Department for External Church Relations
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The 17th Meeting of the Working Group on Interaction between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was held
DECR Communication service, 31.10.2025.
On October 31, 2025, the 17th meeting of the Working Group on Interaction between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia was held in the Malachite Hall of the Danilovsky Hotel in Moscow. The meeting was co-chaired by Metropolitan Antony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, and Y.S. Ivanov, State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The meeting participants discussed various aspects of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian foreign policy agency during the period since the previous 16th meeting of the Working Group.
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