Patriarch John X of Antioch meets with the hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church

On June 9^th, 2021, His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East received the Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania, who arrived in Lebanon on a working visit.

The meeting at the Patriarchal Residence in Balamand was also attended by the rector of the Compound of the Russian Orthodox Church in Beirut, Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev), the abbot of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Balamand Archimandrite Romanos (El Hannat) and the president of the University of Balamand, Dr. Elias Warrak.

During the meeting, Church affairs were discussed as well as the importance of the historical relationship between the Russian and the Antiochian churches. The situation in the region in general, and in Lebanon in particular was also discussed.

At the end of the meeting, Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania visited the Dormition Monastery and Balamand University.

DECR Communication service
according to the press service of the Antiochian Patriarchate

Photos taken from the site of the Orthodox Church of Antioch

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Patriarch John X of Antioch meets with the hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church

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