Moscow, July 22, 2013
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| Патриарх Антиохийский Иоанн |
On July 22, 2013, the delegation of the Church of Antioch, sent by His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, for participation in festive events dedicated to the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus, has arrived in Moscow. The delegation is headed by Metropolitan Antony (Shedraui) of Mexico, Venezuela, Caribbean and Central America. Bishop Constantine (Kayal) of Chrysopolis has also come with him from Lebanon. Archbishop Nifon (Saikali) of Philippopolis, representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East at the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, joined the delegation in Moscow.
The guests were met at the Sheremetyevo airport by representatives from the Moscow Patriarchate: Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevo, a staff member of the Department for External Church Relations Hieromonk Stephen (Igumnov), and other representatives of the Moscow clergy, reports the communication service of the External Church Relations Department.
