DECR Chairman
22.10.2017 12:00
DECR chairman’s congratulations to Primate of Orthodox Church of Constantinople on the next anniversary of his election to Patriarchal see
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) has congratulated the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople on the next anniversary of his Patriarchal ministry.
20.10.2017 15:01
Metropolitan Hilarion visits the leading pedagogical university in Russia
On October 19, 2017, the National Day of the Lyceum Student, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), visited Moscow State Pedagogical University (MSPU).
19.10.2017 20:40
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with the President of Croatia
On 19 October 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of the Republic of Croatia, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St.Daniel’s monastery.
16.10.2017 12:51
Patriarch Kirill’s address to 137th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union
The 147th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union took place from October 14-18, 2017, in St. Petersburg. His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, addressed it on October 16.
13.10.2017 17:18
DECR chairman meets with head of Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
On 13 October 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary.
12.10.2017 19:02
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at international conference on persecution of Christians
On 12 October 2017, an international consultation on “Finding the Appropriate Answers to a Long Neglected Crisis” began its work in Budapest (Hungary). With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, took part…
12.10.2017 19:02
Presentation by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the conference on “Finding the Appropriate Answers to a Long Neglected Crisis”
On 12 October 2017, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, took part in the opening of the international consultation in Budapest on the persecution of Christians.
10.10.2017 22:25
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with students of Catholic schools in Italy
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies, met with 250 students and a group of professors of Catholic general education schools run by the Society of Jesus in Rome, Turin,…
10.10.2017 13:18
DECR chairmen meets with Czech Ambassador to Russia
On 10 October 2017, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations DECR), met with H.E. Vladimir Remek, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Russian Federation.
09.10.2017 16:53
DECR chairman sends greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa on the anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal throne
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a message to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria, in which he congratulated him on the anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal throne.
09.10.2017 15:33
DECR chairman congratulates Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on his Nameday
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada with the commemoration day of his heavenly patron.
08.10.2017 23:07
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with members of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union
On 8 October 2017, after the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition of the Lavra of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with participants in the off-site session of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches…
08.10.2017 0:31
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates All-Night Vigil at church of the Holy Spirit in St. Sergius’ Laura of the Trinity
Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine officiated at Lesser Vespers with reading of the akathistos at the shrine with the relics of St. Sergius.
06.10.2017 14:52
Presentation by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the meeting of Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union
On 6 October 2017, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, an off-site session of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union took place at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
06.10.2017 13:56
DECR chairman opens off-site session of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union
On 6 October 2017, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, an off-site meeting of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU) took place at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations.
06.10.2017 12:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill officiates at the regular session of the Holy Synod
On 6 October 2017, a session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, opened at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s monastery in Moscow.
04.10.2017 15:48
Opening of the Academic Year at Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute for Post-Graduate Studies
The Opening of the Academic Year at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate (CMI) Studies took place after the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the church of Martyrs Michael and Theodore at the Chernigov Brothers Metochion in Moscow.
03.10.2017 15:48
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visits historical sights of Bukhara
On 2 October 2017, after his visit to the Church of Archangel Michael, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia saw the historical sights of Bukhara.
03.10.2017 15:20
Patriarch Kirill visits church of Archangel Michael in Bukhara
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, who is on a primatial visit to the Diocese of Tashkent of the Metropolia of Central Asia, arrived in Bukhara.
03.10.2017 15:06
Patriarch Kirill Visits Botkin Cemetery in Tashkent
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the First City Cemetery in Tashkent more known as the cemetery on Botkin Street or Botkin Cemetery.