Assembly of Bishops for Italy and Malta meets

(St. Catherine) - November 17 in Venice, a meeting of the Orthodox Episcopal Council of Italy and Malta. The meeting, held at the Metropolitan Patriarchate of Constantinople, was attended by metropolitan Italy and Malta, Gennady (Ecumenical Patriarchate), Bishop Nestor Korsunsky (Moscow Patriarchate), Bishop Andrew Remeziyansky (Serbian Orthodox Church), Bishop Silvanus Italica (Romanian Orthodox Church) and Bishop Konstantiysky Anthony (Bulgarian Orthodox Church).

In the spirit of fraternal understanding graces the hierarchs discussed current issues relating to the life of parishes Local Orthodox Churches in Italy.

In his speech before a meeting of the Metropolitan Bishop Nestor congratulated Gennady with Name Day and presented a commemorative gift hierarch - the bishop's staff. Bishop Nestor also introduced the newly appointed bishops to the Secretary of Administration of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in Italy Hieromonk Anthony (Sevryukov) and spoke about the challenges faced by the Administration at this time.