Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

13 November 2019 year 17:56

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Церкви необходимо осваивать методы коммуникаций, которые распространены среди молодежи

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9 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.

13 November 2019 year 11:10

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia

On November 12, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation.

11 November 2019 year 10:37

Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates at Moscow representation of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia

On November 10, the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Nicholas in Kotelniki – Representation of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, which was marking its 20th anniversary.

8 November 2019 year 10:46

Metropolitan Hilarion: US Secretary of State Pompeo cancelled the meeting an hour before it, under the pressure of ill-wishers

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Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, told the KP daily how he was received in Washington, how the church situation has changed under Zelensky and whether Russia needs building ‘three churches a day’.

8 November 2019 year 10:09

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Архиепископ Афинский Иероним вычеркнут из диптихов Русской Церкви

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2 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.

7 November 2019 year 19:17

DECR secretary for far abroad countries meets with high-ranking Qatar diplomat

On November 7, at the Department for External Church Relations, Archpriest Sergy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for far abroad countries, met with Mr. Waleed Mohd Alemadi, Deputy Ambassador, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Russia.

7 November 2019 year 10:17

Hierarchs and clerics of six Local Orthodox Churches celebrate on dedication day at the church of ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ icon of the Mother of God in Moscow

November 6 is the feast day of the ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ icon of the Mother of God. This year, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Moscow church in Bolshaya Ordynka Street, where the miracle-working icon is kept.

6 November 2019 year 10:44

List of Orthodox Church of Greece dioceses undesirable to be visited by pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox Church

Upon receiving new information on individual hierarchs’ entering in church communion with the Ukrainian schismatics, their dioceses will also be included in the list.

30 October 2019 year 16:48

The Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee’s 6th Plenary Session in Moscow

October 30 – the Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee is holding its 6th Plenary Session at the conference hall of President Hotel in Moscow under the theme ‘The Eternal Power of the Gospel and Its Significance for the Modern Society’.

30 October 2019 year 16:11

Непреходящая сила Евангелия и его значимость для современного общества

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Доклад председателя ОВЦС митрополита Волоколамского Илариона на VI пленуме Христианского межконфессионального консультативного комитета.

30 October 2019 year 10:25

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Самой интересной личностью в истории человечества был и остается Иисус Христос

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26 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.

27 October 2019 year 12:21

DECR chairman completes his trip to the USA

On October 25, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), in the end of his trip to the United States, visited the New York representation of the Moscow Patriarchate – the St. Nicholas Cathedral.

26 October 2019 year 13:44

Metropolitan Hilarion visits New York Synodal Residence of the Russian Church Outside Russia

On October 25, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, while on a visit to the United States visited the synodal residence of the Russian Church Outside Russia – the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York.

26 October 2019 year 11:46

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with President of the Appeal of Conscience foundation Rabbi Arthur Schneier

On October 25, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met in New York with President of the Appeal of Conscience foundation Rabbi Arthur Schneier in this study at Park East Synagogue.

25 October 2019 year 11:47

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America

On October 24, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America in Syosset, NY, and met with His Beatitude Tikhon, Metropolitan of All America And Canada, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America