Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

30 November 2019 year 13:40

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia

On November 29, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.

29 November 2019 year 18:07

Bishop of Church of England visits Department for External Church Relations

On November 29, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, met with Bishop Robert Innes of Gibraltar in Europe (Church of England).

29 November 2019 year 14:26

Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, at the 2nd International Conference on Christian Persecution held in Budapest

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On November 28, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended the 2nd Conference in Defence of Christians in Budapest and delivered the following address.

29 November 2019 year 14:01

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk takes part in 2nd International Conference on Christian Persecution

On November 28, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended the 2nd International Conference on Christian Persecution held in Budapest and delivered an address.

29 November 2019 year 13:36

DECR chairman meets with Hungary’s State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians

On November 28, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mt. Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s State Secretary for the aid to persecuted Christians.

29 November 2019 year 11:32

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Cardinal Péter Erdő

On November 28, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest Péter Cardinal Erdő at the parish house of the Cathedral of the Dormition in Budapest.

28 November 2019 year 15:06

DECR Chairman presided over round-table conference on cooperation between Russian Church and compatriots living in countries of Middle East and Africa

On November 27, a round-table conference took place on Russian Orthodox Church and Compatriots: An Experience of Cooperation in Middle Eastern and African Countries, at the Russian Cultural Center in Budapest. Its work was presided over by the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.

27 November 2019 year 16:45

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Закон о «декриминализации» побоев не способствовал снижению остроты проблемы домашнего насилия

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23 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.

26 November 2019 year 10:08

Interreligious Council of Russia holds its session

A regular session of the Interreligious Council of Russia took place at the premises of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Moscow on November 25.

25 November 2019 year 18:55

Oratorio “Andrej Rublev” by Monsignor Marco Frisina performed for the first time in Moscow

On November 24, the Russian premiere of an oratorio composed by Monsignor Marco Frisina, a renowned Catholic musician, took place at the Zaryadie concert hall as part of cultural cooperation between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Roman Catholic Church. The oratorio is devoted to St. Andrej Rublev.

23 November 2019 year 10:51

Interreligious Working Group for Humanitarian Aid to Population of Syria holds its 9th session

On November 6, with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, the Interreligious Working Group for Humanitarian Aid to Population of Syria of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations under the President of Russia held its ninth session in the DECR’s Great Hall.

22 November 2019 year 20:46

Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church attend International Conference ‘Islam and Orthodoxy – Religions of Peace’

Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, head of the Central Asia metropolitan area, led a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

22 November 2019 year 13:02

4th meeting of Commission for Dialogue between Russian Orthodox Church and Assyrian Church of the East held in India

From November 13 to 18, the 4th meeting of the Commission of Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East took place in Thrissur, Kerala State, India.

21 November 2019 year 21:15

Metropolitan Hilarion: the initiative of the Patriarch of Jerusalem to hold a meeting of Primates of Orthodox Church to discuss the situation in world Orthodoxy is very positively assessed in the Russian Orthodox Church

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On November 21, after seeing off His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem at Sheremetyevo airport as he completed his visit to the Russian Orthodox Church, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, answered questions from mass media reporters.

21 November 2019 year 10:18

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Для того, чтобы христиане смогли сохранить свое присутствие на Ближнем Востоке, необходимы солидарные усилия всего международного сообщества

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16 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.