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Tripartite meeting held by religious leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia

13 October 2021 year

Tripartite meeting held by religious leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia

Holy Synod expresses judgement about the visit of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to Kiev

24 September 2021 year

Holy Synod expresses judgement about the visit of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to Kiev

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill opens conference on primacy and conciliarity in Orthodoxy

16 September 2021 year

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill opens conference on primacy and conciliarity in Orthodoxy

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High state awards are conferred on DECR staff members by President of Russia’s decree

16 October 2021 year 14:55

High state awards are conferred on DECR staff members by President of Russia’s decree

By President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin’s Decree No. 590 of October 14, high state awards are conferred on staff members of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Tripartite meeting held by religious leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia

13 October 2021 year 15:27

Tripartite meeting held by religious leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia

On October 13, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Sheikh ul-Islam Allakhshuqur Pashazade, Chairman of the Muslim Board of the Caucasus, and Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in the St. Daniel monastery in Moscow.

Patriarch-Catholicos Karekin II arrives in Moscow at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

11 October 2021 year 22:23

Patriarch-Catholicos Karekin II arrives in Moscow at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

On October 11, the Supreme Patriarch-Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians came to visit Moscow at the invitation of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

The head of the Muslim Board of the Caucasus arrives in Moscow at the invitation of Patriarch Kirill

11 October 2021 year 21:15

The head of the Muslim Board of the Caucasus arrives in Moscow at the invitation of Patriarch Kirill

On October 11, the Chairman of the Muslim Board of the Caucasus Sheikh-ul-Islam Allakhshuqur Pasha-zade came to visit Moscow at the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

7 October 2021 year 17:03

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

On October 6, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, at the congregation’s building.

DECR chairman meets with Pope Francis of Rome

6 October 2021 year 12:28

DECR chairman meets with Pope Francis of Rome

On October 6, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with Pope Francis of Rome at the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends interreligious meeting on Religion and Education

6 October 2021 year 11:24

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk attends interreligious meeting on Religion and Education

On October 5, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, took part in the interreligious meeting on Religion and Education, which took place in the Vatican.

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Interreligious Council in Russia has issued a statement on inadmissibility of state registration as trademark designations reproducing religious symbols

19 October 2021 year 12:35

Interreligious Council in Russia has issued a statement on inadmissibility of state registration as trademark designations reproducing religious symbols
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The statement of the Interreligious Council in Russia, negotiated online with members of its Presidium, appeals not to use sacred symbols, images and names of saints on the labels of commercial products primarily alcoholic ones.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill's congratulations to the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on his namesake day

9 October 2021 year 12:00

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill's congratulations to the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on his namesake day
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada on his namesake day.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: To reveal Christ to people is our most important missionary task

8 October 2021 year 12:27

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: To reveal Christ to people is our most important missionary task
[Interview]

Interview of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate to Italian Corriere della Sera daily.

Presentation of the DECR Chairman at the interreligious meeting on Religion and Education

6 October 2021 year 11:42

Presentation of the DECR Chairman at the interreligious meeting on Religion and Education
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With a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, took part in the interreligious meeting on Religion and Education, which took place in the Vatican.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: The Churches are seeking unity on the issue of climate change

5 October 2021 year 10:52

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: The Churches are seeking unity on the issue of climate change
[Interview]

The “Faith and Science: Towards Cop26” meeting on climate change and attended by representatives of the world’s religions, scientists and experts, took place in the Vatican on 4th October 2021. Participating was the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate the metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion.

Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the death of people as a result of fire at a hospital in Constanța (Romania)

4 October 2021 year 18:38

Condolences of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on the death of people as a result of fire at a hospital in Constanța (Romania)
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania in connection with the fire that claimed the lives of patients of the hospital in Constanța.

Congratulations from Patriarch Kirill to Patriarch Daniel of Romania on anniversary of his enthronement

30 September 2021 year 10:00

Congratulations from Patriarch Kirill to Patriarch Daniel of Romania on anniversary of his enthronement
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His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, on the anniversary of this enthronement.

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Прп. Пелагии (457).

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