His HolinessHis Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia and President Boris Yeltsin met on 8 May 1998 at the Patriarchal working residence

For Immediate Release, May 8, 1998

His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia and President Boris Yeltsin met on 8 May 1998 at the Patriarchal working residence.

In these days when the celebrations devoted to the joyous Nativity of Christ continue, the head of the Russian state brought warm greetings to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on the occasion of Holy Pascha and the forthcoming national feast – the Victory Day. His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II also offered greetings to the Russian President on the occasion of the Pascha of Christ and the Day of the Victory which was gained precisely in Easter time in 1945.

Then His Holiness and President Yeltsin had a private talk.