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Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate

November 01, 2023

The Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (DECR)[1] (Russian: Отде́л вне́шних церко́вных свя́зей Моско́вского патриарха́та (ОВЦС); until August 2000: Department for External Church Relations, Russian: Отдел внешних церковных сношений) is one of the synodal institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was established on 4 April 1946.

Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
Отдел внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата
Logo of the DECR
Building in the Danilov Monastery of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
AbbreviationDECR
Formation4 April 1946
FoundersPatriarch of Moscow and all Rus' Alexy I
TypeSynodal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate
Official language
Russian
Chairman
Metropolitan Anthony (Sevryuk)
Websitehttp://mospat.ru/
Formerly called
Department for External Church Relations

History edit

Creation edit

On 20 September 1918, the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church "for the sake of resolving difficulties on the path to unity and to possibly facilitate [...] the achievement of the ultimate goal" (that is, restoring unity and communication) instructed the Synod to form a standing commission under the Synod with branches in Russia and far abroad to interact with non-Eastern-Orthodox churches. However, it was not possible to establish that Commission.[2]

On 4 April 1946, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Department for external church relations was formed and had as its goal "the management of foreign institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church (dioceses, parishes, exarchates, metropolitan districts, spiritual missions, etc.; relations with autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches; correspondence with foreign institutions; processing of foreign correspondence: translation into Russian, preparation of answers, preparation of archival and scientific references; preparation of reports on all fundamental issues arising in connection with the management of foreign institutions, the relationship of the Russian Church with other autocephalous Churches and the leadership of non-Eastern-Orthodox religions".[3]

Initially, the department had a small staff; along with Metropolitan Nicholas, the first employee of the department was Alexey Buevsky [ru] (clerk since May 1946).[4]

According to David Gzgyan, member of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Inter-conciliar Conference [ru]: "under the new Patriarch, Alexy I, in 1945 a special body was created in the structure of the Moscow Patriarchate: the Department for External Church Relations [...] since then, its head has been the 'person number two' of the Russian Orthodox Church. This situation is unique in the whole history of the church throughout the world: the key role in the activities of the Church belonged to the department of external relations, which normally should occupy the most modest place. Today, the DECR, of course, is not the same, but the general veil of "special status" remains. In the second half of the 1940s, the Department was allocated colossal funds to carry out numerous contacts with the Middle Eastern patriarchates and churches of Europe, including non-Eastern-Orthodox (for example, Anglican). In addition, it was given a large-scale task: to create an anti-Vatican block."[5]

The work to strengthen the department in 1960-1961 was carried out by the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church [ru] under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, "fulfilling the decision of the Central Committee of the CPSU of July 25, 1960."[6]

In accordance with the decision of the Holy Synod of 16 March 1961, the head of the department should always be in the episcopal dignity and a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.[7][8]

In the first half of 1962, the DECR purchased a building on Ryleyev Street [ru], which became its headquarter for many years.[9]

From 1967[10] (or 1965[11]) to 2009, the DECR of the MP published the Information Bulletin of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Информационный бюллетень Отдела внешних церковных сношений Московского Патриархата).[11] The newsletter gave information on international church contacts, the most significant events concerning the Russian Orthodox Church and other local and non-Eastern-Orthodox churches, as well as reviews of articles published in foreign church periodicals, etc.[10][11]

On December 16, 1969, the Holy Synod decided: "1. To establish in Kiev under the Exarch of Ukraine a branch of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate; 2. The Chairperson of the branch shall be His Grace Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia, Exarch of Ukraine."[12]

1970s to 2009 edit

On July 25, 1979, by the decision of the Holy Synod in Leningrad, another branch of the DECR was established under the Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod.[3]

On the occasion of its 35th anniversary, on 6 March 1981 the DECR was awarded the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh [ru], 1st class.[13]

 
Entry to the Danilov Monastery, with the building of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate behind (in cyan)

On 15 October 1985, the DECR moved from a small mansion on Ryleyev Street, number 18/2, to the restored New fraternal building, which has four floors, on the territory of the Moscow Danilov Monastery which had been the transferred to the Church on the eve of the anniversary of the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus'.[3]

On 27 April 1986, the year of its 40th anniversary, the department was awarded the Order of saint Grand Duke Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles [ru], 1st class.[14]

On 21 August 1997, in connection with the restructuring of the department, "instead of the pre-existing sectors responsible for certain narrow areas of the Department's activities", new divisions appeared: the secretariat for inter-Eastern-Orthodox relations and foreign institutions, the secretariat for inter-Christian relations, the secretariat for relations between the Church and society and the administrative and financial secretariat;[15] sectors for foreign institutions, Eastern Orthodox pilgrimage, and later the communication service and publication sector.

