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19.01.2020 19:23
Metropolitan Hilarion: Without baptismal font one cannot become a member of the Church
On 19th January 2020, the feast of the Holy Theophany – the Baptism of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and the Rite of Great Blessing…
18.01.2020 0:01
Choir of Bulgarian Church’s Metropolis of Stara Zagora takes part in Moscow Christmas Festival
On 17 January 2020, the cathedral choir of the Metropolis of Stara Zagora, Bulgarian Patriarchate, gave a performance at the Moscow House of Music as part of the 10th Moscow Christmas Festival of church music. It was conducted by Metropolitan Cyprian of Stara Zagora, Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
17.01.2020 18:27
Round table on World War Two in Humanitarian Dimension: Experience of Past Years and the Modernity will take place at the Federation Council within the framework of Eighth Christmas Parliamentary Meetings
On 28th January 2020, a round table discussion on World War Two in Humanitarian Dimension: Experience of Past Years and the Modernity will be held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation within the framework of the Eighth Christmas Parliamentary Meetings of the 28th International…
16.01.2020 16:02
DECR chairman holds meeting with head of the Order of Malta’s Mission to Russia
On 16th January 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with the newly appointed head of the Mission of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and Malta to the Russian Federation, Aimone of Savoy-Aosta.
16.01.2020 15:48
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador of Austria to Russia
On 16 January 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Johannes Aigner, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Russian Federation.
13.01.2020 15:20
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Bishop Joseph Werth
On 13 January 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of the Transfiguration in Novosibirsk, Bishop Joseph Werth, at the parish house of the church of Our Lady the Joy of All the…
08.01.2020 9:55
President of Russia visits Patriarchal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition in Damascus
On 7 January 2020, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, during his visit to Syria, visited the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition in Damascus.
07.01.2020 21:02
On the Nativity day the Primate of the Russian Church celebrated Great Compline at the Church of Christ the Saviour
In the evening of January 7, 2020, the feast of the Nativity of the Lord God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Great Compline at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
07.01.2020 12:01
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets Primates of Local Orthodox Churches with the Nativity of Christ
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent Christmas greetings
07.01.2020 12:00
DECR chairman sends Christmas greetings to Primates of Local Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent Christmas greetings