Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

9 October 2019 year 16:55

Russian mass media delegation on visit to Ethiopia

From September 27 to October 4, a delegation of ecclesial and secular mass media from Russia was on a visit to Ethiopia with the aim to develop relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ethiopian Church.

7 October 2019 year 15:39

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: С возвращением Русской Архиепископии в Московский Патриархат восстанавливается историческая справедливость

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5 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.

7 October 2019 year 12:48

Moscow Synodal Choir on tour to Germany

On October 4, the Moscow Synodal Choir concluded its tour in Germany with a recital of church music at the Catholic church of St. Joseph in Dusseldorf.

6 October 2019 year 15:38

Meeting of Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations

On October 4, the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations held a regular meeting chaired by the head of the Presidential Administration A. Vaino.

4 October 2019 year 12:19

Commencement Day at Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies

On October 3, the commemoration day of Martyrs and Confessors Michael and Theodore of Chernigov, the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies held its Commencement Day.

2 October 2019 year 09:29

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Церковь напоминает людям о том, что они призваны к семейной жизни

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28 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.

30 September 2019 year 10:26

DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus

On September 29, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who had arrived in Minsk to attend the celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of establishment of the Belarusian Exarchate, met with H.E. Mr. Dmitry Mezentsev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus.

30 September 2019 year 09:21

Celebrations marking 30th anniversary of establishment of Belarusian Exarchate take place in Minsk

On September 29, the celebrations on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate were held in Minsk.

27 September 2019 year 11:03

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Церковь способна сплотить людей вне зависимости от их политических взглядов и убеждений

[Interview]

21 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.

25 September 2019 year 13:42

A school restored by religious communities of Russia opens in Damascus

On September 23, an official opening of a five-storey general education school for 1200 pupils took place in the Barzeh neighbourhood in Damascus. The school was destroyed during the war in Syria and restored through the efforts of the Interreligious Working Group for the Aid to the Population of Syria of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations under the President of Russia.

23 September 2019 year 18:29

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem

On September 23, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), while on a visit to the Holy Land with a blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, met with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine.

23 September 2019 year 17:58

DECR chairman meets with Russian ambassadors in Jordan and Israel

On September 22, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, while on a working trip to countries of the Middle East, met with Russian Federation Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, G. F. Desyatnikov. On September 23, Metropolitan Hilarion arrived in the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, he met with the Russian Federation Ambassador to Israel, A. D. Viktorov.

23 September 2019 year 14:26

Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations meets with Patriarch John of Antioch

On September 22, 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, met with His Beatitude Patriarch John X of the Great Antioch and All the East in the city of Zahle, Lebanon.

19 September 2019 year 11:38

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Христианство не призывает к пассивности перед злом

[Interview]

15 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.