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Orthodox summit: new head of Russian Church meeting with Patriarch of Constantinople
Wednesday, 08 July 2009 18:30
CWNews.com - Patriarch Kirill, the new leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, is visiting Constantinople for talks with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew II. After several years of conflict between Moscow and Constantinople, the meeting between the world's two leading Orthodox prelates has enormous significance for the future of ecumenical work.
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