Chairman of the State Duma Committee met with the Primate and members of the Holy Synod of the Hellenic Orthodox Church

June 7, 2018 in Athens, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on the development of civil society, the issues of public and religious associations, member of the International Secretariat of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, S.A. Gavrilov with His Beatitude Archbishop of Athens and all Hellas Jerome and members of the Holy Synod of the Hellenic Orthodox Church . The meeting was also attended by the President of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Peoples VA. Alekseev. His Beatitude Archbishop Jerome expressed gratitude to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and to the Chairman of the State Duma, V.V. Volodin for his contribution to building constructive dialogue between the state and the Church on the basis of spiritual and moral values, the constitutional principles of freedom of conscience and religion, non-interference of state bodies in the activities of religious organizations, and highly appreciated the activities of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy. As S.A. Gavrilov, among the issues discussed was the problem of preserving the unity of the Church, preventing the spread of the "Ukrainian scenario" of the Orthodox inner church schism. "To effectively confront such challenges, it seems necessary to unite efforts at the international level, including within the framework of interaction with Orthodox communities abroad, in particular <...> with the Hellas Orthodox Church, where they respect Christian traditions," SA explained. Gavrilov. During the meeting, issues of countering extremism and terrorism, the destruction of traditional Christian values ​​in the world were raised. In memory of the visit of the Russian delegation, His Beatitude Archbishop of Athens and the whole of Hellas, Jerome, presented S.A. Gavrilov icon of St. Paul the Apostle, the website of the State Duma Committee for the Development of Civil Society