Tag: External Church Relations
Second meeting of the working group for dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Turkey takes place at the Department for External Church Relations
April 2014 The meeting was held at the DECR premises on April 8, 2014, under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the ... Read More
Meeting of Commission the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on dialogue with Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kievan Patriarchate and Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church takes place
29/3/14 A business meeting of the Commission of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on dialogue with Ukrainian communities outside ecclesial communion took place at the Assumption Laura of the Caves in Kiev On 26 March ... Read More
Extremists have no place in Syrian political processes – Russian and Antioch church leaders
Moscow, January 30, Interfax - The leaders of the Russian and Antioch Orthodox Churches have called for peace in Syria and its independence. "The two ... Read More
1st Anniversary of Metropolitan Tikhon’s Enthronement
SYOSSET, NY - 29/1/14 Exactly one year ago on, January 27, 2013, His Beatitude,Metropolitan Tikhon wasenthroned at Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, DC as Archbishop of Washington, ... Read More
Meeting of Patriarch Bartholomew and Patriarch Kirill
On October 6 2013, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met yesterday in Podgorica. The Primates ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill meets with President Alexander Ankvab of Abkhazia
On March 4, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, received A. S. Ankvab, President of the Republic of Abkhazia, at the patriarchal ... Read More
Situation of religious minorities in Syria becomes even more menacing
Statement of the Department for External Church Relations’ Communication Service 6/3/13 Alarming news coming from different dioceses of the Orthodox Church of Antioch say that ... Read More
Russian Church protests vandalisms in Kosovo
Moscow, February 6, Interfax - A recent wave of vandalism of Orthodox holy sites in Kosovo is "a means of intimidation of the Orthodox population ... Read More
Orthodox priest met in Ukraine with families of hostages held captive in Libya
12/6/2012 Soon after his return from Libya coworker of the Department for External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Archpriest Zechariah Kerstyuk met in ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill is going to donate to charities all money earned in case over the flat in the House on the Embankment
Moscow, March 30, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia told about nuances of judicial proceedings connected with his flat in the famous ... Read More
Latvian version of Patriarch Kirill’s book presented in Riga
20/3/2012 On 19 March 2012, the Latvian version of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s book ‘Freedom and Responsibility: In Search of Harmony. Human Rights and Personal ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church denies pratriarch’s involvement in business projects
21/2/2012 MOSCOW - The Russian Orthodox Church has flatly denied the media publications stating that Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill traded in tobacco ... 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
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
Metropolitan Hilarion accuses West of leaving Egypt Christians in the lurch
Moscow, November 1, Interfax - Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations has accused the West of failing ... 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
The Russian Church doubts Kosovo police is capable to protect Orthodox Shrines
Moscow, August 8, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate is concerned with desecration of Orthodox shrines in Kosovo. The statement of the Synodal Department for External ... 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
Dbar expects “some positive decisions” from the Moscow Patriarchate
05/07/2011 The Moscow Patriarchate will consider the ban on service of the rebel Abkhazian priests Dorofei Dbar and Andrey Ampar. "Maybe in the near future ... Read More
Sino-Russian consultations on exchanges and cooperation in the sphere of religion took place in Moscow
8/6/2011 On June 8, 2011 the first consultation of the Russian-Chinese group for contacts and cooperation in the religious sphere was held in the Moscow ... 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