Sermons
02.03.2015 8:45
Metropolitan Hilarion: Story of Christ’s Suffering Is the Core of the Gospel
After the reading from the Gospel According to St. Mathew, Metropolitan Hilarion addressed the worshippers with a homily
09.02.2015 16:20
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Liturgy at the Cathedral of Dormition and All Saints in London on Sunday of Prodigal Son
On 8 February 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who is visiting Great Britain with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition and All Saints…
07.01.2015 11:28
Metropolitan Hilarion: Having come to this world, Christ always remains with us
On the Christmas night, January the 7th, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the festive Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-on-Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow.
06.11.2014 17:00
Metropolitan Hilarion officiates at the patronal feast of the church of ‘Joy of All the Afflicted’ Icon of the Mother of God
After the Litany of Fervent Supplication, Metropolitan Hilarion read prayer for peace in Ukraine. Magnification to the ‘Joy of All the Afflicted,’ was celebrated.
08.10.2014 19:19
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates in the Church of the Holy Spirit at the Laura of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius on his commemoration day
On 8 October 2014, the commemoration day of St. Sergius, hegumen of Radonezh and Wonderworker of All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, officiated at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles.…
28.09.2014 19:57
Metropolitan Hilarion: the talents and abilities of those who decided to dedicate their life to God will bring forth a hundredfold fruit
After the Ardent Supplication, Metropolitan Hilarion led the congregation in a prayer for peace in Ukraine.
22.09.2014 11:30
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Liturgy at the place of Christ’s Baptism on feast day of Nativity of Most Holy Theotokos
On 21 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who is in Jordan to participate in a plenary session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches, visited the Russian Pilgrims’ House at the…
09.09.2014 0:27
Metropolitan Hilarion attends patronal festival at Vorona convent
On September 8, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarhcate’s department for external church relations, during his pilgrimage to holy places in Romania, visited the Convent of the Nativity of the Mother of God at the Vorona commune. It was the day when the convent celebrated its…
08.09.2014 18:48
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at Pangarati Monastery
On September 7, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is on pilgrimage to Romania, led the faithful in celebrating the Divine Liturgy at the Pangarati Monastery of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
31.08.2014 18:13
Metropolitan Hilarion: We pray that the Lord may give our children intelligence and wisdom
On August 31, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow.
29.08.2014 15:55
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates funeral service for Archbishop Longin of Klin
On August 28, 2014, the Day of the Dormition of Our Lady, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Catholic church of St. Sebastian offered for Orthodox service in Bonn. He was assisted by Archbishop Feofan of…
19.08.2014 22:14
On feast day of Holy Transfiguration Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Service in Novospassky Monastery
On 19 August 2014, the feast day of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in the Novospassky Stavropegic Monastery in Moscow.
24.07.2014 19:15
Metropolitan Hilarion receives birthday congratulations from Local Orthodox Churches
On July 24, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-at-Bolshaya-Ordynka in Moscow.
12.07.2014 20:19
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Liturgy at Representation of Serbian Church in Moscow on the feast day of Ss. Peter and Paul
On 12 July 2014, the feast day of the Holy Glorious and All-Praised Chief Apostles, Peter and Paul, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Church of Ss. Peter…
29.06.2014 7:37
Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in the opening of “Slavonic Unity-2014” International Festival
On 28 June 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in Bryansk with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the opening of the “Slavonic Unity-2014” International festival.
22.06.2014 20:13
Metropolitan Hilarion: We pray to all saints in the Russian land for the spiritual unity of Holy Russia
On June 22, the commemoration day of All the Saints Who Shone in the Russian Land, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya-Ordynka, Moscow.
04.06.2014 15:13
Hierarchs of the three Local Orthodox Churches celebrate at the Intercession church in Minsk
(Русский) 4 июня 2014 года митрополит Волоколамский Иларион совершил в минском храме Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, что в Крупцах, Божественную литургию в сослужении архиепископа Михаловско-Кошицкого Георгия (Православная Церковь Чешских земель и Словакии) и епископа Силуана, окормляющего приходы Румынской Православной Церкви в Италии.
27.04.2014 23:39
Metropolitan Hilarion: the whole experience of our Church and our own experience of life in the Church attest that Christ has Risen
On April 27, 2014, St. Thomas Sunday, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordynka, in Moscow.
16.04.2014 15:03
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts in Barcelona
He was assisted Hegumen Seraphim (Pavlov), rector of the church, Hieromonk Stephan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, and the parish clergy.
08.04.2014 0:42
Metropolitan Hilarion: the Mother of God always comes to our aid and always hears our prayers
After the liturgy, Metropolitan Hilarion addressed the congregation, delivering a sermon on the meaning of the Annunciation as not only a fruit of Divine providence and action but also human participation and contribution in the person of the Most Holy Mother of God, who humbly accepted God’s blessing to the…