Tag: Communication Service
St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York holds academic convocation for Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk awarded Doctor of Divinity Honoris Causa
November 9, 2014 – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations and rector of the Ss Cyril and ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Primate of the Orthodox Church in America
November 9, 2014 – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is on a visit to the ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion: By taking the Word of God sown in good soil, the saints have brought forth great fruits
On October 26, 2014, the commemoration day of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill sends letter to Iraq’s President concerning the situation of Christians in Iraq
On October 9, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a letter to Iraqi President Fuad Masum, expressing concern for the ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill meets with Iran’s ambassador to Russia
September 2014 On September 24, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill consecrates the church of Holy Martyr Clement – the Orthodox Pope of Rome
September 2014 On September 27, 2014, the Day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated ... Read More
13 plenary session of Orthodox-Catholic theological dialogue completes its work
On September 22, 2014, the 13th plenary session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Orthodox and the Roman-Catholic Churches completed its work, ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion: Unia remains a bleeding wound on the body of Christendom
20/9/14 The chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, believes that the 13th plenary session of the Joint Commission for ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion: there always be spiritual unity between the Russian and Ukrainian nations
On September 13, Metropolitan Hilarion, host of the Church and the World talk-show on Vesti-24 TV network, had as his guest Mr. Alexander Shchipkov, editor-in-chief ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with president of the Conference of European Rabbis
On September 12, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met at the DECR with Moscow’s Chief ... Read More
International forum on “The Large Family and the Future of Humanity” opens in Moscow
On September 10, 2014, an international forum on “The Large Family and the Future of Humanity” was opened at the State Kremlin Palace. The participants ... Read More
Terror Against Christians in Iraq
August 2014 Statement by the Communication Service of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations. The tragic events caused by the unprecedented terror employed ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill celebrates the memory of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles
July 2014 On July 28, 2014, the commemoration day of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles and the Day of the Baptism of Rus’, a public ... Read More
Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia thanks Patriarch Kirill for aid to victims of flood in Balkans
31/7/14 His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, has sent to His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, a letter expressing gratitude to the ... Read More
DECR REPRESENTATIVES MEETS WITH GRANDSON OF FOUNDER OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
On June 2, 2014, an interreligious meeting with the participation of diplomats and scholars took place at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of ... Read More
On the Day of Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem, Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy in Spanish capital
April 12, 2014 – With the blessing of Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s ... Read More
DECR chairman receives new representative of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
On April 10, 2014, a meeting took place between Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, and the ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion administers the rite of reuniting those who temporarily fell away from the Orthodox Church
On April 9, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, administered the rite of reuniting those who ... Read More
The 5th anniversary of Patriarch Kirill’s enthronement marked by Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour
On February 1, 2014, the 5th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated ... Read More
Enthronement of Archbishop Joachim of Prague
On February 1, 2014, the enthronement of the newly-elected Archbishop Joachim of Prague and the Czech Lands took place at Ss Cyril and Methodius’s in ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk awarded Mexico’s Order of the Legion of Honour
On January 17, 2014, during the grand reception held on the occasion of the name-day of Metropolitan Anthony of Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and the ... Read More