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23.11.2018 | 12:48
Representative of Russian Orthodox Church attends global forum of UN Alliance of Civilizations in New York

On November 19-20, 2018, the UN Alliance of Civilizations held a global forum on Partnership for Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace at the UN headquarters in New York. It gathered together over one thousand political, religious and public figures from UN member states. The opening of the event was attended by UN Secretary-General António Guterres,…

22.11.2018 | 15:28
Patriarch Ilia of Georgia baptized 700+ children in 56th mass ceremony

His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of Georgia, the most beloved and trusted man in the nation, has celebrated his 56th mass Baptism ceremony at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, the site of the Georgian Orthodox Church reports. More than 700 children became the patriarch’s Godchildren this time around at the mass ceremony celebrated on the…

20.11.2018 | 17:39
Conference on interfaith and inter-civilizational cooperation takes place in Berlin

On 19 November 2018, an International Conference on Improving the Interfaith and Inter-Civilizational Dialogue to Cooperation was held in the German capital. The participants in the conference were greeted by Sheikh-ul-Islam Pashazadeh, chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Caucasus; Mr. Markus Grübel, Member of the Bundestag and Commissioner for Global Freedom of…

20.11.2018 | 17:24
New book on Makarios gives a fresh perspective

A new book on Archbishop Makarios to be launched this week looks at the stormy political career of the church primate who also served as the country’s first president. Written by diplomat Demetris Assos, who holds a PhD from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies of the University of London awarded to him for his dissertation…

20.11.2018 | 15:23
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch

On 17 November 2018, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, arrived in Damascus on a working visit. In the capital of Syria Metropolitan Hilarion visited the Patriarchate of Antioch and met with His Beatitude…

20.11.2018 | 14:54
DECR chairman meets with Grand Mufti of Syria

On November 17, 2018, during his visit to Damascus, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with the Grand Mufti of Syria Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun. They had a frank talk about the current situation in Syria and further prospects for interreligious dialogue. Metropolitan Hilarion informed…

20.11.2018 | 14:36
Heads and high-ranking representatives of religious communities in Syria and Russia meet in Damascus for conference

On November 17, 2018, a conference of the heads and high-ranking representatives of traditional religious communities in Syria and the interreligious delegation from Russia, headed by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), took place at the main hall of the Patriarchate of Antioch at the Cathedral…

20.11.2018 | 13:23
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with His Beatitude Archbishop of Cyprus

On 19 November 2018, His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, received Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), who arrived in Cyprus with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. They were joined in the meeting, which…

20.11.2018 | 13:15
Metropolitan Hilarion visits metochion of Kykkos Monastery in Nicosia

On 19 November 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited the metochion of the Kykkos Monastery in the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia, where he met with the hegumen of the monastery, Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tylliria. Taking part in the meeting were also Metropolitan Isaias…

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