| Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Syrian delegation led by Supreme Mufti of Syria September 7, 2012 On September 6, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, received a delegation of religious leaders from the Syrian Arab Republic. It included Sheikh Ahmed Badreddin Hassoun, Supreme Mufti of Syria, and Bishop Luke of Seidnaya (Orthodox Church of Antioch). They were accompanied by Syria’a Ambassador to Moscow Dr. Riad Haddad, and Mufti Farid Salman Khaidarov, chairman of the Council of Ulamas of the Russian Association of Islamic Accord (All-Russia’s Muftiate). The DECR was represented by Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev secretary for the far abroad, and Deacon Dimitry Safonov of the DECR secretariat for the far abroad. Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed the guests and conveyed them a greeting from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Addressing the guests, His Eminence stressed that there were people of various religions living in Syria. Until recently, this country showed to the world an example of interreligious harmony, but at present it has plunged into an inter-community and interreligious conflict. He emphasized that terrorism was a common threat for our two countries. Metropolitan Hilarion expressed special concern for the continued violence in Syria where it has already victimized scores of thousands of people. Extremists have destroyed churches and Christian institutions and eliminated shrines significant for the whole Christendom. The Supreme Mufti of Syria noted that his visit was an expression of gratitude for the visit His Holiness Patriarch Kirill made to Syria and for the position Russia has taken with regard to Syria and her people. Bishop Luke spoke about the suffering the Orthodox Christians had to endure in the bloody war but their refusal to leave the country. In conclusion, Metropolitan Hilarion assured his guests that the Russian Orthodox Church would do all that is possible for her to relieve the situation of Syria’s Christian population and to help the sister Church, which is the Patriarch of Antioch. DECR Communication Service 8 сентября 2012 г. ... Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: the Church and traditional confessions have done everything possible to appease the situation in Kazakhstan 16 January 2022 year 12:53 “The Russian Orthodox Church is very much perturbed by what happened in the New Year days in Kazakhstan”, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the DECR head, said during the Church and the World program on Rossia 24 channel. Patriarch Kirill made a special appeal and lifted up a special prayer for peace in Kazakhstan; the people of Kazakhstan were also addressed by Metropolitan Alexander, head of the Metropolis of Kazakhstan, and the Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan. “On the part of the Church and traditional religious confession everything possible was made to appease the situation, to reconcile people”. Metropolitan Hilarion stressed. According to the DECR chairman, “In our time such mass disorders usually do not begin without instigation from outside, including from abroad”. “As Russian ambassador in the USA Anatoly Antonov noted, it is quite probable that it is interdepended: the events in the Middle East and the grown of terrorism observed in various countries, including Afghanistan. All this cannot but tells upon the situations in adjacent states”. Metropolitan Hilarion said adding that the Kazakhstan authorities are to carry out a very serious investigation, the results of which will make it clear what stood behind the January events in the republic. The protest actions began in Kazakhstan on January 2 amid a double-digit increase in the prices for liquefied petroleum gas used by many people of the republic to refuel their cars. The protests grew into disorders as marauders and radicals became active. The country authorities introduced the state of emergency until January 19 and later appealed for help to the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which sent peacemakers to Kazakhstan. On January 13, after the situation stabilized, it was announced that the SCTO mission was successfully completed and the military would return stage by stage to their permanent places of deployment. According to the latest information, during the disorders in Kazakhstan 225 people, among them 19 law-enforcement military, were killed. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Stefan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia 11 January 2023 year 20:11 On January 11, 2023, the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Macedonia - the Archdiocese of Ohrid, His Beatitude Stefan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, received in his residence in Skopje Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, who came to Northern Macedonia for a working visit with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Participating in the meeting were also members of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Macedonia - Diocese of Ohrid, including Metropolitan Peter of the Prespansko-Paelagoniska Diocese; Metropolitan Timothy of the Debarsko-Kicevski Diocese; Bishop Clement of Herakles, the Archdiocese of Ohrid. There were also Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, adviser to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia; Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR Vice-Chairman; Archimandrite Vassian (Zmeyev), rector of the Sofia Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church; and Rev. Alexander Yershov, assistant to the DECR Chairman - the party accompanying Metropolitan Anthony during his trip, as well as S. A. Bazdnikin, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Russia in Northern Macedonia. Metropolitan Anthony conveyed to His Beatitude Stefan a greeting and best regards from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill who once again congratulated the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Macedonia - the Archdiocese of Ohrid on the granting of canonical autocephaly to it. In an atmosphere of love and fraternal mutual understanding, the participants in the meeting exchanged opinions on the current situation in the Orthodox world community, discussed prospects for developing relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Orthodox Church of Macedonia - the Archdiocese of Ohrid and other topics of mutual concern. In conclusion of the talk the sides exchanged tokens of the meeting. