Bishop of UOC-MP Invited President of Russia to Attend Events to Celebrate 1025th Anniversary of Rus Baptism

On 1 February, before the opening of the hierarchical council of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian President Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin the hierarchs of the Russian Church who were to participate in the council.

On 1 February, before the opening of the hierarchical council of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian President Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin the hierarchs of the Russian Church who were to participate in the council. The meeting dealt with the state-church dialogue and the Russian hierarchs presented several requests to the head of the state. So reported Religion in Ukraine with reference to the web site of the Moscow Patriarchate.

A bishop who was a member of the delegation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate invited the President of Russia to attend the celebratory events to be held on occasion of the 1025^th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus. President Putin answered: “But your President has not invited me!”