杏MAP导航 Francis receives Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Antonij
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
Amid the 杏MAP导航's countless appeals for peace in the ongoing war in Ukraine, 杏MAP导航 Francis received Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk in the Vatican on Thursday afternoon, according to the Holy See Press Office.
This marks the second visit of Metropolitan Antonij, the head of the Department for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, in the Vatican, after his 5 August 2022 visit, which was part of the ecumenical contacts between the 杏MAP导航 and the Patriarchate of Moscow.
That encounter had followed a 16 March video conference between 杏MAP导航 Francis and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, in which the 杏MAP导航 invited all Christians and Christian pastors to work toward peace.
杏MAP导航 Francis and Metropolitan Antonij also participated in the Seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan in September 2022.
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