Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

26 September 2018 year 10:38

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Ересь — это опасное уклонение от чистоты православного вероучения

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22 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.

22 September 2018 year 11:02

Representative of the Department for External Church Relations and the Interreligious Council of Russia takes part in OSCE annual meeting

On September 10-21, the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting was held in Warsaw, Poland. It was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.

20 September 2018 year 12:22

Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk in Lisbon on the Russian Orthodox Church and Aid to Christians of the Middle East

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On September 19, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, delivered an address at the Catholic University Portugal in Lisbon on the Russian Orthodox Church and Aid to Christians of the Middle East.

20 September 2018 year 11:35

DECR chairman meets with President of Portugal

On September 19, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the President of the Portuguese Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, at the presidential residence in Lisbon.

19 September 2018 year 13:04

Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the Future of Christianity in Europe

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On September 18, in Lisbon, A Junção do Bem Foundation organized a reception in honour of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who is currently on a visit to Portugal. After the reception Metropolitan Hilarion delivered an address on the Future of Christianity in Europe.

18 September 2018 year 21:53

Patriarch Kirill meets Grand Mufti of Syria

On September 18, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia met with Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, Grand Mufti of Syria, at the patriarchal and synodal residence at the St. Daniel’s monastery in Moscow.

15 September 2018 year 13:33

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Константинополь вторгся на каноническую территорию Русской Православной Церкви с целью еще более углубить раскол

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14 сентября в специальном выпуске передачи «Церковь и мир» председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей телеканала Екатерины Грачевой.

14 September 2018 year 18:26

Metropolitan Hilarion: The decision to suspend the liturgical mention of the Patriarch of Constantinople does not imply breaking off the Eucharistic communion

On September 14, after an urgent meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod to discuss the urgent situation caused by an unlawful invasion of the Patriarch of Constantinople in the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church, there was s briefing for journalists.

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13 September 2018 year 12:34

DECR chairman meets with Apostolic Nuncio to Russia

On September 13, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation.

12 September 2018 year 09:05

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Очень важно, чтобы священнослужитель был носителем высокой духовной культуры

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8 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.

8 September 2018 year 21:57

Metropolitan Hilarion: Patriarch Bartholomew will bear personal responsibility before the judgement of God and the judgement of history

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On September 8, after his interview broadcast live on the Russia-24 TV channel, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, made the statement for the mass media.

8 September 2018 year 21:41

Metropolitan Hilarion: Current situation creates a threat of schism for Universal Orthodoxy

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The communiqué of the Chief Secretariat of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, published on September 7, states that two hierarchs, Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon (USA) and Bishop Hilarion of Edmonton (Canada), were appointed “exarchs” of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Kiev. In his interview to Russia 24 TV channel, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, commented on the current situation and the reaction of the Moscow Patriarchate on the aforementioned decisions.

7 September 2018 year 10:03

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with hegumen of Hilandar Monastery

On September 6, at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with a delegation of the Serbian Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos, led by the hegumen of the abode, Archimandrite Metodije (Marković).

5 September 2018 year 18:02

Памяти митрополита Никодима (Ротова)

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5 сентября 2018 года исполняется 40 лет со дня кончины митрополита Никодима (Ротова).

5 September 2018 year 16:57

Group of Anglican priests and students visits Department for External Church Relations

On September 5, a delegation of the clergy and laity of the Church of England led by Bishop Jonathan Goodall of Ebbsfleet visited the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations. The group arrived in Russia to attend a course of the Summer Institute organized by Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies.