Patriarch Kirill arrives in Havana

Source: TASS

Havana, February 12, 2016

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and president of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and president of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro
    

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill arrived in Havana late on Thursday. His plane landed safely at Hose Marti international airport. A delegation of 100 people is accompanying the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The patriarch’s historic meeting with Pope Francis will take place today, on February 12.

Raul Castro, president of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba, met Patriarch Kirill at the airport.

After the ceremony, Patriarch Kirill made a short address to the Cuban people, in which he conveyed the greetings from "all the people of the historical Rus."

"I wish prosperity to the Cuban people and happiness to each individual person. Let God be with you with love and mercy," the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said.

TASS

2/12/2016

See also
Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill coordinated — Russian Orthodox Church Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill coordinated — Russian Orthodox Church Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill coordinated — Russian Orthodox Church Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill coordinated — Russian Orthodox Church
Preparations for the meeting have been underway for 20 years Press conference at DECR on Patriarch Kirill’s forthcoming visit to Latin America Press conference at DECR on Patriarch Kirill’s forthcoming visit to Latin America Press conference at DECR on Patriarch Kirill’s forthcoming visit to Latin America Press conference at DECR on Patriarch Kirill’s forthcoming visit to Latin America
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR), held a press conference on February 5, 2016, at the DECR. The meeting with Russian and foreign mass media reporters was devoted to the primatial visitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Latin America, which will take place from February 11 to 22, 2016, His Holiness will visit the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Paraguay and the Federal Republic of Brazil. Joint Press Release of the Holy See and the Patriarchate of Moscow Joint Press Release of the Holy See and the Patriarchate of Moscow Joint Press Release of the Holy See and the Patriarchate of Moscow Joint Press Release of the Holy See and the Patriarchate of Moscow
This meeting of the primates of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, after a long preparation, will be the first in history and will mark an important stage in relations between the two Churches.
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