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America has learned the meeting between the two religious leaders was first planned a week ago. It was not confirmed who initiated the exchange, but it was the first time the two have spoken since this war broke out.
On February 1, Patriarchal Exarch for Africa Metropolitan Leonid of Klin visited the embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt to meet with Egypt’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Russia H. E. Ali Baha Eldin Elnaggari.
On January 24, with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, took part in the business forum “Russia-Ethiopia-Djibouti: Prospects for Business Development” held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
On January 10, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with His Beatitude Raphael Berdos, Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia, who has come to Russia for the first time as Primate of the Armenian Catholic Church since he was elected to the Patriarchal see in September 2021.
On December 24, an online conference was held by members of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church.