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s talk with Primate of Serbian Orthodox Church 27 April 2022 year 19:23 On April 27, 2022, a talk took place between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia through remote video communication. Participating in the talk from the Russian Orthodox Church were also Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR), and Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, DECR vice-chairman. From the Serbian Church, there also was Bishop Irinej of Baka. The Primates of the two Churches exchanged Paschal greetings and cordial acclamations of the Bright Resurrection of Christ. During a prolonged brotherly talk, they discussed the events going on in Ukraine. Special attention was given to the humanitarian situation in Donbass. Patriarch Kirill thanked the Patriarch of Serbia for the support and solidarity of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. “There is the firm belief that in this grave time the Serbian Church is with us”, His Holiness said. In particular, he noted with gratitude the church aid to refugees from Ukraine coming to the country spiritually nourished by the Patriarch of Serbia. He mentioned specially the fundraising organized in Serbian churches with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije to be them conveyed to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and her Primate, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy. In the course of the talk, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia asked his interlocutor to convey words of gratitude to President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vui for the help that the Serbian state gives to Ukrainian refugees. Importance was given in the talk to the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill informed His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije about the grave situation of the canonical Church, the oppression to which she is subjected. “I bow my head before the feat of our clergy”, he said. His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije said that the events in Ukraine directly touched his heart and the hearts of fellow-bishops and all the Orthodox Serbian people who also endured hard trials in the end of the 20th century. “We share your feelings and pray for you and ready to do all that is possible to support the Russian Orthodox Church and the faithful people in Russia and in Ukraine”, said the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He also informed Patriarch Kirill about topical events in the church life of the Patriarchate of Serbia. A discussion followed about the situation in the world Orthodoxy and in the sphere of inter-Orthodox relations. They agreed to continue brotherly communication in various formats. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America 25 October 2019 year 11:47 On 24 October 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on a working visit to the USA with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America in Syosset, NY, and met with His Beatitude Tikhon, Metropolitan of All America And Canada, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Metropolitan Hilarion venerated the shrines at St. Sergius of Radonezh chapel and was welcomed by Metropolitan Tikhon and the OCA administration staff. The DECR chairman greeted His Beatitude and his fellow workers on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and presented a panagia to His Beatitude. Taking part in the meeting of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon with Metropolitan Hilarion were OCA chancellor Archpriest Alexander Rentel, OCA director for external affairs and interchurch relations Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky, secretary to the Metropolitan Archdeacon Joseph Matusiak, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov) and Rev. Mark Rashkov of the Moscow Patriarchate representation in New York, and subdeacon Vyacheslav Li who accompanied Metropolitan Hilarion in his trip. Topical issues pertaining to the present situation in the inter-Orthodox relations as well as the development of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church in America were discussed during the talk held in a warm friendly atmosphere of mutual understanding. The sides confirmed their interest in holding events and services to mark the 225th anniversary of the Orthodox mission to North America commenced by the monks from the Valaam monastery in North America and also the 50th anniversary of the autocephaly of the OCA granted by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1970 as well as the canonization of St. Herman of Alaska. Intention was expressed to continue interchurch contacts at the high level during celebration of the 25th anniversary of the OCA Moscow Representation opened at St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church in- the-Fields in 1994. The celebration will take place on December 7, 2019. