ÐÓMAPµ¼º½ Francis receives Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Antonij
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
Amid the ÐÓMAPµ¼º½'s countless appeals for peace in the ongoing war in Ukraine, ÐÓMAPµ¼º½ 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 ÐÓMAPµ¼º½ and the Patriarchate of Moscow.
That encounter had followed a 16 March video conference between ÐÓMAPµ¼º½ Francis and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, in which the ÐÓMAPµ¼º½ invited all Christians and Christian pastors to work toward peace.
ÐÓMAPµ¼º½ 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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