сентября 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.

23 August 2020 year 16:43

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: We cannot remain indifferent to such sad facts

Metropolitan Hilarion gave a comment to RIA Novosti news agency about the decision taken by the Turkish authorities on 20th August to return the mosque status to one more former Orthodox church – the Church of the Saviour in Chora (Kariye Mosque).

4 August 2020 year 13:32

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: We have supported and will support the canonical Church of Montenegro

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In the evening of August 2, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, took part in the live stream of the Internet-Litija Montenegro program.

4 August 2020 year 12:03

Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch meets with DECR vice-chairman, Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania

On August 1-4, Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania, vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, undertook a working visit to the Syrian Arab Republic with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

3 August 2020 year 14:17

New president of Christian Solidarity International human rights organization is elected

On July 27, Dr. John Eibner, former CEO of Christian Solidarity International human rights organization, was elected its new president.

27 July 2020 year 19:23

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Противоэпидемические меры в храмах и монастырях будут соблюдаться до тех пор, пока в этом есть необходимость

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25 июля 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.

21 July 2020 year 12:16

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: We hope that the Turkish authorities will keep their promise to preserve the Hagia Sophia mosaics

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On July 18, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate for external church relations, answered questions from Ekaterina Gracheva, presenter of the Tserkov i Mir talk show broadcast by the Russia 24 TV channel.