January 20, 2012
The welcoming party included Metropolitan Krutitsy and Kolomna, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations; Archbishop Arseny of Istra, Archbishop Mark of Yegorjevsk, head of the Office for Foreign Institutions, Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, DECR vice-chairman, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for inter-Orthodox relations, Deacon Fedor Shulga, and representatives of the Moscow clergy.
In the evening, Metropolitan Hilarion entertained the Georgian delegation led by Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II to dinner.
Present at the dinner were Moscow Patriarchate representatives including Bishop Sergiy of Solnechnogorsk, director of the Moscow Patriarchate’s secretariat, Archpriest Nikolay Balashov and Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk.
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