Συνάντηση Μητροπολίτη Βολοκολάμσκ Ιλαρίωνα με Πατριάρχη Αιθιοπίας Abuna Παύλο
Επίσκεψη εργασίας του Μητροπολίτη Ιλαρίωνα στην Αἰθιοπία
DECR chairman meets with Serbian delegation
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.
Inter-Council Presence’s commission on attitude to non-Orthodoxy and other religions meets at DECR
The Inter-Council Presence’s commission on attitude to non-Orthodoxy and other religions met at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations on 2 September 2011. The meeting was chaired by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.
The commission discussed a draft document on mixed marriages prepared by a working group set up at the previous meeting. The draft will be finished with the comments taken into consideration and submitted to discussion.
Russian soldiers who fought for the liberation of Bulgaria are commemorated on Shipka Pass
On 30 August 2011, the commemoration day of the Holy and Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky, Metropolitan Galaktion of Stara Zagora invited hegumen Filipp (Vasiltsev), rector of the St. Nicholas metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia, to take part in divine service at the Church of the Nativity of Christ on the Shipka Pass.
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas
On 29 August 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the president of the Palestinian National Authority Mr. Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.
In a cordial friendly talk they discussed cooperation of the Russian Orthodox Church with the Palestinian National Authority, the situation in the Middle East, and the situation of Christians in the region.
Metropolitan Hilarion continues his pilgrimage to the Holy Land
On 26 August 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), visited Galilee. He was accompanied by the members of the delegation and by hegumen Feofan (Lukianov), deputy head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission. On the way from Jerusalem, the group saw the ruins of the ancient Emmaus, where the holy apostles Luke and Cleopas met with the risen Christ.
The upcoming meeting of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Pope of Rome Benedict XVI will promote the dialog between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church, acting secretary of the External Church Relations Department Priest Dmitry Sizonenko told
The upcoming meeting of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Pope of Rome Benedict XVI will promote the dialog between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church, acting secretary of the External Church Relations Department Priest Dmitry Sizonenko told Interfax-Religion on Monday. "Full-value diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Holy See gave a fresh impetus to the constructive relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican," he said.
First session-2011 of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church takes place under chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
On 31 January 2011, the first in 2011 session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took place at the Patriarch’s working residence, Chisty side street.
Letter to the Embassy of Chile in Athens
To Her Excellency Ambassador of the Republic of Chile Carmen Ibáñez.
Your Excellency, With deep emotion and joy, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece at the meeting of October 14, 2010, was informed about the lifting of all the trapped miners from the mine of San Jose in Atacama desert, whose long ordeal we have been watching this past few weeks, praying with agony and compassion, and we rejoiced upon the successful rescue operation.
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