“Successor” Volokolamsk distances himself from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
By Efi Efthimiou The stance taken by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, regarding the war in Ukraine and the relations with ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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Meeting of the Archbishop of Cyprus with the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk
Archbishop Chrysostomos met with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk of the Moscow Patriarchate in Cyprus. Metropolitan Hilarion is in Cyprus as ...
Metropolitan of Volokolamsk: Goes on with “diplomacy”, remains silent about the war
by Efi Efthimiou The picture presented by the Russian Church could be described at least as deplorable, not being able ...
Russian Orthodox Church against attempts of changing the status of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
The Russian Orthodox Church official hopes that the current museum status of Hagia Sophia Cathedral will not be changed and ...
Russian Church supports the Serbian Patriarchate for the release of those arrested
The support of the Russian Church to the Church of Serbia was emphasized once again by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, ...
Russian Orthodox Church says “No” to Stalin’s mosaic in the new temple of the Russian Armed Forces
The Moscow Church does not want Stalin to be depicted in the new church of the Armed Forces. The disagreement ...
Metropolitan Hilarion: The meeting in Amman is a fraternal meeting and not a pan-Orthodox conference
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expressed in an interview with RIA Novosti the hope that the forthcoming meeting in Amman would ...
“Flood” of primates’ rejections to invitation for Jordan synaxis by Jerusalem Patriarch
One Orthodox Church after the other responds negatively to the invitation by the Patriarch of Jerusalem for a "fraternal gathering ...
Ukraine, synodality and primacy in the Orthodox Church
by Dimitris Keramidas* Recent developments in the Ukrainian autocephaly issue have brought about changes: the Church of Greece recognized the ...
Metropolitan of Volokolamsk: “The Church of Jerusalem has the historic primacy among the Orthodox Churches”
The "historic primacy" of the Church of Jerusalem was "discovered" by Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion, who, speaking to Russian media, ...
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