Posted on 02/04/2009 1:04:08 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Moscow, February 4, Interfax - President of the Cuban State Council and the Council of Ministers Raul Castro met with Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill in the patriarchal chambers of the Christ the Savior Cathedral on Tuesday evening.
Castro was the first foreign leader Patriarch Kirill has met with in his new capacity.
Last October the Russian Orthodox Church has awarded Cuban leader Fidel Castro and his brother Raul for their contribution in building an Orthodox church in Havana and interreligious cooperation.
The former Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Kirill (the present Patriarch) handed over the award to Raul Castro at the meeting of Cuban leaders with the Russian church delegation in frames of the Days of Russia in Latin America.
The diploma signed by Alexy II says that Castro was awarded with St. Daniel of Moscow while Fidel Castro was awarded with Glory and Honor order.
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