An Orthodox priest greets Catholic orphanage pupils with the feast of Pascha

On 29 April 2006, secretary for interchristian relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Rev. Igor Vyzhanov visited a Moscow Catholic orphanage ‘John Bosco youth educational centre’ and greeted its pupils with the radiant feast of the Resurrection of Christ. The majority of pupils were baptized as Orthodox. Taking part in the greeting was a choir of the Church the Holy and Right-Believing Princess Olga at the Moscow Patriarchate Pilgrims’ Centre in the ‘Universitetskaya’ hotel. The choir sang Paschal hymns.

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