A telephone conversation between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ and His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, took place on April 11, 2020.
His Holiness cordially congratulated His Beatitude on the fiftieth anniversary of the Tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in America, signed on April 10, 1970, by the ever-memorable Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow and All Rus’, and shared personal memories of the events of those days. His Holiness wished His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon blessed success in his primatial ministry, which continues the labors of his worthy predecessors.
The Primates of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Orthodox Church in America exchanged information on the spread of the new coronavirus infection in the countries that make up the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church and on the North American continent. They discussed the measures taken by the hierarchies of the two Churches to prevent the further development of this very dangerous epidemic, taking into account the requirements of the sanitary authorities.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon exchanged fraternal good wishes on the occasion of the approaching Passion Week and the Pascha of Christ.
DECR Communication Service