His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chaired the meeting of the Supreme Church Council
March 18, 2022 in the hall of the Supreme Church Council of the Cathedral Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a meeting of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church began.
Opening the meeting, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addressed the members of the Supreme Church Council with opening speech. The Primate spoke about the conversations held on March 16 with The Pope and The Archbishop of Canterbury and the peacekeeping efforts of the Russian Orthodox Church aimed at the speedy end of the conflict in Ukraine. His Holiness also announced and briefly commented on a number of items on the agenda of today’s meeting.
The composition of the Supreme Church Council, chaired by His Holiness the Patriarch, includes:
- Chairman Department for External Church Relations Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk;
- Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Dionysius of Resurrection;
- Chairman Publishing Council Russian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk;
- Chairman Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism Metropolitan Theognost of Kashira;
- Chairman Synodal Committee for Interaction with the Cossacks m Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk;
- Chairman of the Patriarchal Commission for Physical Culture and Sports Metropolitan Mitrofan of Murmansk and Monchegorsk;
- Chairman Patriarchal Council for Culture Metropolitan Tikhon of Pskov and Porkhov;< /li>
- Head Office of the Moscow Patriarchate for Institutions Abroad Metropolitan Anthony of Korsun and Western Europe;
- Chairman Synodal Department of Religious Education and Katya Khizia Metropolitan Eugene of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye;
- Chairman Synodal Department for Prison Ministry Bishop Irinarch of Ramensky;
- Chairman Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service Bishop Panteleimon of Vereya;
- Chairman Synodal Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies Bishop Savvaty of Bronnitsa;
- Head Administrative Secretariat Moscow Patriarchate Bishop Thomas of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk;
- Chairman Synodal Department for Youth Affairs Bishop Seraphim of Istra;
- Chairman Educational Committee;
- a> Russian Orthodox Church Archpriest Maxim Kozlov;
- Chairman < a href="http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/65952.html">Synodal Missionary Department
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