Patriarch of Jerusalem received Metropolitan of Kazan of the Patriarchate of Moscow

On Tuesday, January 24/February 6, 2024, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem received His Eminence Metropolitan Kyril of Kazan of the Moscow Patriarchate, who was accompanied by his priests and the representative of the Russian Spiritual Mission to Jerusalem (MISSIA) Archimandrite Nikon.

In this meeting, His Beatitude presented to His Eminence the pastoral, pilgrimage and pacifying work carried out by the Patriarchate amid the ongoing and raging war in Gaza, where our Patriarchate in the Monastery of Saint Porphyrios grants asylum to 400 members of its Community under His Eminence Archbishop Alexios of Tiberias and Hieromonk Sila.

Metropolitan Kyril informed His Beatitude about his Pastoral activity in the Holy Metropolis of Kazan and asked and received from His Beatitude the normal permission to officiate at the Holy Shrines during his stay here.

From Secretariat-General

Source: Patriarchate of Jerusalem