Another Perspective on Assisi III

There's a New Star in the Russian Sky. His Name Is Aleksandr

He led the delegation from the ;patriarchate of Moscow in Assisi. Together with Metropolitan Hilarion, he is an emerging leader of the new generation. In great harmony with the Church of Pope Benedict

by Sandro Magister





ROME, November 7, 2011 - Among the religious leaders listening to the pope in Assisi, in the photo above, the first on the left with the solemn white headdress is Metropolitan Aleksandr of Astana and Kazakhstan.

The fact that the Orthodox patriarchate of Moscow and all Russia sent him as the head of its delegation to Assisi made some think of a downgrading and of a sticking point in the dialogue with the Church of Rome.

Nothing could be more mistaken.

Aleksandr is not at all a second-rank figure. He is the new star of Russian Orthodoxy.

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