Bishop Mark of Yegorievsk receives delegation of the Greek Church

Bishop Mark of Yegorievsk, DECR MP Deputy Chairman, received a delegation from the Greek monastery Sagmato headed by Archimandrite Nektarios (Poulos) in the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate on September 20, 2005.

The shrine with the particle of the Life-Giving Cross was brought to Moscow from Greece on September 21, 2005.

The shrine is staying in the Convent of the Elevation of the Cross at the village of Lukino, the Moscow Region.

Bishop Mark thanked Archimandrite Nektarios for bringing the great shrine of the Orthodox world to Russia and underscored that it was an important event in spiritual life of all the faithful in this country.

Bishop Mark and Archimandrite Nektarios discussed the state of Orthodoxy in the modern world.