Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

28 May 2018 year 10:09

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: It is none of concerns of the secular authorities to dictate to the Church which form of existence she is to choose

[Interview]

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, in his interview to an NTV correspondent spoke of the situation that has arisen in Ukraine in connection with the initiative put forward by the Ukrainian authorities to create an autocephalous Church in Ukraine.

23 May 2018 year 19:14

Archpriest Nikolay Balashov: There is a consensus on the principal points of granting autocephaly

[Interview]

The Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople has stated its intention to discuss with all the Local Orthodox Churches the appeal made to it by Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko to create an autocephalous Church in Ukraine. Is there today a commonly accepted procedure for granting church independence – autocephaly and what does canon law say about this mechanism? – a detailed explanation given to RIA Novosti by the vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, Archpriest Nikolay Balashov.

23 May 2018 year 19:08

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Вся забота Церкви — о нынешнем и будущих поколениях

[Interview]

19 мая 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 May 2018 year 22:58

Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia arrives in Moscow

On May 22, His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, arrived in Moscow.

21 May 2018 year 14:58

DECR vice-chairman meets with minister plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea

On May 21, Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Kim Il-hwan, minister plenipotentiary and director of cultural centre of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation.

21 May 2018 year 11:20

Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris

On May 20, 7th Sunday after Pascha, commemoration day of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris.

20 May 2018 year 11:52

DECR chairman meets with Primate of the Catholic Church in Poland

On May 19, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently in Warsaw with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Archbishop Wojciech Polak of Gniezno, Primate of the Polish Catholic Church.

19 May 2018 year 22:14

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of Polish Orthodox Church

Discussed during the meeting were various issues on the pan-Orthodox agenda, prospects of cooperation between the Russian and the Polish Orthodox Churches, and inter-Christian relations.

19 May 2018 year 14:35

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church

On May 18, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, made a working visit to Romania with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

16 May 2018 year 20:47

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Очень важно, чтобы на каждом приходе были созданы условия для полноценного пребывания детей в храме

[Interview]

12 мая 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 May 2018 year 11:12

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Greek ambassador to Russia

On May 15, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to Russia Andreas Friganas, at the church of Our Lade the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya-Ordynka in Moscow.

15 May 2018 year 13:55

Head of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church arrives in Moscow

On May 15, Patriarch and Catholicos Abune Mathias I of Ethiopia arrived in Russia with an official visit at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. It is the first visit of His Holiness Abune Mathias to the Russian Orthodox Church after his election to the Patriarchal throne in March 2013.

14 May 2018 year 17:05

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: All the Holy Synod members have supported the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church

On May 14, after the Holy Synod session, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, stated.

12 May 2018 year 16:19

DECR chairman speaks at a conference on theological understanding of the problem of extremism

On May 12, in keeping with a decision of the commission on theology and theological education of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Inter-Council Presence, a theological conference was held on Theological Understanding of the Phenomenon of Extremism and Terrorism, at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.

12 May 2018 year 16:06

Выступление митрополита Волоколамского Илариона на научно-богословской конференции «Богословское осмысление феномена терроризма и экстремизма»

[Article]

12 мая в Санкт-Петербургской духовной академии открылась конференция, посвященная богословскому осмыслению феномена терроризма и экстремизма.