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Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with hierarch of Ethiopian Church
DECR Communication Service, 28/03/2026
On 28th March 2026, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, while in India on a working visit, met with the Archbishop of the Gurage Diocese, Abune Melchizedek – a representative of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church attending celebrations held in the city of Kottayam by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church to mark the Holy Chrism consecration.
The participants in the meeting discussed various topics pertaining to the cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
Taking part in the meeting was also Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations.
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