Tag: DECR

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk leads celebrations marking 200th anniversary of Fort Ross

OCP- September 1, 2012

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

OCP- July 21, 2012

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

OCP- July 16, 2012

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

OCP- March 16, 2012

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

OCP- February 17, 2012

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

OCP- December 24, 2011

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

OCP- December 23, 2011

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

OCP- December 23, 2011

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

OCP- December 7, 2011

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

OCP- November 8, 2011

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

OCP- October 28, 2011

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

OCP- October 11, 2011

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

OCP- October 11, 2011

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

OCP- September 12, 2011

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

OCP- September 12, 2011

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

OCP- August 30, 2011

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

OCP- August 27, 2011

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

OCP- August 24, 2011

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

OCP- August 24, 2011

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

OCP- August 5, 2011

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

OCP- July 26, 2011

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