Meeting of the working group for preparing a document to express the position of the Russian Orthodox Church on globalization

On 2 November 2005, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad chaired the meeting of the working group on the document to express the position of the Russian Orthodox Church on globalization.

The working group was set up in compliance with provision 27 of the Act on Internal Life of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted by the Bishops’ Council 2004. The Department for External Church Relations and the Synodal Theological Commission were charged with the task to make a draft document on globalization.

The participants expressed their opinions on integration undergoing in world economy and international relations and attempts to interpret and use in narrow group interests.