Since 2009 edit

Patriarch Kirill's decentralisation edit

On 31 March 2009, the Holy Synod, at its first meeting under the chairmanship of the newly elected Patriarch Kirill, reformed the DECR, forming new synodal institutions, which were entrusted with certain areas of activity previously dealt with by the DECR.[16] The Department for Church-Society Relations [ru], independent from the DECR,[8] was created; this department was responsible for "the implementation of relations with legislative bodies, political parties, professional and creative unions, and other civil society institutions in the canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate." Dioceses, representative offices [ru], metochions, monasteries and stavropegic parishes far abroad, which were previously under the authority of the DECR, were directly subordinated to the Patriarch of Moscow of All Russia; to manage them, the Moscow Patriarchate's Secretariat for Institutions Abroad[a] was created. The Synodal Information Department [ru] was created.[16] The post-graduate department of the Moscow Theological Academy, which operated under the DECR, was transformed into the All-Church postgraduate and doctoral school named after Saints Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-the-Apostles [ru].[17][18]

In 2011, on the occasion of its 65th anniversary, with funds allocated by the Saint Gregory the Theologian's Charity Foundation, the DECR facade was decorated with a mosaic image of the Blessed Virgin Mary with an omophorion in her hands.[18]

On April 6, 2016, with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the award of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate was established: the medal of St. Mark of Ephesus.[19]

Contemporary situation edit

The status and functions of the department are determined by the Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted by the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000, in particular chapter VIII,[20] and the charter of the department, approved by the Holy Synod in 1992 and amended in 1999 and 2001.[21]

Role of the DECR edit

The purpose, tasks and functions of the DECR are defined as follows:

The DECR is accountable to His Holiness the Patriarch and the Holy Synod, which annually approve its work plan. The documents guiding the DECR’s work are resolutions of the Local and Bishops’ Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church, resolutions of the Holy Synod and Patriarchal instructions. The DECR chairman is appointed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. [...]

The DECR maintains the Russian Orthodox Church’s relations with the Local Orthodox Churches, non-Orthodox Churches, Christian associations, non-Christian religious communities, as well as governmental, parliamentary, non-governmental institutions abroad and inter-governmental, religious and public international organizations.

Among the DECR's tasks is to inform His Holiness the Patriarch and the Holy Synod about developments and events taking place outside the Russian Orthodox Church and affecting its interests, as well as to draft church-wide documents and decisions concerning the inter-Orthodox, inter-Christian, interreligious and international relations and other issues within its competence.

One of the main spheres of the DECR's work is fraternal cooperation with the Local Orthodox Churches carried out through the DECR Secretariat for Inter-Orthodox Relations. [...]

Relations with non-Orthodox Christians are maintained through the efforts of the DECR Secretariat for Inter-Christian Relations. [...]

The Secretariat for Far Abroad Countries promotes the Moscow Patriarchate's relations with inter-governmental institutions, international non-governmental organizations, as well as governmental bodies, public and interreligious associations and non-Christian religious communities in far abroad countries. It also works with compatriots who live outside the canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Within the structure of the Department for External Church Relations there is also the Secretariat for Interreligious Relations that maintains and promotes contacts with various religious communities both in the countries of the Moscow Patriarchate’s canonical responsibility and in far abroad countries, as well as at international platforms, and helps develop the dialogue with traditional religions of the Russian Federation, in particular, within the framework of the Interreligious Council of Russia.

The DECR Communication Service is in charge of contacts with secular mass media and monitors publications about the Russian Orthodox Church. It also maintains the DECR’s official web-site and helps maintain the official site of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Publications Section publishes the Church and Time [ru] theological and church-public magazine and carries out specific publishing projects.[8]

Structure of the DECR edit

The following divisions which compose the DECR are:[21][8]

  • Secretariats:
    1. Secretariat for Inter-Eastern-Orthodox Relations;
    2. Secretariat for Inter-Christian Relations;
    3. Secretariat for Interreligious Relations;
    4. Secretariat for Far Abroad Countries.
  • Sections:
    1. Economy Section;
    2. Protocol Section;
    3. Publications Section.
  • Services:
    1. Communication Service;
    2. Legal Service;
    3. Language (i.e. Translation[22]) Service.
  • Commission for the Affairs of Old Believers' Parishes and for Cooperation with the Old Believers.[23]
  • Branches:

