A photo of all participants in Amman Primates’ Synaxis published
A photo of all the participants in the Synaxis of Primates in Amman has been published. Photo: t.me/bishopvictor
On February 26, 2020, the general photo of the participants in the Primates’ Council in Jordan was published by Bishop Victor (Kotsaba) of Baryshevka, the Head of the UOC Representation to European International Organizations in his Telegram channel.
In the front row in the photo (from left to right): representative of the Polish Orthodox Church Archbishop Abel of Lublin and Chelm, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine, Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia Metropolitan Rostislav, Primate of the Russian Church Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus, Primate of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarh Irinej of Serbia, representative of the Romanian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Niphon of Targoviste.
The UOJ is broadcasting live events at the Synaxis of Primates in Amman.
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