DECR Chairman
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk arrives in Vienna to take part in Intereligious Conference on the problems of family
06.12.2011 12:29 ·
During the reception, the DECR chairman had talks with the President of Austria Heinz Fischer, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, and Cardinal Cristof Schönborn.
- DECR chairman meets with a Slovakian Parliament member
03.12.2011 16:32 ·
On December 2, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with Slovakian author Sergej Chelemendik, a deputy of the Slovakian Parliament, who came to Russia for the parliamentary elections as a PACE observer.
- Communiqué of the International Conference on Freedom of Faith: the Problem of Discrimination and Persecution against Christians
01.12.2011 23:04 ·The International Conference on Freedom of Faith: Problem of Discrimination and Persecution against Christians completed its work in Moscow on December 1, 2011, by issuing a communiqué. The text is given below.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with participants in the International Conference on Freedom of Faith: the Problem of Discrimination and Persecution against Christians
01.12.2011 22:54 ·
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the participants in the International Conference on Freedom of Faith: the Problem of Discrimination and Persecution against Christians. The meeting took place at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on 1 December 2011.
- Conference on the problem of discrimination and persecution against Christians opens in Moscow
01.12.2011 02:30 ·
The Russian Orthodox Church has initiated the forum with support of the Christian Interconfessional Committee, the St. Gregory the Theologian Charity Foundation and the International Organization “Aid to the Church in Need.”
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Metropolitan Mar Gewargis of Baghdad and Iraq
01.12.2011 01:02 ·
On November 30, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Metropolitan Mar Gewargis of Baghdad and Iraq (the Assyrian Church of the East) who came to Moscow to take part in the Conference on the Freedom of Faith: the Problem of Discrimination and Persecution of Christians.
- DECR chairman meets with the representative of the Church of Greece to the European Union
01.12.2011 00:36 ·
On November 30, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Metropolitan Athanassios of Achaia, representative of the Church of Greece to the European Union, who came to Moscow to participate in the Conference on the Freedom of Faith: the Problem of Discrimination and Persecution of Christians.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church completes his visit to Armenia
29.11.2011 01:08 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and his suite departed for Moscow from Yerevan in the evening of November 28.
- Patriarch Kirill takes part in the CIS Interreligious Council’s presidium meeting
28.11.2011 22:12 ·
The meeting was also attended by Armenia’s President Serj Sargsyan.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill begins his visit to Armenia
28.11.2011 11:50 ·
During his stay in Armenia, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will take part in the meeting of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- Pope Benedict XVI meets with participants in the Orthodox-Catholic Forum
23.11.2011 21:24 ·
On 23 November 2011, Pope Benedict XVI met with the participants in the 2nd Orthodox-Catholic Forum, which took place on the island of Rhodes, Greece, from 18th to 2nd of October 2010, and dealt with the theme ‘Church and State Relations: from Historical and Theological Perspectives.’
- Coordinating Committee of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between Catholic and Orthodox Churches begins its work
23.11.2011 21:19 ·
At the beginning of the meeting, members of the committee decided unanimously to send congratulations to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on his 65th birthday.
- Primates and representatives of seven Local Orthodox Churches meet in the Moscow Kremlin
21.11.2011 16:28 ·
On November 21, 2011, the Primates of the Russian, Georgian, Polish Orthodox Churches, of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia and representatives of the Church of Antioch, the Romanian and Bulgarian Orthodox Churches met at the patriarchal residence in the Moscow Kremlin. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chaired the meeting.
- DECR chairman’s message of greetings to Patriarch Kirill on the occasion of his 65th birthday
21.11.2011 13:02 ·Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, has addressed the following message to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russian on the occasion of his 65th birthday
- Patriarch Kirill’s speech at grand reception on occasion of his 65th birthday
20.11.2011 22:56 ·
On November 20, 2011, a grand reception took place at the Refectory Chambers of the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour on the occasion of Patriarch Kirill’s 65th birthday. His Holiness Kirill addressed himself to the guests with the following words of gratitude
- President Medvedev meets with heads and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches who came for celebrations marking Patriarch Kirill’s 65th birthday
20.11.2011 21:32 ·
On November 20, 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev met with heads and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches who came for the celebrations marking Patriarch Kirill’s 65th birthday, at the Red Hall of the patriarchal residence in Chisty Pereulok, Moscow.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill completes his official visit to the Patriarchate of Antioch
16.11.2011 12:43 ·
On 15 November 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia completed his official visit to the Orthodox Church of Antioch.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church addresses faculty and students of the University of Balamand
16.11.2011 10:43 ·
On 15 November 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the University of Balamand.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church visits Balamand Monastery in Lebanon
16.11.2011 09:59 ·
On 15 November 2011, the last day of his official visit to the Patriarchate of Antioch, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Balamand Monastery of the Dormition of Our Lady.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï
16.11.2011 03:11 ·
On 15 November 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï.
