Inter-Orthodox relations
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk participates in nocturnal liturgy at the Lord’s Sepulcher
26.08.2011 12:04 ·
Prayers were lifted up in Greek, Church Slavonic and Arabic.
- Metropolitan Hilarion visits Russian Ecclesiastical Mission and holy places in Jerusalem
25.08.2011 22:33 ·
On August 25, 2011, after his meeting with Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, proceeded to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem
25.08.2011 22:31 ·
On August 25, 2011, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, received Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who came to the Holy Land for a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
- Metropolitan Hilarion concelebrates with Patriarch Bartholomew in Gökçeada (Imbros) Island
25.08.2011 12:30 ·
Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Assumption at His Holiness’s native village of Holy Theodore.
- Metropolitan Hilarion continues his stay at the Island of Gökçeada (Imbros)
24.08.2011 12:39 ·
On August 22, His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visited Patriarch Bartholomew’s native village of Holy Theodore.
- Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church receives a delegation of Kazakhstan Metropolis
23.08.2011 09:36 ·
Metropolitan Alexander told him about the Kazakhstan delegation’s participation in the celebration in the Metropolia of Varna and informed His Holiness about the situation of Orthodoxy in Kazakhstan and the establishment of the Metropolia of Kazakhstan as a new canonical structure of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on a visit to Patriarchate of Constantinople
21.08.2011 19:28 ·
On August 20, 20011, DECR chairman met with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
- Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Ignatios of Antioch
20.08.2011 18:48 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion pointed to a deep concern of the Russian Orthodox Church for the situation of Christians in some Middle East countries, which tends to deteriorate because of the political instability in the region.
- The Day of the Assumption declared a holiday in Bulgaria’s Varna
17.08.2011 12:22 ·
The festive liturgy at the Cathedral of the Assumption was celebrated by Metropolitan Kirill of Varna and Veliki Preslav. His concelebrants were Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan and clergy of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
- DECR vice-chairman Archpriest Nikolay Balashov meets with Palestinian ambassador to Russia, Mr. Faed Mustafa
15.08.2011 16:21 ·They discussed problems concerning the situation of Christians in the Middle East, development of pilgrimage to the Holy Land and prospects for strengthening religious and cultural cooperation between the peoples of Rus’ and Palestine.
- Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch receives representative of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in Damascus
15.08.2011 14:29 ·During their meeting, which took place at the residence of Patriarchs of Antioch in Damascus, they also discussed problems involved in inter-Orthodox interaction in the region.
- Russian Orthodox Church delegation participates in patronal feast of Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos
10.08.2011 10:52 ·
On August 9, a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church visited the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos for the celebrations honouring the Holy Protomartyr and Healer Panteleimon, the patron saint of the monastery.
- Statement by DECR Communication Service on the desecration of an Orthodox church at the Kosovo village of Samodreza
04.08.2011 17:37 ·
A number of other recent incidents around the holy places of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija call in question the ability of the Kosovo police to exercise effective control over the state of the Serbian cultural heritage in the region.
- DECR chairman’s message to International Conference on Religion for People in Sofia
04.08.2011 11:47 ·DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk has sent the following message to the participants and guests of the international conference ‘Religion for People’ taking place on August 4, 2011, in Sofia, Bulgaria
- ‘Diplomacy is driven by mission’ – Metropolitan Hilarion’s interview to NG-Religii
03.08.2011 16:10 ·
DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion speaks about traditions of church diplomacy and international agenda in an interview to journalists of NG-Religii supplement to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Andrey Melnikov and Anton Kurilovich (NG-Religii, 3 August 2011).
- Haifa metochion of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission celebrates patronal feast
03.08.2011 11:10 ·
Many pilgrims attended the Liturgy that was celebrated in the Slavonic, Greek, and Arabic languages.
- Patriarch Kirill’s primatial visitation to Ukraine
29.07.2011 11:27 ·
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was on a primatial visit to Ukraine from July 26 to 28.
- Patriarch Kirill of Russia, Patriarch Iliya of Georgia and Metropolitan Vladimir of Ukraine celebrate together
28.07.2011 16:21 ·
On July 28, the commemoration day of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia and His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Kiev Laura of the Caves.
- Metropolitan Vladimir of Kishinev and All Moldova meets Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
28.07.2011 15:02 ·During his pilgrimage to Byzantine holy places in Turkey from July 10 to 17, Metropolitan Vladimir of Kishinev and All Moldova, leading a group of pilgrims from Russia, Ukraine and Moldova, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with Patriarch Bartholomew at his residence in Istanbul.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, His Holiness Patriarch Iliya, and His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir celebrate prayer service at the monument to the Baptizer of Russia
27.07.2011 15:00 ·
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Ukrainian Prime Minister N. Azarov at the Dormition Laura of the Caves in Kiev in the morning of July 27, 2011. After the meeting, Patriarch Kirill proceeded to Vladimir’s Hill.
