Russian Orthodox Church

«Department for External Church Relations»

11 May 2018 year 17:49

Primate of Russian Church holds working meeting with chairman of the Department for External Church Relations and head of the Administration for Institutions Abroad

On May 11, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia held a working meeting with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, and Archbishop Antony of Vienna and Budapest, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad.

10 May 2018 year 16:06

Working group for cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland meets in Helsinki

Meeting of the Working group for cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland took place in Helsinki, Finland, on May 7.

10 May 2018 year 09:56

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem

On May 6, the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, took part in the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the church of the Holy Martyr Photina the Samaritan Woman over the St. Jacob’s Well in Nablus (ancient Shechem).

9 May 2018 year 21:58

Meeting between Metropolitan Hilarion and Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch

On May 9, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch, received in audience at his Lebanese residence in the Balamand Monastery, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.

8 May 2018 year 11:53

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus

On May 5, His Beatitude Chrysostomos II of New Justiniana and All Cyprus received Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations.

7 May 2018 year 17:31

DECR chairman meets with Apostolic Nuncio to Russia

On May 7, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation.

7 May 2018 year 09:45

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria

On May 5, at the Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Cairo, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa received Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who had arrived in Egypt with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

3 May 2018 year 16:40

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Человек должен развивать в себе потенциал добра

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29 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.

2 May 2018 year 19:13

Интервью митрополита Волоколамского Илариона греческому агентству новостей «Ромфеа»

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Отвечая на вопросы греческого церковного агентства новостей «Ромфеа», митрополит Волоколамский Иларион рассказал о недавно состоявшемся визите Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла в Албанскую Православную Церковь, а также затронул тему религиозной ситуации на Украине.

24 April 2018 year 17:49

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Политика санкций не приводит ни к чему хорошему

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21 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.

23 April 2018 year 06:13

Funeral service for Metropolitan Cornelius of Tallinn and All Estonia takes place in Tallinn

On April 22, the funeral service for Metropolitan Cornelius of Tallinn and All Estonia was held at the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Tallinn. Vladyka Cornelius passed away on April 19, at the age of 93.

19 April 2018 year 17:30

DECR chairman receives chaplain of Anglican parish in Moscow

On April 19, DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk had a meeting with the chaplain of St. Andrew in Moscow, Rev. Malcolm Rogers, at the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations.

19 April 2018 year 17:02

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Finnish ambassador to Russia

On April 19, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations ( DECR) met with Finland’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation, H. E. Mikko Hautala, at the DECR.

19 April 2018 year 14:18

Сreation of Local Church cannot be initiated by secular authorities

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On April 19, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine endorsed an initiative of President Petro Poroshenko concerning an appeal to the Patriarch of Constantinople for the creation of the autocephalous Church in Ukraine. Interfax-Religion web portal asked Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, to present the position of the Russian Orthodox Church on this matter.

19 April 2018 year 13:27

Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион: Миссионерская деятельность может принимать самые разные формы

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15 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.