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Patriarch Kirill sends priest to Istanbul to care for Russian believers after severance of relations with Constantinople

Moscow, November 12, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a priest from Moscow to Istanbul to conduct regular services at the embassy church in Istanbul at the request of Russian believers who live in Turkey.

"Due to the decision made by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on October 15 on the impossibility of Eucharistic communion with the Constantinople Patriarchate due to its massive violation of the canons, the Russian-speaking Orthodox Christians who live in Turkey are making numerous requests to the Moscow Patriarchate to organize ministerial care for them," the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations told Interfax on Monday.

"The appointment of the primate and the beginning of regular services at the historical Russian embassy church in Istanbul were a manifestation of the care of the Russian Orthodox Church for its children who live in Turkey," it said.

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