Home page News
Patriarch Kirill meets a hierarch of the Orth…

Patriarch Kirill meets a hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Antioch

On March 21, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Metropolitan George of Homs, Patriarchate of Antioch, at the bishop’s chamber of the Church of the Intercession in the New Monastery of the Saviour, Moscow.

 

Participating in the talk were also Archbishop Niphon of Philippopolis, representative of the Patriarch of Antioch to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, and Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for inter-Orthodox relations.

 

Patriarch Kirill welcomed the guest, saying, ‘We sympathize with the Syrian people and the Orthodox Church of Antioch. We know how painful it is for the heart when churches and monasteries are destroyed, when the very life is ruined and people perish. We pray that the Lord may show mercy and stop all these hostilities and that everyone may be protected’.

 

Expressing empathy for the Christian community in Syria, His Holiness said, ‘There is an outflow of the Christian population from the Middle East. It worries us very much because it can change the very nature of the Middle East where Christians have lived from the very beginning and made an enormous contribution to the development of the region’s culture. There can be no Middle East as we know it without Christian presence. For this reason, I would like to express our brotherly love and wholehearted support’.

 

His Holiness Kirill asked Metropolitan George to convey greetings to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, saying, ‘I would like to convey through you my brotherly love to His Beatitude Patriarch John of Antioch. He has ascended to the historic apostolic throne of Antioch at a difficult time. Our prayers go to him just as to all the bishops and devoted faithful of the Church of Antioch’.

 

Metropolitan John, on his part, thanked Patriarch Kirill, saying, ‘We have come in these days to receive a blessing from Your Holiness and to go through these difficult times through your deep faith and the faith of the people. His Holiness Patriarch John asked me to convey to you his love, prayers and fraternal greeting’.

 

Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan John discussed ways of giving humanitarian aid to the Syrian people and problems involved in inter-Orthodox relations.

 

DECR Communication Service

Share:
Congratulations of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the President of Turkey on his 70th birthday

26.02.2024

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill's condolences in connection with the murder of the monks of the Ziquala Abo Monastery in Ethiopia

24.02.2024

Address by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the XII Christmas Parliamentary Meetings at the Federation Council of the Russian Federation

23.01.2024

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: Patriarch of Constantinople is not a free man

07.01.2024

Christmas Message from Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Rus’

06.01.2024

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill had phone conversation with Metropolitan Ioann of Belgorod and Stary Oskol

02.01.2024

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill expresses condolences over deadly earthquake in northwest China

19.12.2023

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Mr Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on his re-election as President of Egypt

19.12.2023

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill welcomes the opening of an exhibition dedicated to the decoration of the Church of St Sava in Belgrade

19.12.2023

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presides over jubilee meeting of Inter-Religious Council of Russia

07.12.2023

Address by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at jubilee meeting of Inter-Religious Council of Russia

07.12.2023

Patriarchal greetings on the occasion of 60th anniversary of the Diocese of Vienna and Austria

26.11.2023

Primate of Russian Church presents historic miracle-working Kazan Icon of the Mother of God to the faithful and celebrates Liturgy in the Kremlin Dormition Cathedral

04.11.2023

Address by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ to the participants of the World Conference of Compatriots Living Abroad

01.11.2023

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill met with the Primate of the Assyrian Church of the East

31.10.2023

Metropolitan Hilarion: Many things in a person's life depend on faith

29.08.2021

Metropolitan Hilarion: The Holy Spirit is the main treasure of the Christian soul

01.08.2021

Metropolitan Hilarion: Holiness is a constant striving to imitate the Lord Jesus Christ

27.06.2021

Metropolitan Hilarion: God does not want to condemn, but to save us

07.03.2021

Metropolitan Hilarion: The Lord always grants to us the opportunity to display our talents

24.01.2021

Metropolitan Hilarion: The Lord has imbued the waters of Jordan with his divine presence to wash away human sins

19.01.2021

Metropolitan Hilarion: to repent means to change your way of life

17.01.2021

On commemoration day of St. Catherine, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk officiated at the Church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr In-the-Fields  the representation of the Orthodox Church in America

07.12.2020

Metropolitan Hilarion: We can always show compassion for people

29.11.2020

Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates on commemoration day of St. Varlaam of Khutyn at the church of ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’ icon of the Mother of God

19.11.2020

Metropolitan Hilarion: We should remember that the life of each human being is in the hands of God

06.11.2020

Metropolitan Hilarion: For God there is nothing impossible

25.10.2020

Metropoplitan Hilarion: The cross which was an instrument of dishonourable execution becomes the symbol of salvation for millions of people

27.09.2020

Metropolitan Hilarion: Eucharist is the wedding feast, to which Lord Jesus Christ invites each of us

13.09.2020

Metropolitan Hilarion: Faith alone is not enough for salvation

30.08.2020

Page is available in the following languages
Feedback

Fields marked by * are mandatory required

Send a message
Рус Укр Eng Deu Ελλ Fra Ita Бълг ქარ Срп Rom عرب