January 31, 2011
On
January 30, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk,
chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department,
met with H. E. Michael Spinellis, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Greek Republic
to the Russian Federation. They were joined in the
meeting by Counsellor for Cultural Affairs of the
Embassy of Greece, Dimitrios Yalamas.
Discussed were questions pertaining to the difficult
socio-political and economic situation in Greece.
Ambassador Spinellis expressed gratitude to the Russian
Orthodox Church for its decision to participate, together
with the Archbishopric of Athens, in arranging
soup-kitchens for the disadvantaged sections of the
population.
DECR
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