The DECR has a number of divisions whose work is auxiliary: archive, office, warehouse, typewriting bureau[clarify], shipping.[21]

Chairman of the DECR edit

The following people have been chairmen of the DECR:[21]

Current leadership of the DECR edit

  • Metropolitan Anthony (Sevryuk) of Volokolamsk - chairman;[21]
    • Archpriest Nikolay Balashov [ru] - vice-chairman;[25]
    • Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov) [ru] - vice-chairman;[26]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Since 2010, it is named the Moscow Patriarchate's Administration for Institutions Abroad [ru]

References edit

  1. ^ "Background | The Russian Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2019-11-28. Department for external church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (DECR)
  2. ^ "Доклад председателя богословской комиссии митрополита Минского и Слуцкого Филарета, Патриаршего Экзарха всея Беларуси". mospat.ru. 2 February 1997. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  3. ^ a b c "Отдел внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата — Церковь и Время". mospat.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  4. ^ ЖМП. — 1990. — № 12. — С. 26—27.
  5. ^ ""Внутри церкви не осталось соборности"". Коммерсантъ. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  6. ^ Письмо председателя Совета по делам Русской православной церкви В. А. Куроедова в ЦК КПСС № 315/с 19 сентября 1960 г. Секретно. // Исторический архив [ru]: журнал. — 2008. — № 1. — С. 64.
  7. ^ Журнал Московской Патриархии. — 1961. — № 4. — С. 6.
  8. ^ a b c d "DECR today | The Russian Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  9. ^ "Московские патриаршиеи митрополичьи резиденции в 1917-1945 годах". www-old.srcc.msu.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  10. ^ a b "ЖУРНАЛЫ ДУХОВНЫЕ". www.pravenc.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  11. ^ a b c "ИНФОРМАЦИОННЫЙ БЮЛЛЕТЕНЬ ОТДЕЛА ВНЕШНИХ ЦЕРКОВНЫХ СВЯЗЕЙ МОСКОВСКОГО ПАТРИАРХАТА". www.pravenc.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  12. ^ ЖМП. — 1970. — № 1. — С. 5.
  13. ^ Балязин В. Н., Дуров В. А., Казакевич А. Н. Самые знаменитые награды России. — М.: Вече, 2000. — C. 399. — ISBN 5-7838-0684-6.
  14. ^ Балязин В. Н., Дуров В. А., Казакевич А. Н. Самые знаменитые награды России. — М.: Вече, 2000. — C. 394—395. — ISBN 5-7838-0684-6.
  15. ^ "Реорганизация ОВЦС МП : Русская Православная Церковь". mospat.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  16. ^ a b "ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода Русской Православной Церкви от 31 марта 2009 года / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru". Патриархия.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  17. ^ "В Русской Православной Церкви создан Секретариат Московской Патриархии по зарубежным учреждениям / Новости / Патриархия.ru". Патриархия.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  18. ^ a b "Исполнилось 65 лет со дня основания Отдела внешних церковных связей / Православие.Ru". www.pravoslavie.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  19. ^ "Учреждена награда Отдела внешних церковных связей — медаль святителя Марка Ефесского". www.pravmir.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  20. ^ "VIII. The Moscow Patriarchate and the Synodal Institutions | The Russian Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  21. ^ a b c d e "Отдел внешних церковных связей (ОВЦС) / Организации / Патриархия.ru". Патриархия.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  22. ^ "Современная деятельность | Русская Православная Церковь" (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  23. ^ "ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода Русской Православной Церкви от 20 апреля 2005 года / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru". Патриархия.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  24. ^ "UOC DECR Staff-member participates in conferences held in Romania — Відділ зовнішніх церковних зв'язків УПЦ". vzcz.church.ua. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  25. ^ "DECR today | The Russian Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  26. ^ "ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 22 марта 2011 года / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru". Патриархия.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-27.

Further reading edit

  • Митрополит Смоленский и Калининградский Кирилл. К 55-летию Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата. // «Церковь и время». М., 2001, стр. 7—69.
  • «На службе Церкви: К 65-летию Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата» Москва, 2011.

