Patriarch Porfirije discusses problems in World Orthodoxy with DECR ROC head

Patriarch Porfirije with a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church. December 18, 2025 Photo: Press Service of the Serbian Church

On December 18, 2025, in Belgrade, at the Church of St. Sava, Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church received the head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Antony of Volokolamsk, together with a delegation, UOJ Serbia reports.

During the meeting, the participants discussed problems facing world Orthodoxy, paying particular attention to the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. In the course of the conversation, Patriarch Porfirije also held a telephone call with Patriarch Kirill.

Earlier, the UOJ reported that Patriarch Porfirije had expressed support for Serbian students and schoolchildren in Croatia.

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