Moscow, May 19, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes that the answer to the banishment of Christianity on a global scale is one of the challenges facing the Russian Church.
"We accept the new challenges that our Church is facing with dignity, and these challenges are very formidable and have a global nature. And, probably, the most difficult and important challenge is the changing attitude to faith and Christianity in many countries of Europe and America," the patriarch said following a prayer service in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow.
The prayer service was held in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations, which is located in the territory of the monastery.
Christians are currently going through difficult times; "the Church is banished from the public space under the influence of false philosophical and political beliefs," the patriarch said.
He also appraised the situation with the Church in Russia.
"Today our Church has considerable support from people and social organizations. We have kind and, as the saying goes, constructive dialogue with the country's authorities and it certainly promotes the solution of many issues," he said.
Before his election to the current post, the patriarch headed the Synodal Department for External Church Relations, which is in charge of relations of the Russian Church with neighboring countries and beyond, for 20 years.
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