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Archbishop Volkolamskii Hillarion met the Head of the Cyprus Orthodox Church ( 25.10.2009 )

At October the 22nd, 2009, in Paphos (Cyprus) the President of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Moscow Patriarchy, Archbishop Volkolamskii Hillarion met the His Beatitude the Archbishop of the New Justiniana and Cyprus Chrysostom II. Metropolitan Tamasoskii Isaiah has been present on this meeting, as well.

In the talks, which has developed in a brotherhood and collaboration atmosphere, a wide circle of issues of common interest, have been discussed.

Archbishop Volkolamskii Hillarion thanked the Head of Cyprus Orthodox Church for their care about the Russian language speaking congregation living on Cyprus. Noticing that the need of a spiritual leading of the Russian speaking habitants on the island is growing, the Archbishop suggested, in accordance to the established practice, that the priests of the Cyprus Orthodox Church to be sent in the in the spiritual educational institutions (schools) of the Russian Orthodox Church in order of Russian language education and the tradition of the Russian Orthodoxy.

The President of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Moscow Patriarchy, Archbishop Volkolamskii Hillarion announced to the Head of the Cyprus Church, the intention of the Russian Educational Centre from the city of Larnaca on Cyprus, to donate icons from the Russian saints, to the temples and monasteries of Cyprus. His Beatitude Chrysostom received the initiative suggested with gratefulness, accenting that the respect to the Russian saints is widely broaden among the faithful people of Cyprus.            

The perspectives of opening the Service Office of the Cyprus’s Orthodox Church in the Moscow Patriarchy and opposite has been discussed, also.

Both sides noticed the necessity of collaboration on the level of representative offices of the both churches in the European organisations, particularly considering the issue of human rights.

They have exchanged their view points in the issues settled on the session of the Inter-Orthodox Pre-assembly Commission, taking place between 10th and 17th of December, 2009 in Shambesi, Switzerland.

In reminiscence to this meeting, Archbishop Hillarion presented a medal (ENKOLPION) manufactured in the work-shops of the Moscow Patriarchy, to His Beatitude the Archbishop of the New Justiniana and Cyprus Chrysostom II.   

 

Source: Foreign affairs Department of the Moscow Patriarchy