Patriarch Kirill called the Astrakhan region an example of good interethnic relationstranslated

The Astrakhan region is an example of good relations between people of different nationalities, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill said this during his Primate visit to the Astrakhan Metropolis.

“This cannot but please the Patriarch, because a peaceful and prosperous life from the point of view of good human relations is one of the factors that determines what we mean by the word “happiness,” said the Primate of the Church on September 21, 2026 at a meeting with the governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin and Metropolitan Nikon of Astrakhan and Kamyzyak, reports the website “Patriarchy.ru”.

Patriarch Kirill thanked the governor for the high level of church-state relations in the Astrakhan region.

For his part, Igor Babushkin noted the enormous importance of His Holiness’s visit for the multinational region, 70% of whose residents are Orthodox Christians.