The Far Abroad
- Russia’s Audit Chamber chairman S. Stepashin visits Holy Land
19.10.2010 15:24 ·
A Russian Federation delegation led by Mr. S. Stepashin, head of the Audit Chamber and chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society (IOPS), began their visit to the Holy Land on October 12, 2010, on the occasion of the 10000th anniversary of the founding of Jerico.
- Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Germany
13.10.2010 16:12 ·
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Christian Wulff, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, on October 13, 2010, at his resident in Chisty Pereulok.
- International contest for best design of Russian Orthodox Religious and Cultural Center announced in Paris
01.10.2010 12:46 ·The jury chaired by the head of the Presidential Business Management Department, V. Kozhin, approved in France the terms of an architectural contest for the best design of the Russian Orthodox Religious and Cultural Center in Paris, the Interfax-Religion website has reported on October 1, 2010.
- Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to President of Germany Christian Wolff
29.09.2010 17:15 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory message to President of Germany Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of German Reunification.
- Patriarch Kirill’s congratulatory message to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of German Reunification
29.09.2010 17:15 ·His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following congratulatory message to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of German Reunification
- Patriarch Kirill meets with UNESCO director general Irina Bokova
28.09.2010 20:03 ·
On September 28, 2010, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with UNESCO director general Irina Bokova at his residence in Chisty Pereulok, Moscow.
- A book on Orthodoxy in China has come out
28.09.2010 10:30 ·
A unique book entitled ‘Orthodoxy in China’ has come out. It describes the birth and development of the Orthodox culture in the Celestial Empire.
- Inter-Christian conference on Christian unity held in Canada
27.09.2010 15:38 ·
This year the participants discussed the theme ‘New and Renewed Strategies for the Ecumenical Mission’.
- Celebrations held in Switzerland to mark the anniversary of Suvorov’s army’s march in the Alps
27.09.2010 13:25 ·
The memorial is erected to honour the memory of Russian soldiers who fell in action during a march through the Alps in 1799.
- DECR chairman celebrates Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas’s in Vienna
21.09.2010 18:39 ·
On the same day, Metropolitan Hilarion took part in a meeting of Orthodox participants in the Joint Commission for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue.
- Archbishop Justinian leads traditional meeting of clergy and laity of Patriarchal Parishes in USA
20.09.2010 16:03 ·
Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, visited on September 18 the Patriarchal estate in Pine Bush near New York for a traditional meeting of the clergy and laity of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits Budapest
20.09.2010 10:08 ·
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, has been on a brief working visit to Budapest on September 19-20, 2010.
- DECR chairman and Archbishop of Canterbury meet at Lambeth Palace
10.09.2010 12:58 ·
On September 9, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, the official residence of the primate of the Church of England.
- DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk begins his visit to Great Britain
10.09.2010 10:32 ·
On September 9, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relation, met with the deputy director of the UN Drug and Crime Office, Mr. Yuri Fedotov, at the Russian embassy in London.
- Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with President of Ireland H.E. Mary McAleese
09.09.2010 07:10 ·
On 8 September 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of the Republic of Ireland, Her Excellency Mary McAleese. The meeting took place at the Patriarch’s working residence on Chisty side street.
- His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Juan Eduardo Eguiguren, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Chile to the Russian Federation
06.09.2010 18:55 ·
On 6 September 2010, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church received Juan Eduardo Eguiguren Guzmán, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Chile to the Russian Federation.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with head of Greek Archdiocese in America
31.08.2010 10:55 ·On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, visited the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America to hold a working meeting with Archbishop Demetrios of America.
- DECR chairman meets with head of the Russian Church Outside Russia in New York
31.08.2010 10:22 ·On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, visited the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia to hold a working meeting with the chairman of the ROCOR Bishops’ Synod, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York.
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits chancellery of Orthodox Church in America
31.08.2010 10:00 ·On August 30, 2010, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA on a working visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada, visited the chancellery of the Orthodox Church in America in Syosset near New York.
- DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion begins his working visit to the USA
30.08.2010 12:14 ·On 28 August 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived on a short working visit to the USA with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada.
