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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/p>\nOn Ju<\/span>ly<\/span>\u00a08-11,<\/span>\u00a02019, His Holi<\/span>ne<\/span>ss Patr<\/span>iar<\/span>ch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the<\/span>\u00a0Transfiguration of the Saviour stauropegic monastery on Valaam<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n On Jul<\/span>y<\/span>\u00a09, a regular session of the Hol<\/span>y Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church<\/span>, chaired by<\/span>\u00a0His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0took place<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>at the Church of Grand Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles at St. Vladimir scete.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Pri<\/span>mate of the Russian Orthodox Church opened the session and addressed the members of the Holy Synod, saying:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Your Eminences and Graces! Dear brothers!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I cordially greet you at the Transfiguration of the Saviour stauropegic monastery<\/span>\u00a0on Valaam.<\/span>\u00a0Valaam is a holy place marked by the exploits of many generation<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0of monks. This is our Russian Athos<\/span>, though unlike Mount Athos it is bounded by very cold<\/span>\u00a0waters of Lake Ladoga<\/span>, creating<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>special c<\/span>onditions for ascetic life here. While v<\/span>isiting Valaam we see this miracle\u00a0<\/span>ma<\/span>d<\/span>e by the power of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>human spirit without any physical, political or economic forces.\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>life<\/span>\u00a0of t<\/span>his holy abode founded by several hermits<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was not easy<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0yet we see<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>these magnificent churches built by people motivated<\/span>\u00a0by deep faith and\u00a0<\/span>faithfulness<\/span>\u00a0to the Lord<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Valaam has become the Russian Northern Athos.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I am convinced that even more pilgrims will visit this holy place.\u00a0<\/span>One cannot remain indifferent to what one sees, hears and feels<\/span>, to<\/span>\u00a0the spiritual power of the deeds performed here during centuries. It is\u00a0<\/span>indeed\u00a0<\/span>proper to hold\u00a0<\/span>here\u00a0<\/span>a session of the supreme body of the church authority \u2013 the Holy Synod. My hea<\/span>r<\/span>tfelt greetings!<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine; Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna; Metropolitan Vladimir of Kishinev and All Moldova; Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, head of the metropolitan area in the Republic of Kazakhstan; Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, head of the metropolitan area in Central Asia; Metropolitan Varsono<\/span>fy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga<\/span>; Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus; Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate\u2019s Department for External Church Relations<\/span>, and Metropolitan Savva of Tver and Kashin,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate,\u00a0<\/span>are permanent members of the Holy Synod.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Invited to the summer session (March-August) are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Metropolitan Antony of Korsun and Western Europe; Archishop Serafim of Kaliningrad and Baltyisk; Archbishop Roman of Yakutsk and Lensk; Bishop Leonid of Turov and Mozyr; and Bishop German of Sochi and Tuapse.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On July\u00a08-11,\u00a02019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the\u00a0Transfiguration of the Saviour stauropegic monastery on Valaam.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":176080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,11,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176072"}],"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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}