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On 29th November 2019, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, met with Bishop Robert Innes of Gibraltar in Europe (Church of England).

They were joined in the meeting by Rev. Malcolm Rogers, Chaplain of St. Andrew’s Anglican Parish in Moscow, and Mr. Philip Champion, DECR staff member.

The participants in the meeting discussed various issues of mutual interest pertaining to the relationships between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Church of England, such as development of bilateral cooperation within the framework of the Coordinating Committee for Cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Church of England, and possible joint humanitarian projects in the Middle East.

 DECR Communication Service