DECR Chairman
24.05.2020 11:17
Metropolitan Hilarion: President of Montenegro went against his own people
On May 23, 2020, in the Church and the World TV programme, broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays on Russia-24 news channel, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, answered questions from its host, Yekaterina Gracheva.
14.05.2020 15:41
Metropolitan Hilarion comments on the situation with the arrest of Bishop Joanikije of Budimlye-Niksic and seven clergymen in Montenegro
In his comment to RIA Novosti news agency, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed the position of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the arrest in Montenegro of Bishop Joanikije of Budimlye-Niksic and seven clergymen from the cathedral in the city of…
19.04.2020 17:02
On Easter night Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates festal divine service
On the night of 19th April 2020, the feast of the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, at the Church of the ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrated the Easter divine services.
19.04.2020 10:08
DECR chairman greets Primates of Local Orthodox Churches with the feast of the Resurrection of Christ
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent Paschal greetings.
12.04.2020 11:00
DECR chairman sends Easter greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent Easter greetings to the heads of non-Orthodox Churches
11.04.2020 9:59
DECR chairman greets His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia with Krsna Slava
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message of greetings to the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church on the Day of his Krsna Slava.
13.03.2020 12:38
DECR chairman meets with Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the Russian Federation
On 13 March 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Sadasivan Premjith, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to the Russian Federation.
11.03.2020 14:19
Patriarch Kirill presides over the first 2020 meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod
On 11 March 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia presided over the first session of the Holy Synod to be held in 2020. The meeting took place at the patriarchal and synodal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery.
08.03.2020 16:35
On Sunday of Orthodoxy His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow
On 8th March 2020, first Sunday of Lent, of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, commemoration day of the first (4th century) and second (452) finding of the head of St. John the Baptist, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and…
03.03.2020 23:57
Metropolitan Hilarion: the discussion on Ukraine is not over
On 29 February 2020, during the Church and the World talk show at Russia-24 news channel, broadcast by Saturdays and Sundays, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), answered questions from channel presenter Ekaterina Gracheva.