The Far Abroad
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.
24.09.2017 21:02
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London
September 24, 2017, the commemoration day of St. Silouan of the Athonite – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is in Great Britain for a working visit, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London.
23.09.2017 22:03
Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relation meets with Russia’s ambassador to Great Britain
DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Great Britain A. V. Yakovenko, in London. The meeting was held in the format of working breakfast and lasted for two hours.
23.09.2017 8:19
DECR chairman speaks at international symposium on Christian Future of Europe
On 22 September 2017, an international symposium on the Christian Future of Europe was held at the residence of Russia’s Ambassador to Great Britain. The meeting was organized by the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Department for External…
20.09.2017 22:47
Patriarch Kirill extends condolences over destructive earthquake in Mexico
On September 19, 2017, a destructive earthquake happened in Mexico killing over 200 people. A three-day mourning period has been declared in the country. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has extended condolences to President of the United Mexican States Enrique Peña Nieto.
20.09.2017 14:58
Trinity Cathedral on Quai Branly in Paris becomes a revelation of the Days of the French National Heritage
The Trinity Cathedral and the Spiritual and Cultural Center on Quai Branly have become one of the most visited places in the prestigious 7th District of Paris during the Days of the French National Heritage. It was the first time that they took part in this celebration of republican significance.
19.09.2017 20:12
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
On 18 September 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, arrived in Istanbul.
16.09.2017 23:41
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks at the Conference “Russia in the Heart of Lebanon”
On 16 September 2017, during his visit to Lebanon, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, took part in an international conference entitled “Russia in the Heart of Lebanon.”
16.09.2017 23:40
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the Russia in the Heart of Lebanon conference
On September 2017, during his visit to Lebanon, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, attended the international conference ‘Russia in the Heart of Lebanon’, which took place in the city of Chwaya in northern Lebanon.
16.09.2017 11:42
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is on a working trip to Lebanon with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Rafiq Al-Hariri, at the residence of the government…