| Accettare Il sito utilizza i cookie per aiutarvi a visualizzare le informazioni più aggiornate. Continuando ad utilizzare il sito, l " utente acconsente all " uso dei metadati e dei cookie. Gestione dei cookie Compleanno del metropolita Hilarion Il 24 luglio 2014 il presidente del Dipartimento per le relazioni ecclesiastiche esterne del Patriarcato di Mosca (Decr), metropolita Hilarion di Volokolamsk, ha celebrato la Divina Liturgia nella chiesa dell " icona della Madre di Dio «Gioa di tutti i sofferenti» sulla Bolshaya Ordynka. Hanno concelebrato con il metropolita Hilarion il rappresentante del Patriarca di Antiochia e di tutto l " Oriente presso il Patriarca di Mosca e di tutta la Rus’, metropolita Niphon di Filippopoli, il rappresentante di Sua Beatitudine il Patriarca di Gerusalemme presso il trono patriarcale di Mosca, archimandrita Stefan (Dispirakis), il rappresentante del Patriarca bulgaro presso il Patriarca di Mosca e di tutta la Rus’, archimandrita Feoktist (Dimitrov), il rappresentante della Chiesa ortodossa delle Terre Ceche e della Slovacchia presso il Patriarca di Mosca e di tutta la Rus’, archimandrita Serafim (Shemyatovsky), il rappresentante della Chiesa ortodossa d’America presso il Patriarca di Mosca e di tutta la Rus’, archimandrita Alexander (Pihach), i vicepresidenti del Decr, archimandrita Filaret (Bulekov) e arciprete Nikolaj Balashov, l’arciprete Antony Il’in, il decano delle parrocchie in Scozia e Irlanda del Nord (diocesi di Surozh della Chiesa ortodossa russa), sacerdote Georgij Zavershinsky, il segretario del Decr per le relazioni intercristiane, ieromonaco Stefan (Igumnov), il segretario del Decr per le relazioni interreligiose, sacerdote Dimitry Safonov, il responsabile del Settore per le comunicazioni, sacerdote Ilija Kosykh, il chierico della chiesa della Decollazione di Giovanni il Battista della rappresentanza patriarcale di Chernigov, sacerdote Mikhail Nemnonov, e i chierici della chiesa sulla Bolshaya Ordynka. Al termine della Divina Liturgia, il metropolita Niphon di Filippopoli, a nome dei rappresentanti delle Chiese ortodosse locali presso il trono patriarcale di Mosca, si è congratulato con il metropolita Hilarion per il suo compleanno. Augurando buona salute e successo nell’alto incarico al servizio della Chiesa ortodossa russa, il metropolita Niphon ha detto: «La Santa Chiesa ci dice che la nascita sulla terra è la nascita all’eternità. L " anno liturgico inizia con la festa della Natività della Madre di Dio, poi celebriamo la Natività del Salvatore nel mondo, e nel mese di luglio la natività di San Giovanni Battista». |
| August 31, 2018 – During a meeting with journalists, which took place at the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, the DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk told them about the meeting of the primates of the Church of Constantinople and the Russian Orthodox Church. The meeting has taken place today at the building of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Phanar quarter in Istanbul. As Metropolitan Hilarion reported, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, having come to Phanar, venerated the shrines in the Patriarchal Cathedral dedicated to the Holy Protomartyr George, including the relics of Ss Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom. At the Patriarchate, the primate of the Russian Church was welcomed by His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew. The first part of the meeting took place in the official format. Present at it were all the members of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. His Holiness Patriarchate Bartholomew greeted the guest after which His Holiness Patriarch Kirill delivered brief remarks in response. Then the two primates withdrew to Patriarch Bartholomew’s office where a confidential private talk took place. Present at this talk, from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, was Metropolitan Emmanuel of France and from the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. ‘The talk lasted in total about two and a half hours. It was very frank, very cordial; it really was a talk from heart to heart’, the DECR chairman stressed. His Eminence reminded the journalists that Patriarch Bartholomew and Patriarch Kirill met in 1977 and they have a very long and rich history of personal relationships; as far back as before their election to the Patriarchal ministry, they worked much together for achieving a consensus on very diverse topics on the pan-Orthodox agenda. ‘This meeting was important first of all for the strengthening of personal relationships between the two patriarchs and, of course, for strengthening bilateral relations between our two Churches’ the archpastor said, ‘the interlocutors touched upon a wide range of issues including those on the agenda of the bilateral relations, as well as problems of pan-Orthodox unity. The talk, which began in a very sincere atmosphere, ended on a very friendly note, and the patriarchs exchanged gifts’. Metropolitan Hilarion expressed hope that the meeting would become another important event in the already ages-long history of bilateral relations between the two Churches. |
