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Residence of Russian Orthodox Church Head to Be Opened in Kyivan Cave Monastery

02.07.2008, [13:53] // Inter-Christian relations //

Kyiv—The Hierarchical Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) passed a resolution to open a residence for the head of the ROC, Alexis II, in the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves. According to the information of www.nr2.ru, which references the Moscow Patriarchate’s site, the hierarchical council supported the proposal of the head of ROC to found a residence at the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves in Moscow and a patriarchal residence in Kyiv in order to “strengthen the inter-connection between the two capitals of the Russian Orthodoxy.”

The Council also addressed statesmen of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus with a proposal to include St. Volodymyr’s Day in the list of state memorial dates.