DECR Chairman
- Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Lebanon
15.11.2011 02:50 ·
On November 14, 2011, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with President of the Republic of Lebanon, Gen. Michel Suleiman, in Beirut.
- Patriarch Kirill celebrates thanksgiving at St. George’s in Beirut
14.11.2011 23:53 ·
On November 14, 2011, in the course of his official visit to the Patriarchate of Antioch, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited St. George’s Cathedral in Beirut. There was a multitude of the faithful – Orthodox Arabs and people from the Russian diaspora in Lebanon.
- Patriarch Kirill arrives in Lebanon
14.11.2011 16:19 ·On November 13, 2011, in the course of his official visit to the Orthodox Church of Antioch, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Lebanon from Syria.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad
14.11.2011 12:28 ·
President al-Assad greeted His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, reminded all those present that it was from Damascus that Christianity began to spread all over the through the labours of St. Paul, and said: ‘Syria gives a wonderful example of peaceful coexistence of various religious communities consisting of people of different nationalities.”
- Primates of the Antiochian and Russian Orthodox Churches celebrate at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Damascus
13.11.2011 22:30 ·
On 13 November 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius of Antioch and All the East officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Assumption in the capital of Syria. The service was celebrated in the Arabic and Church Slavonic languages.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with Prime Minister of Syria Adel Safar
13.11.2011 20:15 ·
On 12 November 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H. E. Adel Safar, head of the government of the Syrian Arab Republic, at his residence.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with compatriots in Damascus
13.11.2011 16:47 ·
On 12 November 2011, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church concluded the first day of his visit to the Patriarchate of Antioch with a visit to the Church of St. Ignatius the God-Bearer in Damascus – the Representation of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of the Great City of Antioch and All the East.
- DECR chairman receives abbot of Athonite monastery
11.11.2011 13:42 ·
On November 11, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with the abbot of St. Paul’s Monastery on Mount Athos, Archimandrite Parthenios (Mourelatos). The guest was accompanied by brethren of the monastery and members of it spiritual council.
- Photo exhibition dedicated to the 65th birthday of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill opens in Moscow
10.11.2011 01:39 ·
“Dialogue: Church, Society, State” photo exhibition opened at the Gallery of Classical Photography in Moscow on 9 November 2011. The viewers can be introduced to the primatial ministry of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia by looking at 150 photos presented by the press office of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the photobank of RIA ‘Novosti’.
- Patriarch Kirill meets with the leaders of St. Gregory the Theologian Charity Foundation
10.11.2011 00:19 ·
On November 9, 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the leaders of the St. Gregory the Theologian Charity Foundation at the patriarchal working residence in Chisty Pereulok.
- Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in closing of the 8th International Film Festival ‘Radiant Angel’
09.11.2011 13:22 ·
The closing ceremony of the 8th International Charitable Film Festival ‘Radiant Angel’ took place on November 8, 2011, in Moscow. The ceremony was opened by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations and rector of the Sts Cyril and Methodius Post-Graduate and Doctoral School.
- Meeting of the Inter-Council Presence’s commission on attitude to non-Orthodoxy and other religions
08.11.2011 19:02 ·
The Inter-Council Presence’s commission on attitude to non-Orthodoxy and other religions met on November 8, 2011, at the Department for External Church Relations, It was chaired by the DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.
- DECR chairman takes part in International Symposium on Ethical Aspects of Banking and social role of the banks: Russian and Italian experience
07.11.2011 21:11 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk presented a report on Spiritual and Moral Aspects of Current Economic Crisis.
- Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordynka
06.11.2011 15:20 ·
During the liturgy Patriarch Kirill led the bishops in consecrating Archimandrite Guriy (Fedorov) as Bishop Aresenyev and Dalnegorsk.
- Metropolitan Hilarion concludes his trip to Tatarstan with visit to Kazan Seminary
05.11.2011 18:49 ·
He inspected the Church Art Room with its collection of unique icons, canvasses, sculptures, books, gravures and other pieces of art.
- DECR chairman visits Russian Islamic Institute in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan
05.11.2011 17:36 ·
On November 4, during his visit to the diocese of Kazan and Tatarstan, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visited the Russian Islamic Institute.
- Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates at the place where miracle-working Icon of Our Lady of Kazan was found
04.11.2011 13:43 ·
On November 3, 2011, the eve of the Day of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, officiated at All-Night Vigil at the Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan, which was built at the place where the miracle-working icon was found in the 16th century.
- DECR chairman met with Mufti of Tatarstan
04.11.2011 10:09 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion was taken on a tour of the mosque and the Museum of the History of Islam in Tatarstan located in the crypt of the mosque.
- Metropolitan Hilarion meets with President of Tatarstan
04.11.2011 09:45 ·
They met at the presidential office in the Kazan Kremlin.
- Inter-Orthodox Cooperation in the Preparations for a Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church
03.11.2011 12:12 ·
Metropolitan HILARION of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations Moscow Patriarchate, Rector of the Church Post-Graduate and Doctoral School