| Accept The site uses cookies to help show you the most up-to-date information. By continuing to use the site, you consent to the use of your Metadata and cookies. Cookie policy Metropolitan Hilarion: Holiness is a constant striving to imitate the Lord Jesus Christ On June 27th, the 1 st week after Pentecost, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for external church relations (DECR) and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in-the-Woods. The church is a part of the Patriarchal Chernigov Metochion, which houses the CMI. Among the archpastor’s concelebrants were the head of the doctoral department of the CMI, Archpriest Alexy Marchenko, the vice-rector for educational work of the CMI, Hieromonk Pavel (Cherkasov), clergymen of the Metochion. During the Litany of Fervent Supplication, petitions were offered up for deliverance of the coronavirus infection. After the Litany, Metropolitan Hilarion lifted up a prayer recited at the time of the spread of baneful pestilence. In his sermon at the end of the divine service, Metropolitan Hilarion said the following: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! On the first Sunday after the Pentecost, the Church commemorates all the saints. On the feast of the Pentecost, we remembered how the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles, and they spoke in tongues, and everyone from different nations began to recognize their dialect; how the illiterate Galilean fishermen became bold preachers of the Resurrection of Christ. And today, on the 1st Week after Pentecost, we remember how the Holy Spirit continued to work in the Church throughout the two thousand year period of its history. The Holy Spirit descended on the disciples of the Savior and inspired them to preach Crucified and Risen Christ. During the following centuries, up to the present time, the Holy Spirit has been acting and will continue to act in the Church. Thanks to His action and the assistance of people, the Church has never become impoverished and will not become impoverished in saints. |
| Archive The Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee’s 6th Plenary Session in Moscow 30 October 2019 year 16:48 October 30, 2019 – the Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee is holding its 6th Plenary Session at the conference hall of President Hotel in Moscow under the theme ‘The Eternal Power of the Gospel and Its Significance for the Modern Society’. Among the attendees are representatives of Christian confessions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. The assembly was greeted by the CICCC co-chairmen – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who presented the program of the forum, and Archbishop Dietrich Brauer, Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia. Rev. Kirill Gorbunov spoke on behalf of the CICCC co-chairman Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, ordinary of the Catholic Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow. Metropolitan Hilarion read out a message of greetings from His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Mr. M. Belousov, head of the Presidential Administration domestic policy department brought a message of greetings from Mr. Anton Vaino, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. Metropolitan Hilarion delivered remarks on the theme of the plenary session. Then the forum was addressed by Bishop Victor of Baryshevka, vicar of the Diocese of Kiev, head of the Representation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to international organizations; Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavsk, Patriarchal Exarch for All Belarus; Metropolitan Vladimir of Kishinev and All Moldova; Rev. S.Ryakhovsky, Presiding Bishop of the Russian Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals); Rev. P. Mitskevich, chairman of the Russian Union of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists; Archbishop Natan Oganesian, chairman of the Holy Echmiadzin department for international relations and protocol (Armenian Apostolic Church); Metropolitan Yevgeny of Tallinn and All Estonia; Bishop Einars Alpe of Daugavpils (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia); Metropolitan Innokenty of Vilna and Lithuania; O. |
| Accept The site uses cookies to help show you the most up-to-date information. By continuing to use the site, you consent to the use of your Metadata and cookies. Cookie policy Head of Russia’s MFA Sergey Lavrov’s interview towards DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk’s 55th birthday The minster of the foreign affairs of the Russian Federation’s interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel. - Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk will soon mark his fifty-fifth birthday. He is often described as your church ‘counterpart’. Do you think the Russian Orthodox Church needs her own MFA these days? - The designation ‘Department for External Church Relations’ speaks that Metropolitan Hilarion is engaged in contacts with his numerous counterparts. The canonical territories of the Russian Orthodox Church are much larger than those of Russia. For instance, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church enjoys a broad autonomy. Even contacts with her demand skills of dealing with external partners. This post is manifested in relations with Local Orthodox Churches and other Christian Churches (including the Vatican, with which His Eminence Hilarion maintains regular contacts), as well as with non-Christian religions. We not just welcome such dialogue but also actively support it. There is quite a number of inter-state and inter-government mechanisms called to promote the dialogue of civilizations. There is even a special structure in the UN - the UN Alliance of Civilizations headed by the former minister of foreign affairs of Spain. It is engaged in organizing contacts for promoting inter-confessional and inter-ethnic accord. In these efforts, the Russian Orthodox Church has something to offer. She is one of the most active parties in this field of inter-civilization and inter-confessional accord. There is another example of interaction between secular and ecclesial representatives - the World Conference on Inter-Faith and Inter-Ethnic Dialogue held every two years by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the UN Secretary-General. The next one is to be held in May 2022 in Sankt-Petersburg. We will actively cooperate with the Russian Orthodox Church to ensure the right approach to defining the agenda and for this forum to be used to the maximum for promoting the values reflecting Orthodox ideals so much in demand today. |
