Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

24 April 2019 year 10:40

Храм как образ мира и человека

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23 апреля в Московском архитектурном институте состоялась встреча председателя Отдела внешних церковных связей, ректора Общецерковной аспирантуры и докторантуры митрополита Волоколамского Илариона с педагогами и студентами вуза. В Красном зале института митрополит Иларион выступил с лекцией «Храм как образ мира и человека».

23 April 2019 year 20:51

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

On the 23rd of April, at a parish house of the Church of ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Dr. Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany.

23 April 2019 year 10:05

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Надеюсь, что при новом президенте Украины гонения на каноническую Украинскую Православную Церковь прекратятся

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22 апреля в передаче «Церковь и мир», выходящей на канале «Россия-24», председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей телеканала Екатерины Грачевой.

22 April 2019 year 16:11

Metropolitan Hilarion attends lecture by Italian Consul General on Dante’s Divine Comedy

On 21st April, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, attended a literary soiree, last in the series of readings dedicated to the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Mr. Francesco Forte, Consul General of Italy, acted as anchorman of the literary soiree held at the Central House of Writers in Moscow and presented his commentaries on Dante’s work.

19 April 2019 year 10:38

DECR secretary for the far abroad attended reception at Estonian embassy and greeted Estonian president

On April 18, Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, secretary for the far-abroad section of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), with the blessing of DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, visited the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Moscow.

17 April 2019 year 18:08

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Kirche in Not delegation

On April 18, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Rev. Martin Barta, confessor, and Mr. Pyotr Gumenyuk, head of the Russian section, the Kirche in Not Foundation.

17 April 2019 year 11:39

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Судебное решение о незаконности переименования Украинской Православной Церкви направлено на восстановление справедливости

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13 апреля 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.

9 April 2019 year 15:09

DECR chairman meets with Germany’s ex-president

April 9 – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met with Germany’s ex-president Christian Wulff, at the DECR.

9 April 2019 year 14:07

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Счастье человека не измеряется размерами его богатства

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6 апреля 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 April 2019 year 13:10

Rector, faculty and students of Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies prayerfully celebrate 10th anniversary of its foundation

On April 6, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of DECR, rector of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Moscow Church of Beheading of St. John the Baptist in-the-Woods. This church is a part of the Patriarchal Metochion of Chernigov Wonder-Workers, where the Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies is located.

3 April 2019 year 14:05

Religious communities in Russia begin joint efforts for restoring schools in Syria

On March 30, a delegation of the Interreligious Working Group for aid to the Syrian population under the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations visited the Barzeh neighbourhood in Damascus in which there is a general education school damaged by the military actions.

3 April 2019 year 11:31

A hierarch of the Patriarchate of Antioch visits the Russian Orthodox Church

From March 23 to 29, Bishop Demetrios of Safita, Patriarchate of Antioch, was on a visit to Moscow to attend the international research-practice conference on ‘Ways of achieving interreligious peace: the role of theologians, diplomats and public leaders’, and to venerate shrines of the Russian Orthodox Church.

3 April 2019 year 10:12

Interreligious delegation from Russia distributes humanitarian aid among citizens of Syrian capital

On March 30th–31st, a delegation of the Interreligious Working Group for Rendering Aid to the Population of Syria of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation visited Damascus.

2 April 2019 year 19:12

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Следуя своим политическим интересам, многие зарубежные чиновники предпочитают молчать о гонениях на Украинскую Православную Церковь

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30 марта 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.

31 March 2019 year 21:30

Patriarchal congratulations to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the 10th anniversary of his service as chairman of the Department for External Church Relations

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the 10th anniversary of his service as chairman of the DECR. Below is the unabridged text of his message.