On August 3, the Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine Theophilus III met with a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad, reports the official site of the Jerusalem Patriarchate.
The delegation includes the Metropolitan of Berlin and German Mark (Arndt) and two other bishops. Archimandrite Roman (Krasovsky), head of the ROCOR mission to the Holy Land, was also present at the meeting.
The Patriarch of Jerusalem blessed the bishops and pilgrims and wished a blessed feast of Mary Magdalene in the Gethsemane Monastery of the ROCOR in Jerusalem, where he will also take part in the joint celebration.