External links edit

  • Presentation on the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate (in Russian)
  • Presentation on the official website of the DECR (in English)
  • Website of the Ukrainian branch of the DECR
  • Former website
  • Legal information

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The Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate DECR 1 Russian Otde l vne shnih cerko vnyh svya zej Mosko vskogo patriarha ta OVCS until August 2000 Department for External Church Relations Russian Otdel vneshnih cerkovnyh snoshenij is one of the synodal institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church It was established on 4 April 1946 Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow PatriarchateOtdel vneshnih cerkovnyh svyazej Moskovskogo PatriarhataLogo of the DECRBuilding in the Danilov Monastery of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow PatriarchateAbbreviationDECRFormation4 April 1946FoundersPatriarch of Moscow and all Rus Alexy ITypeSynodal Department of the Moscow PatriarchateOfficial languageRussianChairmanMetropolitan Anthony Sevryuk Websitehttp mospat ru Formerly calledDepartment for External Church Relations Contents 1 History 1 1 Creation 1 2 1970s to 2009 1 3 Since 2009 1 3 1 Patriarch Kirill s decentralisation 2 Contemporary situation 2 1 Role of the DECR 2 2 Structure of the DECR 3 Chairman of the DECR 4 Current leadership of the DECR 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory editCreation edit On 20 September 1918 the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church for the sake of resolving difficulties on the path to unity and to possibly facilitate the achievement of the ultimate goal that is restoring unity and communication instructed the Synod to form a standing commission under the Synod with branches in Russia and far abroad to interact with non Eastern Orthodox churches However it was not possible to establish that Commission 2 On 4 April 1946 by decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church the Department for external church relations was formed and had as its goal the management of foreign institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church dioceses parishes exarchates metropolitan districts spiritual missions etc relations with autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches correspondence with foreign institutions processing of foreign correspondence translation into Russian preparation of answers preparation of archival and scientific references preparation of reports on all fundamental issues arising in connection with the management of foreign institutions the relationship of the Russian Church with other autocephalous Churches and the leadership of non Eastern Orthodox religions 3 Initially the department had a small staff along with Metropolitan Nicholas the first employee of the department was Alexey Buevsky ru clerk since May 1946 4 According to David Gzgyan member of the Russian Orthodox Church s Inter conciliar Conference ru under the new Patriarch Alexy I in 1945 a special body was created in the structure of the Moscow Patriarchate the Department for External Church Relations since then its head has been the person number two of the Russian Orthodox Church This situation is unique in the whole history of the church throughout the world the key role in the activities of the Church belonged to the department of external relations which normally should occupy the most modest place Today the DECR of course is not the same but the general veil of special status remains In the second half of the 1940s the Department was allocated colossal funds to carry out numerous contacts with the Middle Eastern patriarchates and churches of Europe including non Eastern Orthodox for example Anglican In addition it was given a large scale task to create an anti Vatican block 5 The work to strengthen the department in 1960 1961 was carried out by the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church ru under the Council of Ministers of the USSR fulfilling the decision of the Central Committee of the CPSU of July 25 1960 6 In accordance with the decision of the Holy Synod of 16 March 1961 the head of the department should always be in the episcopal dignity and a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church 7 8 In the first half of 1962 the DECR purchased a building on Ryleyev Street ru which became its headquarter for many years 9 From 1967 10 or 1965 11 to 2009 the DECR of the MP published the Information Bulletin of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Russian Informacionnyj byulleten Otdela vneshnih cerkovnyh snoshenij Moskovskogo Patriarhata 11 The newsletter gave information on international church contacts the most significant events concerning the Russian Orthodox Church and other local and non Eastern Orthodox churches as well as reviews of articles published in foreign church periodicals etc 10 11 On December 16 1969 the Holy Synod decided 1 To establish in Kiev under the Exarch of Ukraine a branch of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate 2 The Chairperson of the branch shall be His Grace Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia Exarch of Ukraine 12 1970s to 2009 edit On July 25 1979 by the