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On June 25, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met with the Russian Ambassador to Greece A. Maslov at the historic building of the Russian embassy in Athens.

The head of the diplomatic representation in the Republic of Greece and the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) discussed important events that took place in the relations between the two countries this year and the inter-Orthodox agenda.

In the end of the meeting Metropolitan Hilarion presented Mr. Maslov with a token of the meeting.

They were joined in their talk by Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for inter-Orthodox relations, as well as Rev. Anatoly Churyakov and Hierodeacon Gregory (Sokolov), DECR staff members, and F. Kalaidov, an officer of the embassy.

DECR Communication Service