New York, February 6, 2011
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He was welcomed by the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Outside Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, and the clergy. The DECR chairman was accompanied by Archbishop Justinian, administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, and Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov of the St. Nicholas cathedral in New York and representative of the World Russian People’s Council at the UN.
The ROC delegation visited the Synodal church of the Kursk Root icon of the Mother of God to pray before the relics of holy martyrs, Princess Elizabeth and Nun Varvara, and the miracle-working icon.
Addressing the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Outside Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion noted that only a day ago, he had attended the Bishops’ Council in Moscow with other hierarchs, were several important decisions were made for the life of the great and multinational Russian Orthodox Church. He said that he came to the American soil with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill to pray together with Orthodox brothers, both Russian and American, and to meet with representatives of other Christian confessions in order to talk with them about Orthodoxy through lectures. ‘I am very glad that my trip begins with this church, and to have this brotherly talk with you’, he said, and wished Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York God’s help in his ministry and efforts.
Then the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk had a talk in which they discussed ways of consolidating the unity of the Russian Orthodox Church in the light of decisions made by the Bishops’ Council, which completed its work the day before.
Edited by Pravoslavie.ru/OrthoChristian.com
