Metropolitan Kirill visits parishes in Switzerland and meets leadership of the Frieburg University

On 18 March 2006, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad celebrated the All-Night Vigil Service in the Church of the Resurrection in Zurich. Concelebrating were Rev. Oleg Batov and deacon Sergy Ulanov. After the Divine service Metropolitan Kirill welcomed the worshippers.

On 19 March 2006, Metropolitan Kirill celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Dompierre. Concelebrating were the abbot of the monastery archimandrite Martin and deacon Sergy Ustinov.

Students and graduates of the Russian Orthodox Church theological schools studying in Switzerland attended the Divine service.

After the service Metropolitan Kirill addressed the worshippers with his archpastoral word and presented an icon of the Saviour to the monastery and a pectoral cross to its abbot. Archimandrite Martin thanked Metropolitan Kirill for greetings and for his visit to the monastery.

That same day Metropolitan Kirill met with vice-rector of the Frieburg University Fr. Guido Vergauwen and dean of the theological department Prof. Dr. Barbara Hallensleben. They discussed matters of cooperation between the Russian Church and the Frieburg University in future.

Metropolitan Kirill celebrated requiem prayer service at the tomb of Archbishop Seraphim (Rodionov) of Zurich who died in 1997.