Pope of Alexandria presides over Divine Liturgy in Moscow

His Holiness Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and all Africa Theodore II has presided over the Grand Catholic Orthodox Divine Liturgy in Moscow.

The Divine Worship was celebrated also by:

His Holiness Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem and all Palestine Theophilos III
His Holiness Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Cyril
His Holiness Orthodox Metropolitan of Belgrade Serbian Patriarch Irenaeus
His Holiness Orthodox Archbishop of Bucharest Romanian Patriarch Daniel
His Beatitude Orthodox Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and all Cyprus Chrysostom II
His Beatitude Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana and all Albania Anastasios
His Beatitude Orthodox Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland Sawa
His Beatitude Orthodox Archbishop of Preshov and all Czech and Slovak Lands Rastislav
His Beatitude Orthodox Archbishop of Washington and all America Tikhon
Orthodox Bishops from the Moscow Patriarchate and other local Orthodox Churches.

Comments

  1. CalebDecember 5, 2017 at 3:21 PM

    What a great synaxis of bishops! Wish my Patriarch (John X of Antioch) had been there, really cool to see this pan-Orthodox communion.

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    1. CalebDecember 5, 2017 at 3:22 PM

      Well, come to think of it, maybe he wasn't, because of our tiff with Jerusalem. I take back everything I said :-p

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    2. mikeDecember 5, 2017 at 4:00 PM

      He was present in Moscow so here is your answer.

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    3. Matvey CassDecember 5, 2017 at 10:35 PM

      Yes, Patriarch John X was most definitely there, as well as a Metropolitan of the Georgian Church, whose Patriarch's health didn't allow him to travel. He was here last year for Patriarch Kirill's 70th birthday, however.

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    4. Matvey CassDecember 5, 2017 at 10:37 PM

      Patriarch John X is to the right if Patriarch Kirill here: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_FtrdGWHBps/WiNythZ-NpI/AAAAAAABBEc/G53XesQQ-skxWkb2kEAzWgU2BWfgh7seQCLcBGAs/s1600/20171202-VAR_0690-%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B1%25D1%2580.jpg

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    5. Matvey CassDecember 5, 2017 at 10:51 PM

      Actually, I take that back—I don't see him at the actual Liturgy. He was definitely in attendance at the Bishops' Council.

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    6. mikeDecember 6, 2017 at 2:03 AM

      Again, Patriarch John was in Moscow but he did not concelebrate that Liturgy because of that Qatar nonsense.

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