DECR Chairman

• Church Graduate School’s academic council sums up the 2009 term
  30.12.2009 13:28 ·
  

  The academic council of the Sts Cyril and Methodius Graduate and Doctoral School, at its meeting on December 29, chaired by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, summed up the School’s first term.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion: Human beings initiate ecological problems unless they see in environment a sphere of their responsibility
  30.12.2009 11:13 · , Chairman's Interview, -
  

  Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, speaking in the Church and World program of the national Vesti TV network on December 26, said that man causes ecological problems ‘unless he sees in the environment a sphere of his responsibility’ and as long as he uses it for his own ends.

  
  
• Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church addresses faculty and students of the Russian Academy of State Service under the President of the Russian Federation
  29.12.2009 16:21 · , Patriarch's speeches
  

  On 29 December 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the leadership, faculty, and students of the Russian Academy of State Service under the President of the Russian Federation.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Mgr Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris
  28.12.2009 17:32 ·
  

  Archbishop Hilarion expressed satisfaction at the intensive development of relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in France, which has been observed in recent years.

  
  
• Holy Synod decisions on external affairs
  25.12.2009 19:26 ·
  

  At its meeting on 25 December 2009, the Holy Synod made a number of decisions concerning the external work of the Russian Orthodox Church. The 2010 DECR work plan as presented by the DECR chairman was approved.

  
  
• Opening session of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod
  25.12.2009 13:46 ·
  

  This synodal year ends with a session in Chisty Pereulok, the historical city residence of the Patriarchs of Moscow.

  
  
• DECR chairman sends Christmas greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Christian Churches
  25.12.2009 10:02 ·
  

  Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, has sent Christmas greetings to Pope Benedict XVI, Supreme Patriarchate and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk completes his visit to Thailand with laying the foundation of the Holy Trinity Church in Phuket
  24.12.2009 09:55 ·
  

  Attending the celebration were Vice Governor of the Province of Phuket Smith Palawatwichai, the Phuket Mayor Suratin Lianudom, and other representatives of the regional and municipal authorities of Phuket.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulates Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone on his 75th birthday
  23.12.2009 13:06 · , Roman Catholic Church
  

  Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, sent the following congratulation to Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, on his 75th

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion consecrates a Church of All Saints in Pattaya
  21.12.2009 11:26 ·
  

  Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who is leading an official delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church at the celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of Orthodox in Thailand, consecrated a Church of All Saints in Patayya, on Dec. 20.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion leads celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Thailand
  21.12.2009 09:48 ·
  

  A reception was given on 19 December 2009 on behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church to mark the 10th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Thailand. The celebrations were led Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relation as head of an official delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas’s in Bangkok
  19.12.2009 19:53 ·
  

  On December 19, 2009, the Commemoration Day of St. Nicholas the Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who is in Bangkok for the 10th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Thailand, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas’s.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion meets with Orthodox clergy in Asian-Pacific region
  19.12.2009 01:39 ·
  

  Participating in the meeting, which took place at St. Nicholas’s Church in Bangkok, were clergy in charge of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in China, Thailand, Mongolia, Indonesia, Singapore and other countries of the region.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion arrives in Thailand
  18.12.2009 13:00 ·
  

  On 18 December 2009, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, arrived in Bangkok with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to take part in the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Thailand.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulates Primate of the Orthodox Church of Finland on the eighth anniversary of his enthronement
  18.12.2009 12:50 ·
  

  Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations, sent the following greetings to Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland with the anniversary of

  
  
• Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission completes its work
  17.12.2009 15:03 ·
  

  The Commission, whose task is to elaborate the agenda of a Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, continued to consider the problem of autocephaly and ways of declaring it – the discussion which began in 1993, and prepared proposals on autonomy and ways of declaring it.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk congratulates Metropolitan Emmanuel of France on his election as President of the Conference of European Churches
  17.12.2009 11:32 · , Conference of European Churches
  

  The Central Committee of the Conference of European Church (CEC) at its session on December 16, 2009, elected Metropolitan Emmanuel of France (Patriarchate of Constantinople) as new President of the CEC.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion visits Russian Diplomatic Mission in Geneva
  15.12.2009 23:21 ·
  

  Archbishop Hilarion and members of the delegation had a talk with the permanent Russian representative Ambassador Valery Loshcinin. They discussed cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the dialogue with world community on the meaning of traditional values in the life of the people and the problems of social morals and spiritual component in international relations.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Liturgy at the cathedral of the Russian Church Outside Russia in Geneva
  15.12.2009 11:40 ·
  

  Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who are in Switzerland for a meeting of the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission for a Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on December 13, 2009, the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Elevation of the Honorable and Life-giving Cross in Geneva.

  
  
• Archbishop Hilarion’s answers questions from Der Spiegel
  14.12.2009 17:04 · , Chairman's Interview, Protestant churches, Roman Catholic Church
  

  Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from Der Spiegel magazine. Below is the text of the talk His Eminence Hilarion