His Holiness the Catholicos paying his respects at the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow. She is a very well adored and interceded saint who was blind by birth! (Relics by the Convent of Pokrovsky)

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The great shepherd of Malankara, prayerfully in Pokrovsky Monastery Chapel.

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Mother Feofania and the little flowers of the Convent where St. Matrona is interred, welcomed His Holiness with the songs of their heart!!

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Metropolitan Hilarion, the Chairman of the Department of External Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate receiving His Holiness to St. Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies

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Official reception at the main Chapel of St. Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies.

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Meeting with the ROC Department of External Affairs

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With the Icon of the Holy Apostles St. Andrew and St. Thomas, as a metaphor for collaborations!!

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Prayerfully at the Martha-Mariam Monastery in Moscow.

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At the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

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