Metropolitan Kirill receives the Italian Ambassador

10.03.2001 · English, Архив 2001  

METROPOLITAN KIRILL RECEIVES THE ITALIAN AMBASSADOR

On March 6, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, received the Italian Ambassador in Moscow, Mr. Jancarlo Aragonu. They talked about the role of Christian Churches in the two countries, the development of Italian-Russian relations and the condition of Orthodox parishes in Italy.

They were joined in their talk by Archimandrite Mark, DECR vice-chairman, and Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, DECR acting secretary for inter-Orthodox relations and institutions abroad.

See also:

  • Metropolitan Kirill meets with students of the Foreign Office Diplomatic Academy