Tag: DECR
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk leads celebrations marking 200th anniversary of Fort Ross
On August 25, 2012, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow ... Read More
Commission for Old Belief’s Parishes and Cooperation with the Old Belief meets for a regular session
17/7/2012 On July 16, 2012, the Commission for Old Belief’s Parishes and Cooperation with the Old Belief met at the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external ... Read More
Archpriest Arkady Tyshchuk, long-standing staff members of the DECR, passed away
11/7/2012 Archpriest Arkady Tyshchuk, one of the oldest priests in Moscow and rector of the church of Our Lady of Tikhvin in Moscow, departed into ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill receives delegation of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
14.03.2012 On March 14, 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with a delegation of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem at the ... Read More
A Meeting with a Syrian delegation takes place at the Department for External Church Relations
On February 16, 2012, DECR vice-chairmen Archpriest Nikolay Balashov and Hegumen Philaret (Bulekov) met with a Syrian delegation who came to Russia on the previous ... Read More
DECR Deputy Chairman Hegumen Philaret (Bulekov) met with representatives of governmental and religious organizations during his trip to China
24/12/2011 Chinese Orthodox Church Hegumen Philaret (Bulekov), Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate held a series of ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk addresses the staff of Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
On 21 December 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril ... Read More
About 15 thsds of women annually die from home violence – Metropolitan Hilarion
Moscow, December 23, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate urges society and authorities to consider scales of violence in Russian families. "Scales of home violence are ... Read More
Interreligious conference on Family in Crisis opens in Vienna
6.12.2011 An interreligious conference on Family in Crisis has begun its work on December 7, 2011, in Vienna, Austria. Among its participants is a delegation ... Read More
DECR chairman met with Mufti of Tatarstan
3/11/2011 On November 3, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is on a visit to Tatarstan with ... Read More
9th International Conference on Interreligious Dialogue in Qatar
24.10.2011 The 9th International Conference on Interreligious Dialogue opened on October 24, 2011, in Doha, Qatar. It has been organized by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry and ... Read More
Moldova’s prime minister informs Patriarch Kirill about construction of new cathedral in Kishinev
10.10.2011 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Moldova’s president V. Filat on October 9, 2011, at presidential residence in Kishinev. ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill honoured with Moldova’s Highest Award
10.10.2011 On October 9, 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was presented with Moldova’s highest award, the Order of the Republic, ... Read More
DECR chairman meets with Serbian Delegation
8.09.2011 On 8 September 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a Serbian delegation ... Read More
Inter-Council Presence’s commission on attitude to non-Orthodoxy and other religions meets at DECR
8.09.2011 The Inter-Council Presence’s commission on attitude to non-Orthodoxy and other religions met at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations on 2 September ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas
On 29 August 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the president of the ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem
25/8/2011 On August 25, 2011, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, received Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on a visit to Patriarchate of Constantinople
21.08.2011 On August 20, 20011, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Ignatios of Antioch
On August 20, 2011, His Beatitude Ignatios IV, Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East, received in audience Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of ... Read More
Statement by DECR Communication Service on the desecration of an Orthodox church at the Kosovo village of Samodreza
4.08.2011 The church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist at the Kosovo village of Samodreza was built at a place where, according to ... Read More
Grand meeting on the occasion of the 65th Anniversary of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations takes Place
24.07.2011 On 24 July 2011, a grand meeting on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) ... Read More