The pilgrimage of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to Greece began

The pilgrimage of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to Greece began Началась паломническая поездка митрополита Волоколамского Илариона в Грецию print version June 25, 2019 12:38 On June 23, 2019, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations , Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, arrived in Greece to make pilgrimages to the preaching places of the Apostle Paul, timed to hold traditional memorial events in the diocese of the Hellas Orthodox Church to hold traditional memorial events to honor . Metropolitan Hilarion is accompanied by a DECR secretary for inter-Orthodox relations, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, a member of the Department for External Church Relations, Hieromonk Gregory (Sokolov) and Subdeacon V. Lee. On June 24, the DECR chairman visited the Corinthian Metropolis, where, accompanied by the Metropolitan of Corinth, Dionysius visited the ruins of ancient Corinth, familiarized himself with the places associated with the presence of the Apostle Paul in this city, and examined the monuments of the early Christian and Byzantine periods. The pilgrims also visited the cathedral of the city and were then taken to the metropolitan building by Metropolitan Dionysius, who told the guests about the history of his diocese and the current state of church life in it. On the same day, Metropolitan Hilarion visited the Metropolitan of Piraeus, where he was received by Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus. The guests examined the naval church of St. Nicholas and the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, and bowed to the relics of St. Nectarius of Aegina. Together with Metropolitan Seraphim, the DECR chairman visited the Russian cemetery in Piraeus. In the chapel in honor of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga, in the presence of the rector of Holy Trinity Church in Athens, Archpriest Alexander Nosevich, the staff of the Russian Embassy in Greece and representatives of the Russian-speaking community, Vladyka Hilarion made a requiem lithium of the Russian compatriots buried in this place.