The Far Abroad
03.11.2018 19:14
Patriarch Kirill meets with Chairman of Cuban State Council and Council of Ministers
On November 3, 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with the head of the Republic of Cuba, Chairman of the State Council and Council of Ministers Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez.
03.11.2018 15:30
DECR chairman meets with the leader of the Lebanese Kataeb Party
On 3 November 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with a delegation of the Lebanese Kataeb (Phalange) Party and its leader Mr. Sami Gemayel.
31.10.2018 16:38
DECR chairman attends opening ceremony of the 6th World Congress of Compatriots Living Abroad
On 31 October 2018, an opening ceremony of the 6th World Congress of Compatriots Living Abroad under the motto “Russia and Compatriots. New Challenges and New Frontiers” was held at the World Trade Center in Moscow.
30.10.2018 16:07
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with new ambassador of Estonia to Russia
On October 30, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the newly appointed ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the Russian Federation, Mr. Margus Laidre.
30.10.2018 12:09
DECR chairman meets with the head of the European Union’s representation in Russia
On 30 October 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) met with Mr. Markus Ederer, head of the Representation of the European Union in the Russian Federation.
09.10.2018 15:28
DECR representatives take part in the 17th Petersburg Russian-German Public Forum
The 17th session of Petersburg Dialogue Russian-German Public Forum took place in Moscow on October 7-8, 2018. Its theme was the strengthening of trust, partnership and cooperation between civil societies of Russian and Germany as an impetus to inter-governmental dialogue.
07.10.2018 8:10
A hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church visits Capetown
On October 3, 2018, Archbishop Antoniy of Vienna and Budapest began his visit to South Africa.
04.10.2018 12:47
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Italian consul general in Moscow
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Italian Consul General in Moscow Mr. Francesco Forte, at the DECR.
04.09.2018 13:58
DECR secretary had a working meeting with the head of Republika Srbska representation in Russia
Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, secretary for the far abroad of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the head of the representation of Republika Srbska (part of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dusko Perovic, councillor of the president of Republika Srpska, at the DECR.
27.08.2018 17:51
DECR chairman had a meeting with Indonesian ambassador
On August 27, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Russia Mohamad Wahid Supriyadi.