Tag: DECR
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria
14.06.2011 On June 13, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, paid a visit to the residence of Patriarch ... Read More
DECR chairman addresses Kirchentag Participants
4.06.2011 On 3 June 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), took part in the panel ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion visited Poland
Russian-Polish Orthodox Churches 1.06.2011 On 31 May 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), was on ... Read More
Department for External Church Relations marks its 65th Anniversary
4/4/2011 The Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), a most important Synodal department of the Russian Orthodox Church, marks its 65th anniversary on ... Read More
New vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations
Moscow, March 23, Interfax - The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church at its meeting on March 22 in Moscow appointed Hegumen Philaret (Bulekov), ... Read More
Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission completes its Work
26/2/2011 On 26 February 2011, the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission for the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church completed its work at the Orthodox ... Read More
Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission begins its work in Chambesy
22.02.2011 Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission for the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church will meet from February 22 to 26, 2011, at the Ecumenical ... Read More
DECR chairman meets with UN Under-Secretary-General
7/2/2011 On February 7, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with Mr. Kiyotaka Akasaka, UN Under-Secretary-General for ... Read More
Metropolitan Jonah arrives in Moscow for unofficial Visit
01/15/2011 MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, began a week-long unofficial visit to Moscow on January 14, 2011. He was welcomed at Moscow’s Domodedovo ... Read More
DECR Chairman officiates at Divine service in Filotheou Monastery
26.10.2010 On 26 October 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently on a visit to the ... Read More
A Book on Orthodoxy in China has Come Out
28/9/2010 A unique book entitled ‘Orthodoxy in China’ has come out. It describes the birth and development of the Orthodox culture in the Celestial Empire. ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church gives Orthodox Encyclopedia to Iranian cultural center in Moscow
On September 22, 2010, Rev. Sergiy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for far-abroad countries, and D. Safonov, a DECR staff member, met with the director of the ... Read More
12th Session of Joint Theological Commission for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue held in Vienna
23.09.2010 The 12th Session of the Joint Theological Commission for Dialogue Between the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches began its work on 22 September ... Read More
DECR chairman and Archbishop of Canterbury meet at Lambeth Palace
10.09.2010 On September 9, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, with the blessing of His Holiness ... Read More
Swiss theologian became an Orthodox
Moscow, August 31, Interfax - A well-known Swiss theologian, hieromonk Gabriel (Bunge) became an Orthodox before the divine service at the church of the "Joy ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with head of Greek Archdiocese in America
31/8/2010 On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His ... Read More
DECR chairman meets with head of the Russian Church Outside Russia in New York
31/8/2010 On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits chancellery of Orthodox Church in America
31/8/2010 On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His ... Read More
DECR delegation arrives in Colombia
18.08.2010 A delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations has begun its visit to Colombia on August 18, 2010, on the invitation ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion visits monasteries and churches in Yekaterinburg
On July 14 and 15, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is on a visit ... Read More
DECR chairman meets with Metropolitan Sava of Warsaw and All Poland
24.06.2010 Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with His Beatitude Sava, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All ... Read More