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Patriarch Kirill Visits Raul at the Revolution Palace

His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church paid a courtesy visit to the Cuban President Raul Castro at the Revolution Palace in Havana city. Both leaders greeted their respective delegations and held a private conversation. After the meeting, the Cuban President gave His Holiness an art piece named Amanecer (Dawn) by Cuban artist Alexys Leyva Machado, Kcho, the »

Pope Francis, Patriarch Kirill to Hold Historic Meeting in Cuba

Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill will hold today in Cuba the first ever meeting between the leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, the two largest Christian churches in the world. The meeting will be held in the protocol hall at the “Jose Marti” International Airport in Havana, a place where the Bishop of Rome will stop on his »

His Holiness Kirill Pays Pastoral Visit to Cuba (+photos)

Raúl Castro Ruz, president of Cuba’s Councils of Ministers and State, this afternoon received at José Martí International Airport His Holiness Kirill, who is making his first pastoral visit to the island as Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. Also present for the welcome were Esteban Lazo Hernández, member of the Political Bureau and president of the National Assembly of »