Department for External Church Relations
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Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with Russia’s Ambassador to the DPRK
DECR Communication Service, 22/09/2026
On 22nd September 2026, a meeting took place between Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, and Mr Andrei Podelyshev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Having greeted Mr Podelyshev, Metropolitan Anthony wished him God’s help in his important and responsible service.
The participants in the meeting discussed various topics pertaining to everyday life of the community of the Holy Trinity Church in Beijing. Its congregation consists, to a large extent, of Russian diplomats and their family members.
Taking part in the meeting was also Priest Andrei Titushkin of the DECR Secretariat for Far Abroad Countries.
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