Bishop Mercury of Zaraisk meets with Administrator of the Orthodox Church in America Protopresbyter Rodion Kondratik

On 26 January 2006, Bishop Mercury of Zaraisk, administrator of patriarchal parishes in the USA, met with Protopresbyter Rodion Kondratik, administrator of the Orthodox Church in America, in headquarters of the Orthodox Church in America in Syosset, NY.

Bishop Mercury and Protopresbyter R. Kondratik discussed the program of joint work between the Moscow Patriarchate Representation in the USA and the Orthodox Church in America. They paid special attention to February participation of the delegations from the fraternal Churches in General Assembly of the World Council of Churches and the World Summit of Religious Leaders which is to be held in July in Moscow.

Also participating in the meeting were Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky, assistant to the administrator of the Orthodox Church in America on Inter-Church and Ecumenical Relations, Archpriest Pavel Kuchunda, secretary of the Orthodox Church in America, and Rev. Alexander Abramov, secretary of the Moscow Patriarchate Representation in the USA.