Inter-Orthodox relations
- Ethics as politics
20.11.2009 17:52 · , Chairman's InterviewInterview given by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, to the December issue of Russkiy mir.
- Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church takes part in burial service for Patriarch Paul of Serbia
19.11.2009 23:50 ·Along with the episcopate and clergy of the Serbian Church, the burial service was attended by delegations from Local Orthodox Churches led by patriarchs and prominent hierarchs. The delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church was led by Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch for all Belarus.
- Metropolitan Christopher of the Czech Lands and Slovakia arrives in Moscow
17.11.2009 22:19 ·An official delegation of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia arrived in Moscow on 17 November 2009 for the celebrations devoted to the 10th anniversary of this Church’s Moscow Representation, at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
- An international conference on Patriarchal Visit to Ukraine: Responding to Challenges of Time to take place in Kiev
17.11.2009 12:58 ·With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine, an international conference on the Patriarchal Visit to Ukraine: Responding to Challenges of Time will take place on 19-20 November 2009 in Kiev. Among its participants are hierarchs, priests, pubic leaders and scholars from Ukraine, Russia and other countries.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sends his condolences over the demise of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
16.11.2009 18:51 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences over the demise of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia. Patriarch Kirill’s message to Archbishop of Tsetin and
- Archbishop Hilarion’s condolences over the demise of the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church
16.11.2009 18:50 ·The Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk sent his condolences over the demise of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia to Archbishop
- His Holiness Patriarch Paul of Serbia passed away in the Lord
15.11.2009 14:44 ·The Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Paul, 96, died on 15 November 2009 in Belgrade.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church greets the representative of Patriarch of the Great Antioch and All the East with his elevation to the rank of archbishop
13.11.2009 13:00 ·The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sent greetings to the representative of the Patriarch of the Great Antioch and All the East at the Patriarch of Moscow and All
- DECR chairman explains to foreign journalists the church situation in Ukraine and Belarus and answers questions about inter-Orthodox relations
12.11.2009 22:13 ·‘We never refer to two patriarchates in Ukraine – those of Moscow and Kiev. We maintain that there is one canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine and also a group that has arbitrarily and illegally named itself as ‘patriarchate’.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Iliya II
07.11.2009 07:24 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, on his one-day visit to Azerbaijan, met with His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Iliya II at the “Gulistan” Palace in Baku.
- Patriarch Kirill congratulates Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania on his 80th birthday
04.11.2009 13:37 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following congratulatory message to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania on the occasion of his 80th birthday:
- Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to the Primate of the Church of Constantinople
02.11.2009 17:15 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory message to His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of
- Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations meets with officials of the UN Mission in Kosovo
02.11.2009 14:39 ·In conclusion of his visit to Kosovo and Metochia, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, met on 30 October 2009 with Mr. Jolyon Negele, director of the political relations department of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and Mr. M. Krasnoschekov, a staff member of the department from the Russian Federation.
- Archbishop Hilarion visits the Patriarchate of Pec
02.11.2009 14:25 ·Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, on a visit to Kosovo and Methochia at the invitation of Bishop Artemije of Rasko-Prizren and Kosovo-Metochia, visited the convent compound ‘The Patriarchate of Pec’ 30 October 2009.
- Representative of the Moscow Patriarchate in the USA meets with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
02.11.2009 13:32 ·On 27 October 2009, the acting representative of the Moscow Patriarchate in the USA archpriest Alexander Abramov took part in the meeting of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople with the hierarchs of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA).
- Archbishop Hilarion meets with Russian and Greek diplomats at the Gracanica Monastery
30.10.2009 22:51 ·The participants discussed the political situation in Kosovo and Metochia, the situation of the Serbs and the Serbian Orthodox Church, and the problem of preserving spiritual and cultural heritage of this ancient Orthodox land in Europe.
- Archbishop Hilarion visits defiled and destroyed churches in Kosovo and Metochia
30.10.2009 22:37 ·The hierarchs visited the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God under restoration. After seeing a construction site, Archbishop Hilarion talked with four Serbian women. They are Orthodox Christians, the last innates of the once Serbian town, who live on the church adjacent territory being protected by a policeman.
- Archbishop Hilarion visits the Visoki Decani Monastery
30.10.2009 22:20 ·On 29 October 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, on a visit to Kosovo and Metochia at the invitation of Bishop Artemije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metochia, visited the old Visoki Decani Monastery.
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the 95th birthday of its primate
30.10.2009 13:22 ·On his birthday, October 29, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria consecrated a new church dedicated to St. Marina.
- Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk begins his visit to Kosovo and Metochia
28.10.2009 17:00 ·On 27 October 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk arrived in Kosovo and Metochia at the invitation of the Raska-Prizren diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
