{"id":100988,"date":"2014-04-16T15:06:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T11:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mospat.ru\/?p=100988"},"modified":"2014-04-21T21:43:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T17:43:35","slug":"mitropolit-volokolamskijj-ilarion-vstretilsya-s-katolicheskim-arkhiepiskopom-barselony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/2014\/04\/16\/news100988\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Catholic Archbishop of Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-100988 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'>\n\t\t<div class='carousel-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t<div id='carousel-2' class='gallery-carousel'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1150.jpg\" id=\"slide_item_200\" class=\"slide fancybox\" rel=\"gallery1\"><img 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src=\"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/timthumb.php?src=https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1349.jpg&w=150&h=100&q=95\"><\/a><a href=\"#slide_item_207\"><img src=\"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/timthumb.php?src=https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1362.jpg&w=150&h=100&q=95\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a id='prev-2' class='gallery-thumbs-prev' href='#'><i class='icon-angle-circled-left'><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a id='next-2' class='gallery-thumbs-next' href='#'><i class='icon-angle-circled-right'><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><br \/>\nOn April 15, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate\u2019s department for external church relations, while on a visit to Spain with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach, Archbishop of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>They discussed a wide range of issues concerning cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Catalonia, especially in cultural and educational areas.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Hilarion thanked Cardinal Sistach for the attention to the Russian Orthodox community in Barcelona, one of the largest Orthodox communities in Spain. The Archbishop of Barcelona, on his part, expressed a high appreciation of the role played by the Russian Orthodox Church in asserting the gospel witness in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion of the meeting, Metropolitan Hilarion presented his interlocutor with a copy of the recently published Spanish version of Patriarch Kirill\u2019s book \u201cFreedom and Responsibility. In a Search for Harmony\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, the DECR chairman and Cardinal Sistach attended a concert given in the Basilica of the Holy Family (Sagrada Familia) in Barcelona by the Russian National Orchestra and the Moscow Synodal Choir who recited Metropolitan Hilarion\u2019s oratorio \u201cPassion According to St. Matthews\u201d put into literary Catalan.<\/p>\n<p>Present at the concert were Russian Ambassador to Spain Yu. Korchagin, Russian Consul General in Barcelona Yu, Klimenko, diplomats accredited in Catalonia, local Orthodox faithful, Catholic clergy and over four thousand listeners.<\/p>\n<p>After the concert Cardinal Sistach took Metropolitan Hilarion on a tour of Sagrada Familia, one of the main architectural sights in Barcelona. Designed by outstanding architect Antoni Gaudi, this church has being built since 1882, reflecting the complicated history endured by the Roman Catholic Church in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><i>DECR Communication Service<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They discussed a wide range of issues concerning cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Catalonia, especially in cultural and educational areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":100991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,1,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}