Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

18 September 2019 year 10:32

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian ambassador in Spain

On September 17, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is on a visit to Spain with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Russian embassy in Madrid to meet with Russian Federation ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain Yu. P. Korchagin.

17 September 2019 year 11:16

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Присутствие Церкви в соцсетях не менее важно, чем в «традиционных» СМИ

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14 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.

17 September 2019 year 10:06

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Сила Европы должна заключаться в нравственном стержне европейского общества

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Председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы корреспондента итальянской католической газеты «Аввенире».

16 September 2019 year 11:51

Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at opening of Interreligious Forum in Madrid

On September 15, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), spoke at the solemn opening of the Peace Without Borders. Religions and Cultures in Dialogue forum at the Palace of Congresses. The forum was organized by the Catholic Sant’Egidio Community.

16 September 2019 year 11:18

Delegation of abbots and abbesses of the Coptic Church visits Orthodox holy places in Moscow and Moscow Region

From September 12-15, a delegation of abbots, abbesses and nuns of the Coptic Orthodox Church monasteries and convents, who are on a pilgrimage to Russia at the invitation of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited churches in monasteries in Moscow and Moscow Region.

16 September 2019 year 10:39

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with president of Italian Episcopal Conference

On September 15, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is on a visit to Madrid with a blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Gualtiero Bassetti, Archbishop of Perugia.

13 September 2019 year 17:25

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: От руководства Украины мы ожидаем невмешательства во внутреннюю жизнь Церкви

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Ответы председателя Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополита Волоколамского Илариона на вопросы представителей венгерских, итальянских, французских, немецких, американских, ливанских, грузинских и латвийских СМИ в рамках форума христианских журналистов «Христианство в современном мире».

11 September 2019 year 18:24

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Archbishop of Warsaw Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz

On September 11, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies, met at the CMI with Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Archbishop of Warsaw, who is in Moscow on an unofficial visit.

11 September 2019 year 10:42

Деятельность Межрелигиозного совета России по сохранению и поддержке института семьи, защите жизни нерожденных детей

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Выступление председателя Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополита Волоколамского Илариона на конференции «Семья и семейные ценности традиционных религий России. Защита семьи в религиозно-общественном диалоге», состоявшейся в Москве 10 сентября.

10 September 2019 year 20:13

Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at interfaith conference devoted to the protection of family values

On September 10, a conference on “The Family and Family Values in Traditional Religions of Russia. Protection of Family in Religious and Public Dialogue” took place at the Centre of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in Moscow. The conference was organized by the Interreligious Council of Russia and the IOPS.

7 September 2019 year 13:54

Metropolitan Hilarion visits Dormition Cathedral in Budapest

On September 7, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who had arrived in Hungary with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the Budapest Forum for Christian Communications, visited the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition in Budapest, where restoration works are under way.

7 September 2019 year 11:20

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk presented with Hungary’s national award

On September 6, during a meeting at the House of the Hungarian Government in Budapest, Mr. Zsolt Semjén, Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary, presented Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, with the Order of Merit – Commander’s Cross with Star.

7 September 2019 year 10:14

DECR chairman meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

On September 6, a meeting between Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, and Mr. Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, took place at the House of the Hungarian Government in Budapest. The DECR chairman arrived in Hungary with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the Budapest Forum for Christian Communicators.

6 September 2019 year 21:10

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Mr. Miklós Soltész, Hungary’s Secretary of State for Churches, Minorities and Civil Affairs

On September 6, while in Budapest, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Miklós Soltész, Hungary’s Secretary of State for Churches, Minorities and Civil Affairs.

6 September 2019 year 20:36

Presentation by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the Budapest Forum for Christian Communicators

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Taking part in the Budapest Forum for Christian Communicators held in Budapest, Hungary, on September 6, were high-ranking representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches, Roman Catholic Church and Protestant communities, as well as Hungarian statesmen and public figures. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, was one of the keynote speakers, delivering a presentation on Christianity in Today’s World.