decision of the Holy Synod in Leningrad another branch of the DECR was established under the Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod 3 On the occasion of its 35th anniversary on 6 March 1981 the DECR was awarded the Order of St Sergius of Radonezh ru 1st class 13 nbsp Entry to the Danilov Monastery with the building of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate behind in cyan On 15 October 1985 the DECR moved from a small mansion on Ryleyev Street number 18 2 to the restored New fraternal building which has four floors on the territory of the Moscow Danilov Monastery which had been the transferred to the Church on the eve of the anniversary of the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus 3 On 27 April 1986 the year of its 40th anniversary the department was awarded the Order of saint Grand Duke Vladimir Equal to the Apostles ru 1st class 14 On 21 August 1997 in connection with the restructuring of the department instead of the pre existing sectors responsible for certain narrow areas of the Department s activities new divisions appeared the secretariat for inter Eastern Orthodox relations and foreign institutions the secretariat for inter Christian relations the secretariat for relations between the Church and society and the administrative and financial secretariat 15 sectors for foreign institutions Eastern Orthodox pilgrimage and later the communication service and publication sector Since 2009 edit Patriarch Kirill s decentralisation edit On 31 March 2009 the Holy Synod at its first meeting under the chairmanship of the newly elected Patriarch Kirill reformed the DECR forming new synodal institutions which were entrusted with certain areas of activity previously dealt with by the DECR 16 The Department for Church Society Relations ru independent from the DECR 8 was created this department was responsible for the implementation of relations with legislative bodies political parties professional and creative unions and other civil society institutions in the canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate Dioceses representative offices ru metochions monasteries and stavropegic parishes far abroad which were previously under the authority of the DECR were directly subordinated to the Patriarch of Moscow of All Russia to manage them the Moscow Patriarchate s Secretariat for Institutions Abroad a was created The Synodal Information Department ru was created 16 The post graduate department of the Moscow Theological Academy which operated under the DECR was transformed into the All Church postgraduate and doctoral school named after Saints Cyril and Methodius Equal to the Apostles ru 17 18 In 2011 on the occasion of its 65th anniversary with funds allocated by the Saint Gregory the Theologian s Charity Foundation the DECR facade was decorated with a mosaic image of the Blessed Virgin Mary with an omophorion in her hands 18 On April 6 2016 with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia the award of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate was established the medal of St Mark of Ephesus 19 Contemporary situation editThe status and functions of the department are determined by the Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted by the Bishops Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000 in particular chapter VIII 20 and the charter of the department approved by the Holy Synod in 1992 and amended in 1999 and 2001 21 Role of the DECR edit The purpose tasks and functions of the DECR are defined as follows The DECR is accountable to His Holiness the Patriarch and the Holy Synod which annually approve its work plan The documents guiding the DECR s work are resolutions of the Local and Bishops Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church resolutions of the Holy Synod and Patriarchal instructions The DECR chairman is appointed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church The DECR maintains the Russian Orthodox Church s relations with the Local Orthodox Churches non Orthodox Churches Christian associations non Christian religious communities as well as governmental parliamentary non governmental institutions abroad and inter governmental religious and public international organizations Among the DECR s tasks is to inform His Holiness the Patriarch and the Holy Synod about developments and events taking place outside the Russian Orthodox Church and affecting its interests as well as to draft church wide documents and decisions concerning the inter Orthodox inter Christian interreligious and international relations and other issues within its competence One of the main spheres of the DECR s work is fraternal cooperation with the Local Orthodox Churches carried out through the DECR Secretariat for Inter Orthodox Relations Relations with non Orthodox Christians are maintained through the efforts of the DECR Secretariat for Inter Christian Relations The Secretariat for Far Abroad Countries promotes the Moscow Patriarchate s relations with inter governmental institutions international non governmental organizations as well as governmental bodies public and interreligious associations and non Christian religious communities in far abroad countries It also works with compatriots who live outside the canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate Within the structure of the Department for External Church Relations there is also the Secretariat for Interreligious Relations that maintains and promotes contacts with various religious communities both in the countries of the Moscow Patriarchate s canonical responsibility and in far abroad countries as well as at international platforms and helps develop the dialogue with traditional religions of the Russian Federation in particular within the framework of the Interreligious Council of Russia The DECR Communication Service is in charge of contacts with secular mass media and monitors publications about the Russian Orthodox Church It also maintains the DECR s official web site and helps maintain the official site of the Moscow Patriarchate The Publications Section publishes the Church and Time ru theological and church public magazine and carries out specific publishing projects 8 Structure of the DECR edit The following divisions which compose the DECR are 21 8 Secretariats Secretariat for Inter Eastern Orthodox Relations Secretariat for Inter Christian Relations Secretariat for Interreligious Relations Secretariat for Far Abroad Countries Sections Economy Section Protocol Section Publications Section Services Communication Service Legal Service Language i e Translation 22 Service Commission for the Affairs of Old Believers Parishes and for Cooperation with the Old Believers 23 Branches Branch of the department in St Petersburg Branch of the department in Ukraine 24 The DECR has a number of divisions whose work is auxiliary archive office warehouse typewriting bureau clarify shipping 21 Chairman of the DECR editThe following people have been chairmen of the DECR 21 Metropolitan Nicholas Yarushevich April 4 1946 June 21 1960 Metropolitan Nikodim Rotov June 21 1960 May 30 1972 Metropolitan Juvenal Poyarkov May 30 1972 April 14 1981 Metropolitan Philaret Vakhromeyev April 14 1981 November 13 1989 Metropolitan Kirill Gundyaev November 13 1989 February 1 2009 Archbishop Mark Golovkov February 11 March 31 2009 temporarily Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev March 31 2009 June 7 2022 Metropolitan Anthony Sevryuk June 7 2022 present Current leadership of the DECR editMetropolitan Anthony Sevryuk of Volokolamsk chairman 21 Archpriest Nikolay Balashov ru vice chairman 25 Archimandrite Philaret Bulekov ru vice chairman 26 Notes edit Since 2010 it is named the Moscow Patriarchate s Administration for Institutions Abroad ru References edit Background The Russian Orthodox Church Retrieved 2019 11 28 Department for external church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate DECR Doklad predsedatelya bogoslovskoj komissii mitropolita Minskogo i Sluckogo Filareta Patriarshego Ekzarha vseya Belarusi mospat ru 2 February 1997 Retrieved 2019 11 29 a b c Otdel vneshnih cerkovnyh svyazej Moskovskogo Patriarhata Cerkov i Vremya mospat ru Retrieved 2019 11 26 ZhMP 1990 12 S 26 27 Vnutri cerkvi ne ostalos sobornosti Kommersant 16 September 2013 Retrieved 2019 11 26 Pismo predsedatelya Soveta po delam Russkoj pravoslavnoj cerkvi V A Kuroedova v CK KPSS 315 s 19 sentyabrya 1960 g Sekretno Istoricheskij arhiv ru zhurnal 2008 1 S 64 Zhurnal Moskovskoj Patriarhii 1961 4 S 6 a b c d DECR today The Russian Orthodox Church Retrieved 2019 11 29 Moskovskie patriarshiei mitropolichi rezidencii v 1917 1945 godah www old srcc msu ru Retrieved 2019 11 27 a b ZhURNALY DUHOVNYE www pravenc ru Retrieved 2019 11 27 a b c INFORMACIONNYJ BYuLLETEN OTDELA VNEShNIH CERKOVNYH SVYaZEJ MOSKOVSKOGO PATRIARHATA www pravenc ru Retrieved 2019 11 30 ZhMP 1970 1 S 5 Balyazin V N Durov V A Kazakevich A N Samye znamenitye nagrady Rossii M Veche 2000 C 399 ISBN 5 7838 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Patriarhiya ru in Russian Retrieved 2019 11 27 Sovremennaya deyatelnost Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Cerkov in Russian Retrieved 2019 11 30 ZhURNALY zasedaniya Svyashennogo Sinoda Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi ot 20 aprelya 2005 goda Oficialnye dokumenty Patriarhiya ru Patriarhiya ru in Russian Retrieved 2019 11 27 UOC DECR Staff member participates in conferences held in Romania Viddil zovnishnih cerkovnih zv yazkiv UPC vzcz church ua Retrieved 2019 11 29 DECR today The Russian Orthodox Church Retrieved 2019 11 28 ZhURNALY zasedaniya Svyashennogo Sinoda ot 22 marta 2011 goda Oficialnye dokumenty Patriarhiya ru Patriarhiya ru in Russian Retrieved 2019 11 27 Further reading editMitropolit Smolenskij i Kaliningradskij Kirill K 55 letiyu Otdela vneshnih cerkovnyh svyazej Moskovskogo Patriarhata Cerkov i vremya M 2001 str 7 69 Na sluzhbe Cerkvi K 65 letiyu Otdela vneshnih cerkovnyh svyazej Moskovskogo Patriarhata Moskva 2011 External links editPresentation on the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate in Russian Presentation on the official website of the DECR in English Website of the Ukrainian branch of the DECR Former website Legal information Former presentation of the DECR from before Patriarch Kirill s decentralisation explaining the DECR s role Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate amp oldid 1143815056, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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