On April 4, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in the Danilov Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow and All Rus' met with the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church who carry out pastoral service in the coutnries abroad.

The meeting was attended by: Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate; Archpriest Nikolai Lishchenyuk, Deputy Chairman of the DECR; Archimandrite Philip (Ryabykh), representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Council of Europe and the European Union; Archimandrite Vassian (Zmeev) of All Russia under the Patriarch of Bulgaria, Archimandrite Vassian (Zmeev), Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Rector of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese, Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Secretary of the Korsun Diocesan Administration, Priest Maxim Politov.

During the conversation, the priests told His Holiness about the life of the dioceses and parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in their countries of residence.

At the end of the meeting, His Holiness the Patriarch thanked the clergy for their labors and wished God's help in their service.

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