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Meeting of the Board of the Christian Inter-confessional Consultative Committee 25 November 2021 year 14:53 On November 24, 2021, the Board of the Christian Inter-confessional Consultative Committee (CICC) met at the assembly hall of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute for Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies. The Board is the governing body of the CICC functioning in periods between the CCIC plenary sessions. The meeting was attended by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and co-chairman of the CICC; Archbishop Paul Pezzi, ordinary of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow; Archbishop Dietrich Brauer, Archbishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Russia, co-chairman of the CCIC; Archpriest Gevorg Vardanian, a cleric of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s diocese of Russia and Novo-Nakhichevan; Presiding Bishop S. V. Ryakhovsky, Russian United Fellowship of Christians of the Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals); P. V. Mitskevich, chairman of the Russian Union of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists; I. I. Borichevsky, head of the Administration of the Presiding Bishop of the Russian Church of the Christians of the Evangelical Faith; O. Yu. Goncharov, first vice-chairman of the Euro-Asian Division of the General Conference of the Church of the Christians-Adventists of the Seventh-Day; Hieromonk Stephan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations and secretary of the CCIC; V. V. Ignatenkov, first vice-chairman of the Russian Church of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists; D. D. Shatrov, deputy presiding bishop of the Russian United Fellowship of Christians of the Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals); Hierodeacon Peter (Akhmatkhanov), a DECR staff member. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk made introductory remarks outlining the agenda. He was followed by the CCIC co-chairmen Archbishop Paul Pezzi and Archbishop Dietrich Brauer, who briefly greeted the gathering. Metropolitan Hilarion stressed the importance of the Joint Statement published earlier in support of Christians in Finland who are defending Christian family values. The participants discussed matters concerning the work of the CCIC in the inter-plenary period and approved the nomination made by the Board members from the Protestant Churches. E. A. Grabovenko, presiding bishop of the Russian Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith, was nominated as the CCIC co-chairman for the next period. The meeting expressed common gratitude to Archbishop Dietrich Brauer for the work he carried out as the CCIC co-chairman. After the meeting, the members of the Board took part in the presentation of the audio-Bible project, which was implemented by the Book Chamber in the Chernigov Brothers Metochion under the guidance of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 April 2024 year |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with French Ambassador to Russia 1 June 2018 year 16:17 On 1 June 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchates Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Sylvie Bermann, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Russian Federation, accompanied by two staff members of the Embassy. Metropolitan Hilarion warmly greeted the guests and at the request of Ms Bermann told them about the current situation in Ukraine and the ministry of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church which finds herself under the pressure of politicians and nationalists. He said: “We exert all possible efforts for saving the unity of our Church.” DECR chairman explained the current situation of the Russian Orthodox Church which is the Church of Russia and also of other countries on her canonical territory. He told the French Ambassador about the thirty recent years of the revival of the Church that can be seen in the restoration of the old churches and monasteries and construction of the new ones, and about the experience of spiritual care for compatriots living abroad. Another topics of the talk were a dialogue of the Russian Orthodox Church with traditional religious communities at home through the activity of the Interreligious Council of Russia and the relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, the main event having been the meeting of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill with Pope Francis in Havana in February 2016. Metropolitan Hilarion touched upon such topics as sociology of religion pertaining to the number of Orthodox Christians in Russia; the work in the sphere of catechization and religious education aimed at the increasing in the number of people with the experience of church life; as well as cooperation between the Church and the state; and the attitude of the Church to sects and destructive religious structures. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Russian Orthodox Church gives Orthodox Encyclopedia to Iranian cultural center in Moscow Moscow, September 23, 2010 On September 22, 2010, Rev. Sergiy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for far-abroad countries, and D. Safonov, a DECR staff member, met with the director of the cultural representation at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Abuzar Ebrahimi Torkaman, to present him with a set of the Orthodox Encyclopaedia volumes as a special gift from the Orthodox Encyclopaedia Center. Father Sergiy explained the purpose of this edition and the work of the academic team working on it. Dr. Ebrahimi thanked him for the gift and told his guests about the publications on the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian sights he helped to prepare. He also spoke about many-volume publication projects devoted to Islam carried out at present in Iran. They also discussed the trip a Russian Orthodox delegation is to make to Teheran in October 2010 for the 7 th