Bishop Nestor of Korsun meets with Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris

Bishop Nestor of Korsun met on February 15, 2011, with Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, president of the French Episcopal Conference. It was the first meeting of the new head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s diocese of Korsun with the Catholic archbishop of Paris.

They discussed prospects for the development of contacts and cooperation between Orthodox and Catholic Christians in France as well as a project for bringing the relics of the Holy Empress Helena over to Russia, the Korsun diocesan press service has reported. An agreement for an exchange of relics was made by Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois and the late Patriarch Alexy II during their meeting in 2008.

DECR Communication Service