Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Russia

Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Leader In Moscow For Unification

Metropolitan Lavr with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2004 (ITAR-TASS)

May 15, 2007 -- Metropolitan Lavr, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, has arrived in Moscow ahead of his church's unification with the main branch of the church.

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May 15, 2007

The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, which is based in New York, split with the main branch of the Russian Orthodox Church after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

A unification ceremony is scheduled for May 17 at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.

(Interfax, AFP)

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