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On January 17, DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations Hieromonk Stephen (Igumnov) met with the representative of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Moscow, Alessandro Salakone.
17.01.2023
Moscow will host a conference on the Old Rite in the life of the Russian Orthodox Church
17.01.2023
Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), has sent a congratulatory address to the DECR vice-chairman, Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), on the occasion of his 55th birthday. The text reads as follows:
16.01.2023
Participants in the meeting at the DECR will discuss Church care for mentally ill young people
13.01.2023
On 8th January the head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem archimandrite Alexander (Yelisov), accompanied by the staff of the Mission abbot Nikon (Golovko), hieromonk Dometian (Markaryan) and hieromonk Athanasius (Bukin), attended the traditional reception which is annually held in the Great Throne Hall of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem to mark the feast of the Nativity of Christ. The reception was headed by His Beatitude the Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine Theophilos III.
08.01.2023
Rector of the Russian Church Metochion attends celebrations marking the 145th anniversary of the liberation of Sofia
05.01.2023
At the 29 December session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, after the report made by Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relation Metropolitan, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk was confirmed as DECR vice-chairman (Minutes No. 143). The session was held at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow. It was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
29.12.2022
Religious communities in Russia delivered humanitarian aid to children in Donbas
27.12.2022
On December 22, a research and practice conference on “Islam – an integral part of religious heritage of Russia: 1100th anniversary of Volga Bulgaria’s conversion to Islam” took place at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. The conference was organized by the Commission of the RF Public Chamber for Harmonization of Interethnic and Interreligious Relations and the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia.
23.12.2022
Antiochian Bishop attends prayer service before an icon of the Great Martyr James at the Russian Representation in Damascus
22.12.2022
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
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