Primate of Orthodox Church of Alexandria arrives in Moscow to continue his pilgrimage

His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, accompanied by Bishop Meletios of Naukratis and Bishop Savva of Voskresensk, first deputy chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate, continued his pilgrimage to the Russian land.

After visiting the Solovki Monastery, the Irkutsk region and Yekaterinburg, the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria arrived in Moscow on 27 August 2015.

At the Vnukovo-3 Airport he was met by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Athanasios of Kyrene, representative of the Patriarch of Alexandria to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia; Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, DECR vice-chairman; Archpriest Andrei Milkin, head of the Protocol Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia; and Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for inter-Orthodox relations.

On August 28, the Feast of the Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin.

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