On 29 April 2014, at the Patriarchal residence in Chisty side-street, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, who is on his working visit to Moscow.<\/p>\n
The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church greeted His Holiness Patriarch Kirill with the Holy Pascha and thanked him for his attention to the Armenian community in Moscow.<\/p>\n
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church warmly greeted the high guest and noted that the Moscow Patriarchate and the Armenian Apostolic Church maintained a high level of mutual trust in their relationships.<\/p>\n
The participants in the meeting emphasized that the mission of Christian Churches in the life of modern society was tremendously important and manifold. The Christian Churches often play a key part in preserving peace and understanding between the nations.<\/p>\n
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expressed his condolences to Patriarch and Catholicos Karekin II over the tragedy which had occurred in March in Kessab, a Syrian town with the predominantly Armenian population. Some issues of mutual interest were also discussed at the meeting.<\/p>\n
Representing the Armenian Apostolic Church was Archbishop Ezras (Nersisyan), head of the New Nakhichevan and Russia diocese. Also present at the meeting were Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate\u2019s Department for External Church Relations, and Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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