Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with participants of the Fifth Summer Institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with participants of the Fifth Summer Institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church Митрополит Волоколамский Иларион встретился с участниками пятого Летнего института для представителей Римско-Католической Церкви print version August 29, 2019 15:08 On August 26, 2019, participants of the fifth Summer Institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church visited the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. In the small hall of the DECR, the Chairman of the Department, the rector of the Church Graduate and Doctoral School named after Saints Equal to the Apostles Cyril and Methodius Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with guests. During the meeting, the archpastor spoke about the history and directions of the work of the Synodal Department headed by him, the current state of relations with the Roman Catholic Church, and answered numerous questions. On the same day, participants of the Summer Institute visited the Novospassky Stauropegial Monastery , where they were greeted by the first vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in Moscow, the first deputy administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate, deputy governor of the monastery Bishop of Resurrection Dionysius . The delegation also familiarized themselves with the activities of the Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society and the Media and visited the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry . The summer institute for representatives of the Roman Catholic Church runs from August 23 to September 1 at the Church Graduate School. The Institute is part of the academic and humanitarian cooperation of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Holy See with the support of the Russkiy Mir Foundation and the Catholic charity foundation Urbi et Orbi.