Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

27 January 2019 year 13:17

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Константинопольский Патриарх утратил свое первенство во Вселенском Православии

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26 января на телеканале «ТВЦ» вышел очередной выпуск еженедельной аналитической передачи «Постскриптум», посвященной важнейшим событиям в России и за ее пределами. Гостем автора и ведущего программы Алексея Пушкова стал митрополит Волоколамский Иларион, председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата.

25 January 2019 year 14:53

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Ambassador of Malta to Russia

On January 25, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations met with H.E. Pierre Clive Agius, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Malta to the Russian Federation.

25 January 2019 year 11:01

Round Table ‘Violation of Believers’ Rights in Ukraine’ takes place in Moscow

On January 24, a multimedia round table ‘Violation of Believers’ Rights in Ukraine’ organized by the Russian Association for the Defense of Religious Freedom took place at the International multimedia press centre MIA ‘Russia Today.”

23 January 2019 year 10:28

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: В украинском «томосе» получили отражение папистские устремления Константинополя

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19 января 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.

22 January 2019 year 17:45

Oratorio dedicated to Andrei Rublev is performed in Vatican

On January 20, a concert dedicated to Andrei Rublev was performed at the Basilica of St. John Lateran being timed to the 30th anniversary of the canonization of the great Russian iconographer.

21 January 2019 year 18:41

Annual Christmas dinner takes place at Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with participation of church officials

On January 21, the annual Christmas dinner held was at the Reception House of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the invitation of leaders of the Russian foreign affairs department.

21 January 2019 year 12:55

DECR chairman meets with the newly appointed Ambassador of Hungary to Russia

On January 21, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Norbert Konkoly, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to the Russian Federation.

17 January 2019 year 09:18

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: На Украине происходит грубое и циничное вмешательство светской власти в церковные дела

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12 января 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.

16 January 2019 year 14:44

A boarding school in Damascus receives aid from Russian religious communities

The administration of the Damascus boarding school for children of deceased Syrian servicemen sent a letter to the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, expressing their gratitude for the aid delivered to the school before the New Year celebrations.

12 January 2019 year 09:14

Metropolitan Hilarion completes his pilgrimage to Holy Land

On January 11, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission representation in Tiberias dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene Equal-to-the-Apostles.

11 January 2019 year 09:27

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the State of Israel

On January 10, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, met with H.E. Alexander Viktorov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the State of Israel.

10 January 2019 year 18:10

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Ситуация раскола в семье Православных Церквей может сохраниться на десятилетия или даже столетия

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5 января 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.

10 January 2019 year 16:48

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem

On January 10, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who is on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land made with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem to meet with His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine.

10 January 2019 year 11:24

Metropoltan Hilarion of Volokolamsk venerates shrines in Jerusalem and Bethlehem and celebrates Liturgy at the Lord’s Sepulcher

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, has continued his pilgrimage to the Holy Land he is making with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

9 January 2019 year 15:58

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Liturgy in Gorny Convent

On January 9, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Gorny Convent of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.