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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/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>\nOn 28 April 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov at the premises of the Council of Ministers.
\nTaking part in the meeting on behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church were Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate\u2019s Department for External Church Relations (DECR); Bishop Sergiy of Solnechnogorsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate\u2019s Administrative Secretariat; Mr. Vladimir Legoida, chairman of the Synodal Information Department; archpriest Nikolai Balashov, DECR deputy chairman; archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for inter-Orthodox relations; hegumen Filipp (Vasiltsev), rector of the metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church; and M. Kuksov, acting head of His Holiness\u2019s personal secretariat. The Bulgarian side was represented by\u00a0 Metropolitan Dometian of Vidin, Metropolitan Kyrill of Varna and Veliki Preslav;\u00a0 Gavriil of Love\u010d, Bishop Nahum of Stobi, and Mr. Emil Velinov, head of the Directorate for Religions at the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria.
\nHis Holiness Patriarch Kirill said: \u201cOrthodoxy is not only customs and traditions, but also philosophy of life\u2026 Orthodox tradition is based on the Word of God and is always topical. Some people can understand it, and others cannot.
\n\u201cReligious motivation should not be ousted by new \u201cvalues\u201d, which are not linked with Christian tradition, but proclaim the autonomy of the human person and an ability to decide what is good and what is bad. This is erroneously called freedom and is very dangerous.\u201d
\nHis Holiness Patriarch Kirill wished Prime Minister Borisov God\u2019s help in his work for the well-being of people. \u201cThe Orthodox Church has always united and inspired the Bulgarians even in solving the most difficult problems. There are such spheres of life, in which only high motivation can make people strong,\u201d the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church underscored.
\nThe Prime Minister said that he shared the Patriarch\u2019s views, recalled the hard period of schism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and recalled his personal participation in its overcoming. He added that the people cherish deeply rooted Orthodox traditions and Orthodox faith. \u201cWe have built many new churches and restored hundreds of church buildings and monasteries during the last three years.\u201d
\nReligious education was also discussed. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill told about the \u201cFoundations of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics\u201d now being taught in Russian secondary schools. The course offers a choice to the pupils to get acquainted with the traditional religions of Russia: Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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