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Metropolitan Isidor of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh meets with representatives of the Coptic Church
DECR Communication Service, 11/01/2026
On 9th January 2026, Metropolitan Isidor of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh, Co-Chairman of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church, met with the Coptic Church’s Representative to Russia, Hieromonk Dawood El Antony, and the Coptic students currently studying at the Smolensk Orthodox Theological Seminary – Hierodeacons Maximous Al Anba Paula and Vizanty Anba Bishoy.
Taking part in the meeting, held at the Smolensk Diocesan Administration, was also Priest Dimitry Gamilovsky, Rector of the Smolensk Seminary.
The participants in the meeting discussed a wide range of topics pertaining to cooperation between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Coptic Church.
Photo by Press Service of Smolensk MetropoliaPatriarch
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