DECR chairman meets with first hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church

DECR Communication Service, 06.10.2023.

On October 6, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Metropolitan Korniliy of Moscow and All Russia at the DECR premises.

Metropolitan Korniliy was accompanied by Rev. Mikhail Rodin, head of the Education Department of the Moscow Metropolitanate of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church, and Protodeacon Viktor Savelyev, private secretary to the Metropolitan.

Taking part in the meeting on the part of the Moscow Patriarchate were Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR deputy chairman, and Archpriest Ioann Mirolyubov, secretary of the Commission for Old Belief parishes and cooperation with the Old Belief community.

Discussed during the talk, which that was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere, were various aspects of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church with focus on the prospects for the development of cooperation in common promoting of the Orthodox spiritual, moral and patriotic values in Russian society.

At the end of the meeting the participants exchanged souvenirs.

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DECR chairman meets with first hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church

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