| Accept The site uses cookies to help show you the most up-to-date information. By continuing to use the site, you consent to the use of your Metadata and cookies. Cookie policy Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates on commemoration day of St. Varlaam of Khutyn at the church of ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ icon of the Mother of God On 19 th November 2020, the commemoration day of St. Varlaam of Khutyn and of the holy martyr Konstantin Lyubomudrov, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the church ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ icon of the Mother of God on Bolshaya Ordynka by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations. Clergymen of the church assisted the archpastor. During the Prayer of Fervent Supplication, petitions were voiced over the threat of the spreading coronavirus infection. Metropolitan Hilarion lifted up the prayer recited at a time of the spread of a pernicious epidemic. Glorification was said before the icons of St. Varlaam and the holy martyr Konstantin. After the Liturgy, His Eminence Hilarion addressed the worshippers with an archpastoral homily: “Dear reverend fathers, brothers and sisters, I congratulate you on the commemoration day of the patrons of our church – St. Varlaam of Khutyn, a Novgorod miracle-worker, and the holy martyr Konstantin, a Moscow presbyter. St. Varlaam of Khutyn has always been a patron of this church. Even before the ‘ ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ miracle-working icon of the Mother of God was brought here, a church dedicated to St. Varlaam of Khutyn had been standing at this place. This church is now a side-altar. The icon of St. Varlaam reminds us of this Novgorod miracle-worker who had been venerated throughout the great Rus’ and in the capital city of Moscow. This church was built in his honour, rebuilt many times and extended; new side-altars were added, including the one in honour of the ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ icon. The main side-altar in honour of the Transfiguration was added in the 19 th century. |
| Accept The site uses cookies to help show you the most up-to-date information. By continuing to use the site, you consent to the use of your Metadata and cookies. Cookie policy Metropolitan Hilarion: God is willing to give everyone a wonderful gift of faith, but people must be willing to accept it On 16 th August 2020, 10 th Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the “Joy of All Who Sorrow” Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street, Moscow. Concelebrating with Vladyka Hilarion were clerics of the church. During the Litany of Fervent Supplication, prayerful petitions were read out in view of the threat of the spreading coronavirus infection. After that Metropolitan Hilarion lifted up the prayer which is read at a time of harmful pestilence. After the divine service the archpastor addressed the worshippers with a homily: “Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters, I greet all of you on this Sunday which coincides with the commemoration day of the Holy Venerable Anthony the Roman, Wonderworker of Novgorod. “Last week the Lord vouchsafed me to visit the sites associated with the life and ministry of this saint in the land of Novgorod, as well as the Convent of St. Barlaam of Khutyn, where the heavenly patron of our holy church, St. Barlaam, had performed his ascetic deeds. “Of course, you know that the church, initially built on this site, was dedicated to St. Barlaam of Khutyn. It stood in the place of today’s right side-chapel consecrated in the name of the Venerable Barlaam. “As time went by, the church was gradually rebuilt and enlarged, and the construction of the main chancel in honour of the Transfiguration of the Lord and of the side-chapel in honour of the ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon was completed. Yet, St. Barlaam has always been venerated in our church thanks to the revered icon in the right side-chapel. One of the rectors of this church, the Holy Hieromartyr Constantine Lyubomudrov, held the Venerable Barlaam of Khutyn in ardent reverence, and died as a martyr at the Butovo Shooting Range on the commemoration day of this saint. |
