DECR Chairman
- Metropolitan Hilarion visits Community of St. Egidio
28.09.2011 23:30 ·
On September 28, 2011, in the course of his working visit to Italy, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, visited the Community of St. Egidio, an international charitable and peacemaking organization.
- Metropolitan Hilarion’s working meeting with president of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
28.09.2011 22:47 ·
On September 28, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, had a working meeting in Rome with Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
- Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at Catacombs of St. Priscilla in Rome
28.09.2011 22:26 ·
On September 28, 2011, the commemoration day of the Holy Protomartyr Nicetas, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Catacombs of St. Priscilla in Rome. The service was organized with the support of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
- Metropolitan Hilarion begins a working visit to Italy
28.09.2011 02:27 ·
In the evening of September 27, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, arrived in Rome for an official visit, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
- Rector of Post-Graduate School interviews applicants for candidate and doctoral programs
22.09.2011 15:14 ·
On September 22, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, in his capacity of rector of the Sts Cyril and Methodius Church Post-Graduate and Doctoral School, interviewed applicants for the candidate and doctoral programs.
- Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russian Minister of Culture A. Avdeyev
21.09.2011 23:31 ·
On September 20, 2011, the DECR chairman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met with Mr. A. Avdeyev, Russian Federation Minister of Culture, at the ministry’s mansion.
- Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates at Moscow representation of Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church
21.09.2011 21:09 ·
On September 21, 2011, the Nativity of Our Lady, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas’s church of the Nativity of Our Lady at Golutvin, which is the Moscow representation of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church, called Chinese Patriarchal Metochion.
- Russian Orthodox Church Inter-Council Presence’s commission for opposing and overcoming church schisms meets in Kiev
20.09.2011 10:08 ·
The ROC Inter-Council Presence’s commission for opposing and overcoming church schisms met for a regular session on September 19, 2011, at the Kiev Laura of the Caves.
- Metropolitan Hilarion concludes his visit to Ethiopia
17.09.2011 11:41 ·
On September 15, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, visited the town of Lalibela in northern Ethiopia to see the Ethiopian churches and monasteries there.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Patriarch Abuna Paul of Ethiopia
15.09.2011 08:55 ·
On September 14, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with Patriarch Abuna Paul of Ethiopia.
- Metropolitan Hilarion takes part in WCC Executive Committee meeting
14.09.2011 20:15 ·
On September 14, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, attended a regular session of the World Council of Church’s Executive Committee, which takes place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Metropolitan Hilarion begins working visit to Ethiopia
14.09.2011 10:19 ·
On September 12, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relation, arrived in the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
- Metropolitan Hilarion sends Happy Birthday message to Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein
13.09.2011 17:41 ·Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, has sent the following Happy Birthday message to Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein, a prominent leader of the Russian diaspora and the oldest layman of the Diocese of Chersonese, on the occasion of his 99th birthday
- Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at OSCE meeting on Christianophobia
12.09.2011 21:44 ·
The high-level meeting on Preventing and Responding to Hate Incidents and Crimes against Christians took place on September 12, 2011, in Rome. It has become one of the first issue events to be held by the OSCE on the problem of Christanophobia.
- Speech by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department of External Church Relations at the OSCE high- level meeting ‘Preventing and Responding to Hate Incidents and Crimes against Christians’ (Rome, Italy, 12 September 2011)
12.09.2011 21:43 ·(Russian) Открывшаяся 12 сентября в столице Италии встреча высокого уровня стала одним из первых тематических мероприятий ОБСЕ по проблеме христианофобии.
- Metropolitan Hilarion briefs journalists on prospects for convening Pan-Orthodox Council
09.09.2011 19:43 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, gave on September 9, 2011, a multi-media press conference on ‘Prospects for Convening a Pan-Orthodox Council’, at the Russian international information agency RIA Novosti in Moscow.
- DECR chairman meets with Serbian delegation
08.09.2011 18:51 ·
On 8 September 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with a Serbian delegation that has arrived for consultations on the project of decoration of the Cathedral of St. Sava in Belgrade.
- Metropolitan Hilarion: Recommendations on general Orthodox themes made by some Churches cannot be binding upon the others
08.09.2011 14:36 ·
The Primates and hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem and the Church of Cyprus met in Istanbul on 1-3 September 2011. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) commented on the meeting results in his interview to ‘Izvestia’ newspaper. The interview was published on 7 September 2011.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Ambassador of Estonia to Russia
06.09.2011 17:58 ·
Plans of cultural cooperation and exchange were also discussed.
- Organizing Committee for Days of Russia in foreign countries holds its session at the DECR
06.09.2011 17:57 ·
The participants approved the draft rules for the Organizing Committee for Days of Russia in foreign countries to include activities of a spiritual nature and considered other substantial points.
