Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

21 February 2020 year 10:19

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Католическая Церковь может присоединиться к реализации проекта Русской Православной Церкви по помощи сирийским детям, пострадавшим от войны

[Interview]

15 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.

20 February 2020 year 17:11

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

On February 20, at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Georgy Borisenko, newly appointed Ambassador of Russia to Egypt.

20 February 2020 year 13:24

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk delivers a lecture at the University of Belgrade

On February 18, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who is in Belgrade on a two-day visit with a blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and invitation of Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia, visited the department of Orthodox theology of the University of Belgrade to deliver a lecture on “Orthodox Liturgy as a School of Theology and Theonoesis”.

19 February 2020 year 10:11

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Irenaeus and hierarchs of Serbian Orthodox Church

On February 18, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, at the Patriarchate of Serbia in Belgrade. They were joined in their talk by hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church including Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral, Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana, as well as members of the Holy Synod, Bishops Irenej of Bac, Jovan of Sumadija and David of Krusevac.

18 February 2020 year 13:10

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits St. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade

On February 17, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently on a two-day visit to Belgrade at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia and with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Cathedral of St. Sava on the Vračar plateau. He was met at the entrance with the bread and salt hospitality by clerics and parishioners.

17 February 2020 year 15:45

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk arrives in Belgrade

On February 17, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in Serbia at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia and with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

17 February 2020 year 13:01

Слово председателя ОВЦС митрополита Волоколамского Илариона на Актовом дне Николо-Угрешской православной духовной семинарии в день памяти святителя Николая Японского

[Greetings and addresses]

16 февраля, в день памяти свт. Николая Японского, актовый день отметили в Николо-Угрешской духовной семинарии. К празднику была приурочена международная конференция «Духовное наследие равноапостольного Николая Японского». С приветствием на форуме выступил председатель ОВЦС митрополит Волоколамский Иларион.

17 February 2020 year 12:54

Metropolitan Hilarion presides over annual grand meeting at St. Nicholas Seminary in Ugresha, Moscow Region, and opens a conference dedicated to St. Nicholas of Japan

On February 16, St. Nicholas Theological Seminary in Ugresha, Moscow Region, held a grand meeting on the occasion of the commemoration day of St. Nicholas the Enlightener of Japan, Equal-to-the-Apostles. Timed to the feast day was also an International Church and Historical Conference on Spiritual Heritage of St. Nicholas of Japan.

17 February 2020 year 10:53

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Japan’s ambassador

On February 16, after the Divine Liturgy at the Orthodox Theological Seminary of St. Nicholas of Ugresh, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met with Japan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation, H.E. Toyohisa Kozuki.

14 February 2020 year 09:44

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk completes his visit to Rome

On February 13, after his meeting with Pope Francis, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited Libreria Romani book store in Rome, where the Italian edition of his books – Volumes 2 and 6 of the series "Jesus Christ. His Life and Teaching" – was presented.

13 February 2020 year 16:47

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Pope Francis

On February 13, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Pope Francis.

13 February 2020 year 10:41

Conference in Rome devoted to 4th anniversary of meeting between Pope Francis of Rome and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

On February 12, a conference took place on “Saints – A Sign and Seed of Unity” at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, devoted to the fourth anniversary of the meeting between Pope Francis of Rome and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

13 February 2020 year 09:35

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Ситуация в Святой Земле требует решения, но вряд ли предложенная США «сделка века» сможет найти поддержку со стороны палестинцев

[Interview]

8 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.

12 February 2020 year 18:42

Joint Working Group for Cooperation between Russian Orthodox Church and Holy See in Rome

On February 12, the Joint Working Group for Cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Holy See met at the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome. The meeting summed up the work of the Joint Working Group for the past period.

12 February 2020 year 17:11

DECR Vice-chairman meets with Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s chargé d’affaires ad interim

On February 10, Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met with Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s chargé d’affaires ad interim, Mr. Amjad Al-Momani. Participating in the meeting were also Mr. Rateb Allaham, staff member of the embassy, and Ms. Yu. A. Tsyganok, DECR staff member.