| Christian Inter-Confessional Consultative Committee holds its 5th plenary session in St. Petersburg Source: DECR On April 26, 2017, the Christian Inter-confessional Consultative Committee (CICC) has opened its 5thplenary session at the Constantin Palace in St. Petersburg under the theme ‘Faith and the Overcoming of Civil Confrontation: Lessons of the Century’. The meeting is attended by representatives of Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Christian communities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Acting as moderators are the CICC cochairmen, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations; Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, ordinary of the Catholic Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, and Archbishop Dietrich Brauer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia. A message of greetings was received from President Vladimir Putin. It was read out by Mr. M. Belousov, deputy head of the Russian State Administration for Domestic Policy. Metropolitan Hilarion brought a message of greetings from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The gathering was greeted by Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga. Metropolitan Hilarion made introductory remarks saying that the events of 100 years ago are taken by society very keenly, and the participants in the plenary session met to reflect on their spiritual causes so that, through their analysis, it can be possible to avoid in the future the repletion of old mistakes which may lead to new divisions. After the introduction, Metropolitan Hilarion made a report. Noting that the CICC 5 th plenary session took place in the year of the centenary of the two Russian revolutions followed by a civil war, ‘red terror’, mass repressions, he stressed that ‘these tragic events radically changed the fate of our peoples and told upon the course of history of the entire humanity. Their consequences have been since reflected on the political picture of the world and interwoven in the fabric of global processes taking place on the planet’. |
| Das Interview des Oberhauptes des Ministeriums für auswärtige Angelegenheiten Russlands S.W. Lawrow zu dem 55. Geburtstag des Vorsitzenden der Abteilung für kirchliche Außenbeziehungen des Metropoliten von Wolokolamsk Hilarion Der Außenminister der Russischen Föderation hat dem Fernsehkanal “Russland 24” das Interview gegeben. - Der Vorsitzende der Abteilung für kirchliche Außenbeziehungen des Moskauer Patriarchats der Metropolit von Wolokolamsk Hilarion feiert bald das Jubiläum. Er wird oft Ihren kirchlichen “Vergleichbaren” genannt. Wie meinen Sie, braucht die Russische Orthodoxe Kirche heutzutage ihr eigenes Ministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten? - Der Name “ Die Abteilung für kirchliche Außenbeziehungen” spricht dafür, dass sich Metropolit Hilarion mit den Kontakten mit seinen zahlreichen Partnern beschäftigt. Die kanonischen Territorien der Russischen Orthodoxen Kirche sind viel mehr als das Territorium Russlands. Zum Beispiel, verfügt die Ukrainische Orthodoxe Kirche über große Autonomie. Sogar mit ihr die Kontakte zu pflegen verlangt die Kompetenzen der Führung der Geschäfte mit den ausländischen Partnern. Dieses Amt äußert sich in den Beziehungen mit den Orthodoxen Landeskirchen und anderen christlichen Kirchen ( einschließlich Vatikan, mit dem Metropolit Hilarion die regelmäßigen Kontakte pflegt), sowie mit den unchristlichen Religionen. Wir spenden nicht nur solchem Dialog Beifall, sondern auch unterstützen ihn aktiv. Es gibt die ganze Reihe von den zwischenstaatlichen Mechanismen und Mechanismen auf Regierungsebene, die den Dialog der Zivilisationen fördern sollen. Es gibt sogar die besondere Struktur in der UN- die Allianz der Zivilisationen, die von dem ehemaligen Außenminister Spaniens geleitet wird. Sie beschäftigt sich mit der Ausrichtung der Kontakte zur Förderung der interkonfessionellen und interethnischen Einigung. Was diese Bemühungen betreffen, hat die Russische Orthodoxe Kirche etwas vorzuschlagen. Sie ist eine der engagiertesten Seiten in diesem Bereich der interzivilisatorischen und interkonfessionellen Einigung. |
| Accept The site uses cookies to help show you the most up-to-date information. By continuing to use the site, you consent to the use of your Metadata and cookies. Cookie policy Metropolitan Hilarion: To create an environment favorable for immigrants is a common task for the Church and the state On February 8, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk as anchorman of the Church and the World program on Russia-24 NV network hosted the head of the Federal Migration Service Directorate for Promoting Integration, Ms Tatiana A. Bazhan. Metropolitan Hilarion: Good afternoon, dear brothers and sisters! You are tuned to the Church and the World program. Today we will talk about cooperation between the Church and the state in the work with immigrants. I have as a guest today the head of the Russia’s Federal Migration Service Department for Promoting Integration, Ms Tatiana Bazhan. Good afternoon, Ms Bazhan! Ms Bazhan: Good afternoon, Your Eminence! The problem of the work with immigrants and the problem of church-state of cooperation are very vital today. In recent years, Russia has proved fairly attractive for people from a number of countries. There is a great number of immigrants in our country. A few years ago, in 2010, the Federal Migration Service realized that it was not enough to deal only with documenting immigrants and to take only restrictive measures by prohibiting entrance to some or deporting and fining, etc., others. What is important is the humanitarian component precisely in adaptation and integration. When considerably large groups of people who speak a different language and adhere to a different culture find themselves in our country, it is important that they should have an opportunity for merging into our spiritual, cultural and social space. To do it, titanic work is needed to be carried out. And the FMS began this work for promoting the integration a few years ago. We were aware that this work was still devoid of the necessary legislative support. For this reason, contacts with the civil society proved to be very important. |
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