{"id":5623,"date":"2009-10-01T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mospat.ru\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2009-10-03T21:02:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T19:02:35","slug":"arkhiepiskop-ilarion-prinyal-uchastie-vo-vstreche-mehra-goroda-moskvy-s-rukovoditelyami-i-predstavitelyami-religioznykh-organizacijj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.mospat.ru\/en\/2009\/10\/01\/news5623\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Hilarion attends Moscow mayor\u2019s meeting with religious organization"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate\u2019s department for external church relations, attended the meeting between the Moscow mayor and leaders and representatives of religious organizations in Moscow, on 29 September 2009.<\/div>\n
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Along with Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, the Moscow Government was represented by Central Moscow Prefect S. Baidakov, deputy Moscow mayor V. Vinogradov and chairman of the city committee for relations with religious organizations, M. Orlov.<\/div>\n
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Religious organizations were represented by Archbishop Hilarion, Old-Believers\u2019 Metropolitan Kornily of Moscow and All Russia, Chief Rabbi Adolf Shayevich (Russian Jewish Congress), Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar (Federation of Jewish Communities), Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin, chairman of the Moslem Board for European Russia and chairman of the Council of Muftis in Russia; Bishop Yezras of the Novo-Nakhichevan and Russian Diocese (Armenian Apostolic Church), and Ms. D. Shagdarova, leader of the Moscow Buddhist community.<\/p>\n

In his opening address, Mr. Luzhkov noted that \u2018such meetings are a symbol of our common efforts for rallying society\u2019. He said the existing cultural diversity in the Moscow population today \u2018can and must become our richness\u2019, which was possible to achieve only through people\u2019s education for the culture of peace.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Hilarion, in his turn, stressed that \u2018it is religion that is a real force in society today which can influence people\u2019s moral condition. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill set as one of the priorities in the Church\u2019s mission the work with youth\u2019, he said, adding, \u2018and he makes first of all the problem of morality a theme of his continued talks with thousands-strong gatherings of young people throughout Holy Russia\u2019.<\/p>\n

He also underlined that \u2018the ethical education of society is a common task for the state and all the traditional confessions. This task can only be fulfilled through common efforts. In this respect, our traditional confessional confessions share full understanding and willingness to cooperate including in the framework of the Interreligious Council in Russia\u2019.<\/p>\n

All the representatives of traditional confessions expressed satisfaction at the present level of dialogue with the Moscow Government led by Mayor Luzhkov and pointed to the importance of continued cooperation in consolidating society.<\/p>\n

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