Inter-Orthodox relations
- His Beatitude visits the Laura of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius
11.05.2011 13:22 ·On 11 May 2011, Metropolitan Christopher the Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, visited the Laura of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius. He venerated the relics of St. Sergius and met with his confessor, archimandrite Naum (Baiborodin).
- Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia arrives in Moscow
11.05.2011 11:15 ·
On 10 May 2011, His Beatitude Metropolitan Christopher of the Czech Lands and Slovakia arrived in Moscow from Kazakhstan. He is accompanied by Bishop Tichon of Komárno, a vicar of the Diocese of Prešov, and the Very Rev. Aleksiy Yuschenko, rector of the Moscow Metochion of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
- Relics of Protomartyr Anastasia the Breaker of Chains met in Kiev
10.05.2011 12:43 ·
St. Anastasia’s relics were brought with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and on the request of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine.
- Primate of the Church of Czech Land and Slovakia leads Sunday service at the Alma-Ata Cathedral
09.05.2011 16:40 ·
His Beatitude Christopher, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy on May 8, the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, at the Cathedral of the Ascension in Alma-Ata. He had arrived in the capital of Kazakhstan on May 7.
- Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine makes pilgrimage to Holy Land
11.04.2011 11:23 ·
(Russian) 5-9 апреля 2011 года состоялась паломническая поездка Предстоятеля Украинской Православной Церкви к святыням библейского региона.
- Metropolitan Hilarion completes his visit to Greece
10.04.2011 23:33 ·
On 10 April 2011, His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attended a concert of Russian religious music at the Palace of Music in the capital of Greece.
- Greek edition of Metropolitan Hilarion’s book “The Mystery of Faith” is presented in Athens
10.04.2011 22:12 ·
On 10 April 2011, the Greek edition of “The Mystery of Faith” by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk was presented at the Palace of Music in the capital of Greece.
- Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Panteleimon in Athens
10.04.2011 19:25 ·
On 10 April 2011, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), officiated at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Panteleimon, the Great Martyr and Healer, in Athens.
- His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece meets with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk
10.04.2011 14:05 ·
On 9 April 2011, His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece met with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), who arrived on a visit to Greece with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono
06.04.2011 18:26 ·
On 6 April 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H. E. Masaharu Kono, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Russia.
- Metropolitan Hilarion: Russian and Serbian people are tied by Orthodox faith
05.04.2011 21:23 ·
On April 5, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Radio Russia correspondent T. Blokhin, who asked the metropolitan to tell the listeners of the Radio Russia Serbian Service about his visit to Belgrade.
- DECR chairman meets with ambassadors of Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Morocco, Switzerland and Tunisia
03.04.2011 20:36 ·
On April 3, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, visited the Church of Antioch representation in Moscow, on an invitation of Archbishop Niphon of Philippopolis, representative of the Patriarch of Great Antioch and all the East to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. There was a dinner at the parish house together with diplomats accredited in the Russian Federation.
- Metropolitan Hilarion: Life is given for us to exercise in virtue
03.04.2011 15:38 ·
On April 3, the Fourth Sunday of Lent when the memory of St. John Climacus is celebrated, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted in Moscow.
- DECR chairman visits Cathedral of St. Sava in Belgrade
01.04.2011 11:15 ·
On 31 March 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchates’ Department for External Church Relations, currently in Serbia, visited the Cathedral of St. Sava, Archbishop of Serbia. The Cathedral is being constructed at the site where the Ottoman Turks burned the relics of the saint in 1594.
- DECR chairman meets Serbian President Boris Tadić
01.04.2011 11:11 ·
The head of Serbia expressed his gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church for support it has always given to the people of Serbia and the Serbian Orthodox Church, first of all in connection with the problem of Kosovo and Metochia.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia
31.03.2011 20:14 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion conveyed greetings from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Primate of the Serbian Church.
- Metropolitan Hilarion begins his visit to Serbia
31.03.2011 20:02 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion and his suite proceeded from the airport to the premises of the Serbian Patriarchate to meet His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia.
- Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy in Fribourg
28.03.2011 07:55 ·
On 27 March 2011, the Sunday of the Adoration of the Cross, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Fribourg, Switzerland. The service took place at the parish of the Romanian Orthodox Church, in a chapel provided by the Albertinum Dominican community.
- Patriarch Irinej bestows upon Prime Minister Putin the highest award of Serbian Orthodox Church
24.03.2011 16:44 ·
During his working visit to Serbia, Prime Minister Putin visited the church of St. Sava in Belgrade on 23 March 2011. His arrival at this largest church in Serbia was announced by the ringing of bells.
- Metropolitan Hilarion: I am confident that preparations for the Pan-Orthodox Council will continue in the near future
23.03.2011 23:04 ·
The Commission’ meetings, chaired by Metropolitan John of Pergamon from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, took place on 21-27 February 2011.
