The Patriarch of Moscow will award Metropolitan Timotheus of Vostrotranslated

Report office ope.gr After the announcement last November of the Enthronement of the Patriarch of Jerusalem Mr. Theofilos from the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, another Agios Tafis Father will receive a medal from Moscow. It is about the Exarch of the Holy Sepulcher in Cyprus, Metropolitan of Vostro, Mr. Timotheus whom the Russian Church and the Patriarch of Moscow Mr. Cyril will be decorated with the highest decoration of the Russian Orthodox Church – the Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, first degree.

The news was announced by the Primate of the Russian Church himself through his congratulatory message to His Holiness Mr. Timotheus on the occasion of his 75th birthday, which he celebrates today.

This award comes in recognition of the long-term work of the Hierarch of the Zionist Church and his efforts to strengthen the relations between the Churches of Jerusalem and Russia. In fact, in his congratulatory message, the Patriarch of Moscow also remembers his acquaintance with the Hierarch of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem when he was studying at the Leligrad Theological Academy.

"Your kindness, honesty, friendliness and deep devotion to the Church and its sanctuaries...