sessions of the Joint Russian-Iranian Commission for Dialogue. The session will discuss the theme ‘The role of religion in the life of the individual and society’. Father Sergiy spoke of the great importance attached in the Russian Church to interreligious dialogue including the Church’s dialogue with the Islamic community of Iran, which has lasted for already 15 years now. ‘Our dialogue does not depend on political changes. It is beyond politics. It is a guarantee of its sustainability’, he said, adding that in spite of the difficulties arising from the international sanctions imposed on Iran, the respectful dialogue between religious communities in the two countries can and must develop further. Using the experience of the Orthodoxy-Islam commission, the Russian Church seeks today to conduct dialogue with traditional Muslim communities in other countries as well, in Turkey and Egypt in particular. Dr. Ebrahimi agreed with the need to continue and deepen dialogue in the joint Russian-Iranian commission and stressed its importance for the two nations. DECR Communication Service 27 сентября 2010 г. ... Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk receives Syrian opposition members/Православие.Ru Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk receives Syrian opposition members Moscow, February 6, 2014 On February 5, 2014, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate " s External Relations Department Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk received representatives of the delegation of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, who were staying in Moscow on February 3-5, at their request, reports communication service of the Department for External Relations. As Metropolitan Hilarion noted, the fate of Christian population of Syria was causing special concern. " We are really concerned about radicalism which is now resulting in numerous human victims as well as abduction of Christians, destruction of Christian churches, " he stressed. " We see that on the territory of Syria full-scale persecutions of Christians are taking place. Many of them were forced to leave the country and many became refugees inside the country. A huge humanitarian disaster is going on " . The hierarch has stressed that nothing is known so far about whereabouts of two Christian hierarchs, who were kidnapped in April 2013—Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo and Syriac Metropolitan Mar Gregory Johanna Ibrahim. He also stated that the abbess and nuns of St. Thecla Convent in Ma " loula, who had been abducted in December last year, were not released yet. Michel Kilo, member of the National Coalition " s Political Bureau; Saleh Dervish, member of the Kurdish National Council; Burhan Ghalioun, former head of the Syrian National Council; Mohammad Farouq Tayfour, deputy chairman of the National Coalition; and Badr Jamous, Secretary General of the National Coalition, were present at the meeting. The Department for External Relations was represented at the meeting by Archpriest Sergy Zvonarev, the DECR secretary for far abroad countries; Priest Dimitry Safonov, head of the DECR Sector for interfaith contacts; DECR staff members M. Palacio and O. Mazur. |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Catholic Archbishop of Madrid 17 September 2019 year 19:44 On September 17, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for extern church relations (DECR), who is on a visit to Spain with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra, Archbishop of Madrid. Present at the meeting, which took place at the Archbishop’s Palace in Madrid, were also Archbishop Nestor of Madrid and Lisbon; Archpriest Andrey Andrey Kordochkin, secretary of the diocese of Madrid and ecclesiarch of the church of St. Mary Magdalene Equal-to-the-Apostles; Hieromonk Stephan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations; Prof A. Riccardi, secretary of Sant’Egidio Community; and Subdeacon V. Li. Cardinal Osoro Sierra warmly welcomed Metropolitan Hilarion and expressed delight at His Eminence’s another visit to Madrid, where he had already met in 2014 with Cardinal Osoro Sierra’s predecessor, Archbishop Rouco Varela. Cardinal Osoro Sierra asked the metropolitan to convey special greetings to His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, saying that he admired the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. The sides discussed the current state of relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Metropolitan Hilarion recalled the important event which took place in the last years in the bilateral relations and which gave a considerable impetus to them – the meeting between Pope Francis of Rome and Patriarch Kirill in Havana. The Pope and the Patriarch signed a Joint Declaration touching upon the basic topics of the bilateral dialogue, which opened a new page in its history. Among the important events, His Eminence Hilarion said, was also the bringing of a part of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker to Russia. The Havana meeting also dealt with the need for supporting Christians who are subjected to persecution in various regions in the world. After that, the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church worked out a number of joint initiatives in support for suffering Christians in Syria and other countries of the Middle East. As Metropolitan Hilarion stressed, some of these initiatives are implemented together with the Catholic Kirche in Not foundation. In conclusion, Metropolitan Hilarion thanked Cardinal Osoro Sierra for his good attitude to the Russian Orthodox Church parishes in Spain. The cardinal, on his part, pointed to the good cooperation developed between him and Archbishop Nestor of Madrid and Lisbon. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
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