Primates of Orthodox Churches of Constantinople and Russia are to meet

His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and His Holiness Bartholomew, Patriarch of Constantinople, are to meet on August 31, 2018, in Istanbul.

The previous meeting of the two Patriarchs took place during the Synaxis of the Primates of autocephalous Orthodox Churches which took place from January 22 to 27, 2016, in Chambesy, Switzerland.

The two Patriarchs had met earlier, on March 6-9, 2014, in the course of the Synaxis of the Primates of autocephalous Orthodox Churches in Istanbul, Turkey; on October 7, 2013, in Podgorica, Montenegro; during the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew to the Moscow Patriarchate on May 22-31, 2010; and in the course of the official visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the Orthodox Church of Constantinople on July 4-6, 2009.

DECR Communication Service