July 30, 2014
Moscow: His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia, meets with Metropolitan Hilarion

On Wednesday, July 30, a meeting was held at the Patriarchal Residence in Danilov Monastery between His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia, and Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad.

Also taking part in the meeting were: Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR); Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Finance & Economic Administration and head of the Administration of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Institutions Abroad; Archimandrite John (Roschin), Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA; and Archpriest Peter Holodny.

In the course of the meeting, His Holiness, Patriarch Kyrill, proposed discussing the state of Orthodoxy in various countries around the world, as well as developing plans for further coordination of missionary work.

"The most important thing is for our joint efforts to aid the development of Russian Orthodoxy in all of the nations where it exists, taking into account the fact that, with every year, more and more Russian people come to live outside of Russia," noted His Holiness.

DECR Press Service/Patriarchia.ru
Translation by the Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese

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