Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

12 February 2020 year 10:27

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

On February 11, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in Rome with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the events commemorating the 4th anniversary of the historical meeting of Pope Francis with Patriarch Kirill in Havana.

10 February 2020 year 12:17

Working Group for Bilateral Relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church holds its first session in India

On February 3-7, the first session of the Working Group for Coordinating Bilateral Relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church took place in Kottayam, state of Kerala, India.

5 February 2020 year 10:20

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Массовые протесты в Черногории свидетельствуют о том, что население страны не поддерживает вмешательство властей в церковную жизнь

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1 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.

30 January 2020 year 13:57

DECR Chaiman meets with Montenegro Ambassador to Russia

On January 29, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met with Montenegro Ambassador to Russia H. E. Ramiz Basic, who is completing his tenure as head of the Montenegro diplomatic mission in Moscow.

29 January 2020 year 14:53

First round of consultations between Russian Orthodox Church and Coptic Church held in Netherlands

On January 20-24, with a blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II, the first round of bilateral theological consultations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church took place at the administrative center of the Coptic Church Diocese of Netherlands and Belgium in Lievelde, Netherlands.

29 January 2020 year 14:14

Metropolitan Hilarion chairs session of the Chinese Patriarchal Metochion Board of Trustees

On January 28, a session of the Board of Trustees of the Chinese Patriarchal Metochion at the church of St. Nicholas in Golutvino district of Moscow took place at the parish house of the church of “Joy to All Who Sorrow” icon of the Mother of God, Bolshaya Ordynka str. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, chairs the newly appointed Boards of Trustees

28 January 2020 year 18:17

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Каждый Предстоятель Поместной Православной Церкви несет ответственность не только за свою Церковь, но и за межправославное согласие

[Interview]

25 января 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 January 2020 year 17:27

Round Table on World War Two in Humanitarian Dimension: Experience of the Past and Modernity takes place at Federation Council

The meeting was organized by the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Federation Council, and the International Committee of the Red Cross for the Russian Federation, Belarus and Moldova.

28 January 2020 year 13:35

DECR representative attends an event timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, a memorial ceremony took place at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow dated for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The event was attended by representatives of religious communities, state bodies and public organizations.

24 January 2020 year 09:39

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends Fifth World Holocaust Forum

On January 23, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, attended the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, which took place at the Yad Vashem remembrance center in Jerusalem. The forum was held under the motto “Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism”.

23 January 2020 year 17:55

Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem attends meeting of President Putin with Naama Issachar’s mother

On January 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin, currently in Israel, met with the mother of Naama Issachar sentenced on drug possession and smuggling charges. Taking part in the meeting were His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos II of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine; Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations.

23 January 2020 year 17:44

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Первенство Константинопольского Патриарха никогда не оспаривалось Русской Церковью, вопрос заключается в том, как понимать это первенство

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Председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион дал интервью порталу «Интерфакс-Религия».

23 January 2020 year 16:56

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends the Memorial Candle opening ceremony in Jerusalem

On January 23, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended the opening ceremony of the Memorial Candle monument to the defenders and residents of the besieged Leningrad. The monument is erected in Jerusalem’s Sacher Park with support of the authorities of St. Petersburg and Jerusalem.

23 January 2020 year 14:27

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

On January 23, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently in the Holy Land with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated together with Archbishop Aristobulos of Madavia the Divine Liturgy at the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

22 January 2020 year 19:23

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem

On January 22, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently in Israel with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the premises of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and met with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine.