| 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 Metropolita Hilarion: Creare un ambiente favorevole per gli immigrati è un obiettivo comune della Chiesa e dello Stato L’8 febbraio 2015 ospite della trasmissione " La Chiesa e il mondo " , che il metropolita Hilarion di Volokolamsk conduce sul canale televisivo " Russia-24 " è stata Tatyana Alekseevna Bazhan, capo del Dipartimento per l " integrazione del Servizio federale per l’immigrazione della Russia. Metropolita Hilarion: Cari fratelli e sorelle, buongiorno! State guardando la nostra trasmissione " La Chiesa e il mondo. " Oggi parleremo della collaborazione tra Chiesa e Stato nel lavoro con gli immigrati. Ho qui un ospite, il capo del Dipartimento per l " integrazione del Servizio federale per l’immigrazione della Russia, Tatyana Alekseevna Bazhan. Buongiorno, Tatyana Alekseevna. T. Bazhan: Buongiorno. Il problema del lavoro con gli immigrati è di grande attualità ed è un problema che riguarda i rapporti tra Stato e Chiesa. Negli ultimi anni, la Russia costituisce una prospettiva attraente per la popolazione di molti Paesi. Nel nostro Paese c’è un gran numero di immigrati. Alcuni anni fa (nel 2010) il Servizio federale per l’immigrazione si è reso conto che non è sufficiente limitarsi a curare la documentazione degli immigrati o a prendere misure restrittive: vietare l’ingresso a qualcuno, deportare qualcun’altro, infliggere ammende e così via. Per l’inserimento e l’integrazione molto importante è la componente umanitaria. Quando gruppi consistenti di popolazione parlano una lingua straniera e appartengono a una cultura straniera, importante è che queste persone possano avere l " opportunità di integrarsi organicamente nel nostro spazio culturale, sociale e spirituale. E per questo, naturalmente, occorre fare un grande lavoro. Questo tipo di attività, che ha lo scopo di promuovere l " integrazione, in collaborazione con il Servizio federale per l’immigrazione, in Russia ha avuto inizio alcuni anni fa. Ci siamo resi conto che questo lavoro non ha ancora il supporto legislativo necessario. Pertanto, i contatti con la società civile sono stati molto importanti. |
| Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the Future of Christianity in Europe Source: DECR On 18 September 2018, in Lisbon, A Junção do Bem Foundation organized a reception in honour of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who is currently on a visit to Portugal. After the reception Metropolitan Hilarion delivered an address on the Future of Christianity in Europe. Ladies and gentlemen, I extend my greetings to all of the conference participants. I am pleased today to be among you and have the opportunity of exchanging opinions on issues which have great significance for the Christian view of the world. One of the global problems is the future of Christianity on the continent of Europe. This topic is not only not losing its relevance, but with each year gains ever new resonance. According to statistics, Christianity is today not only the most persecuted religion (at present more than 200 million Christians are subject to persecution in more than fifty countries throughout the world), but also encounters new challenges which touch upon the basic moral imperatives and traditional values. The preaching of the Gospel appeared in Europe for the first time on the shores of the Aegean Sea. During his second missionary journey, the apostle Paul with his co-travelers, among whom was the evangelist Luke, for the first time stepped upon European soil. In Spain the first Christian communities appeared most likely in the first century AD. The apostle Paul in his epistle to the Romans expressed his intention to visit Spain (see: Rom 15.28). He preached in Rome (Acts 28.30-31) and, according to the Christian tradition, the apostle Peter also preached there. By the time of martyrdom of both of these apostles there was already a strong Christian community in Rome. In the second half of the first century Christian communities existed in many cities of the Roman Empire headed by bishops who had been appointed by the apostle Paul and his disciples. |
| 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 of Budapest and Hungary: Vatican concedes to liberals on the issue of same-sex couples DECR Communication Service, 20.02.2024. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ is considering the conclusion of the Synodal Biblical Theological Commission on the Catholic declaration " Fiducia supplicans " . The declaration, recently adopted by the Congregation for Doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, deals with the blessing of unmarried heterosexual unions and same-sex couples. In an exclusive interview with RIA Novosti, Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary, chairman of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission, discussed this high-profile topic, talked about the dialogue with the Catholics, the " papal " claims of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the communities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary. - Vladyka Hilarion, how did the commission which you head deal with the declaration " Fiducia supplicans " ? - We studied this document on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’. We held a plenary session of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission, and I had the opportunity to present the results of the work of the plenary to His Holiness the Patriarch personally. - Why did the Russian Orthodox Church take up this declaration at all, since it is an internal document of the Roman Catholic Church? - Because we have a dialogue with the Catholic Church, an interaction. And we felt it our duty to respond to such a radical innovation. - There are many different interpretations of the declaration: some say that it is an intermediate step towards the church weddings of same-sex couples, others say that the document opens up the possibility for people to receive help fr om the Church, including in the struggle with their passions, that those who come are blessed one by one, and that no imitation of weddings is allowed. What is your opinion? |
| 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 of Volokolamsk gives interview to Italian newspaper II Sole-24 Ore In his interview given to Italian II Sole – 24 Ore by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, in anticipation of the visit by the Holy See State Secretary Cardinal P. Parolin, he highlighted such topics as development of dialogue and cooperation between Russia and the Holy See, relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church and persecution of Christians in the Middle East. At the journalist’s request, His Eminence Hilarion also spoke about the significance of the bringing of the honourable relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker to Russia from Bari, which took place from May 21 to July 28, 2017. - The Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin in his interview to II Sole-24 Ore stated that differences are stressed every day between Russia and Western Europe and Russia and the USA. According to P. Parolin, in this context the task of the Holy See is to promote an improvement in mutual understanding between the countries and to build up a frank and respectful dialogue. What is your opinion? How do you evaluate the progress made on the two levels: dialogue between the Catholics and the Orthodox and, in the political sphere, dialogue between Russia and the Holy See? - One cannot but agree with the words of Cardinal Pietro Parolin concerning the need to build up a frank and respectful dialogue between both the Churches and the states. I am pleased to note that the last ten years have been marked with considerable progress in relations between both the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church and Russia and the Holy See. Bilateral cooperation between our two Churches is developing in various areas. This cooperation has become possible through the growing awareness of the spiritual tradition of the first millennium of Christianity that unites us. |
| Ukrainian military are pressuring Donbas Orthodox Christians – Metropolitan Onufry Source: Interfax-religion The men insulted the priest, asked how much money he was sending to Moscow, and accused him of assisting bandits. The men also searched the priest " s residence and demanded that he leave the territory of Ukraine within two days and give them the documents for the church along with a contract for the entire church property, the report says. Natalya Mihailova 05 August 2014 Moscow, August 4, Interfax - Metropolitan Onufry of Chernovtsy and Bukovina, the locum tenens of the Kiev Metropolia, has accused the Ukrainian military of pressuring Orthodox Christians in Donbass. “I have to state violations of the rights and freedoms of believers and interference in the work of parishes of the Donetsk Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the militant contingent in eastern Ukraine,” the metropolitan said in his address to Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko released by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church press service. Metropolitan Onufry asked the president to “personally intervene in this situation and do everything possible to prevent such actions by the military from occurring again.” He said that Metropolitan Hilarion of Donetsk and Mariupol had reported to him violations of believers’ rights and freedoms and interference in the work of the parishes of the Donetsk Diocese. Specifically, he mentioned an incident that occurred in the village of Krasnoarmeyskoye, Donetsk Region, on July 30, when a car carrying armed men arrived at the residence of Igor Sergienko, the father superior of the Church of Alexander Nevsky. The men insulted the priest, asked how much money he was sending to Moscow, and accused him of assisting bandits. The men also searched the priest’s residence and demanded that he leave the territory of Ukraine within two days and give them the documents for the church along with a contract for the entire church property, the report says. Metropolitan Onufry said a similar thing happened to Archpriest Yevgeny Podgorny, dean of the Amvrosiyevka District, on July 30. |
| 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 DECR chairman and ROCOR First Hierarch celebrate Liturgy at Synodal residence of Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in New York On July 12, 2021, the commemoration day of the Holy, Glorious and All-praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, and the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Outside of Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign of the Russian Church Outside of Russia in New York. Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan, the cathedral clergy and clergy of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in the USA concelebrated. Greeting the DECR chairman after the service, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Outside of Russia said, “Your Eminence, extending brotherly greeting to you on the commemoration day of the First Hierarchal Apostles Peter and Paul, I cordially thank you for the joint prayer that we have lifted up on the festive day and for your love, attention and words of exhortation. I cannot find sufficient words to express how special our feelings were when we celebrated the Divine Liturgy today. “Recalling the archpastoral feats performed by one of my predecessors, Metropolitan Anastasius (Gribanovsky), the author of popular conversations with his own heart, who was consecrated as bishop this day 115 years ago at the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin, we have prayed today so that the Chief Pastor Christ may continue and multiply His mercies for the spiritual unity between the Russian Church abroad and the Russian Church at home, which we had sought with brotherly love and great efforts”, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York noted. |
| 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 of Volokolamsk: Decision demanded by church canons was taken today A briefing for journalists was held after the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church that took place in Minsk on October 15, 2018. Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, told the mass media representatives about decisions taken at the session. “The decision on the complete cessation of the Eucharistic communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople was taken today. This is a forced decision, but our Holy Synod could not take another one as the logic of the latest actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople has led to it. Several days ago it was decided at the session of the Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople that it restored in holy orders the anathematized leader of the Ukrainian schism Filaret (Denisenko) and the leader of another schismatic group. The decision was taken “to revoke” the act of the Patriarchate of Constantinople of 1686 on including the Metropolis of Kiev to the Moscow Patriarchate and on establishing a stravropegia of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Ukraine. All these decisions are unlawful and canonically void from the point of view of the Russian Orthodox Church which does not accept them and will not adhere to them. The schism remains a schism. Its leaders remain the leaders of schism, and the Church which recognizes schismatics and enters into communion with them excludes herself from the canonical space of the Orthodox Church. It is the main reason for which we have to break communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople which has completely identified itself with the schism. I would like to tell you that it is not the first case of this kind in the history of the Orthodox Church. Once the Patriarch Nestorius of Constantinople fell into heresy which was condemned at the 3 rd Ecumenical Council and the Patriarch was deposed. A thousand years later the Patriarch of Constantinople signed a unia with Rome. This action was condemned by the heads of other Local Orthodox Churches. The Russian Orthodox Church also condemned it. As patriarch-uniat was elected and there was no canonical patriarch in Constantinople at that time, the Russian Orthodox Church independently elected her metropolitan and since then has begun to live as an autocephalous Church. |
| 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 speaks at the opening of the conference on Ss Nicholas of Japan and Innocent of Moscow: Culture of the Peoples of Russia, Japan and America November 8, 2017 – An international academic reflection-action conference on Ss Nicholas of Japan and Innocent of Moscow: Culture of the Peoples of Russia, Japan and America, took place at the Russian embassy in Tokyo. It was held on the occasion of the 220 th birthday of St. Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, Apostle of Siberia and America, spiritual father of St. Nicholas of Japan, Equal-to-the-Apostles. It was organized by the Russian Ministry of Culture as part of the Russian Seasons project, with the support of the Department for External Church Relation (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate and the assistance of the Russian diplomatic mission in Japan and the Tokyo representation Rossotrudnichestvo – the federal agency for the affairs of the Commonwealth of the Independent States and compatriots residing abroad and for internal cooperation. The conference was addressed by Russian ambassador to Japan, Ye. Afanasyev, who pointed to the significance of the church academic forum as clearly stressing the spiritual foundations of the Russian-Japanese relations. Metropolitan Hilarion opened the work of the conference with his paper on St. Nicholas Equal-to-the-Apostle and St. Innocent of Moscow – Saints Who Bind Nations. He said in particular, ‘The present meeting gives us an opportunity to address the spiritual sources of ties between Russia, Japan and America – the Pacific countries – the ties based on the Orthodox faith which was brought to this part of the world by Russian missionaries. Our meeting takes place in the year marking the 220 th birthday of a faithful son of the Russian Orthodox Church and outstanding missionary named as the apostle of Siberia and America for his missionary work – St. Innocent of Moscow. It was St. Innocent who, with already 40 years of apostolic service behand him, managed to show to still young, 24 year-old Hieromonk Nicholas (Kasatkin) in which direction his efforts should be exerted, on what he should focus his work so that his chosen service of the Japanese people might produce positive results. |
| 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: the work of the DECR can be compared to the service of border-guards 75 years ago, in 1946, the Russian Orthodox Church got its own Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After three decades of terrible years of persecution, the Church was able to establish new social contacts and begin peacemaking activities. For this, the oldest synodal department for external Church relations was established. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of Moscow Patriarchate " s Department for External Church Relations, spoke about those years in an interview with the " Rossiyskaya Gazeta " . - Your Eminence, during the Great Patriotic War the Church, despite long-standing pre-war repressions, was side by side with the fighting people. Everybody knows about Stalin’s telegram of January 1943 to Metropolitan Sergiy, in which the leader thanked the Church for her patriotic stand, returned to the Church the status of legal identity and allowed her to open accounts for collecting funds for the front. Was the establishment of the department, which you are heading today, necessary for ultimately breaking the isolation of the Russian Orthodox Church? - The Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate was formed soon after the Great Patriotic War, in 1946. In that period, especially pressing was support for developing the peace-making activity of the Church, her first contacts after the three decades of continued persecutions. Even in those trying conditions, the Church began to come out gradually from the isolation, building the first bridges with Christians of other confessions, representatives of other religions, with the Russian church diaspora. - But there appeared in time the so-called Khrushchev reform that actually enabled a rollback to the most horrible times in the relations between the Soviet state and the Church… |
| 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 Metropolita Hilarion: la riunificazione è impossibile, se una delle parti considera l’altra “eretica” Il metropolita Hilarion ha raccontato in una intervista al giornale “Kommersant” delle prospettive della riunificazione della Chiesa ortodossa russa con i vecchi credenti. – Cinquanta anni fa ebbe luogo il Concilio locale della Chiesa ortodossa russa , il quale prese la decisione di levare la “dannazione” dei vecchi riti, pronunciata dal Grande Concilio di Mosca del 1667. Cosa è cambiatoper i vecchi credenti dopo il Concilio del 1971? – Le decisioni del Concilio locale della Chiesa ortodossa russa del 1971 hanno l’importanza storica. Mostrano la seria disposizione della Chiesa russa al dialogo con i vecchi credenti, che ha come l’ultima meta certamente il superamento della divisione plurisecolare. È un percorsodifficile e lento, che spetta a tutti noi. Però le decisioni del Concilio hanno aiutato a rimuovere l " alienazione reciproca. Abbiamo avuto le opportunità per stabilire un dialogo, partecipare a progetti congiunti, mostre, festival. Adesso si sviluppa la cooperazione in molte sfere della vita sociale e culturale. Ad esempio, irappresentanti della Chiesa ortodossa russa del vecchio rito (CORVR) col suo Primate metropolita Kornilij ogni anno partecipano al Concilio poplare russo mondiale e altri forum organizzati dalla Chiesa ortodossa russa. Alcuni rappresentanti delle comunità del vecchio rito si sono laureati alle scuole teologiche della Chiesa ortodossa russa oppure vi studiano. Si sviluppa il pellegrinaggio dei vecchi credenti alle reliquie che si trovano nelle chiese e nei monasteri ortodossi. Ci sono tanti esempi della collaborazione degli ortodossi e dei vecchi credenti al livello locale. – Qualche tempo fa Lei ha detto che la Chiesaortodossa russa non veda gli ostacoli per lariunificazione della Chiesa ortodossa russa con laChiesa ortodossa russa del vecchio rito in unaChiesa. A quali condizioni ciò sarà possibile? |
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