Palestinian President Meets with Visiting Russian Orthodox Metropolitan

As part of his ongoing visit to the Holy Land Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) has met with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in the West Bank city of Ramallah. During their meeting the two discussed relations between Palestine and the Russian Orthodox Church and the ongoing political developments in the Middle East. Archimandrite Isidore (Minayev), head of the patriarchal Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, and the representative of the Russian Federation to the PNA also participated in the meeting. More here.

Nameday Celebrations of Jerusalem Mission Head

Yesterday's nameday celebrations for the head of the patriarchal Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Archimandrite Isidor (Minayev), included members of both the patriarchal and synodal Missions as well as Bishop Agapit (Gorachek) of Stuttgart of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. More here.