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Churches are only powers trying to reconcile Russians, Georgians – Russian archbishop
Churches are only powers trying to reconcile Russians, Georgians – Russian archbishop
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The Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches are the only social forces in the two countries working to reconcile the two nations following last year’s military... 18.09.2009, Sputnik International
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">The Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches are the only social forces in the two countries working to reconcile the two nations following last years military conflict, Archbishop Hilarion Alfeev said. Speaking to the Valdai Discussion Club, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchates External Church Relations Department said that while the Russian government has recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent countries, the Russian Church continues to recognize these territories as the domain of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Negotiations are under way as to how to administer church life there, while the churches there, which declared their secession from the Georgian Church, remain de facto without episcopal supervision.</span></span></p>
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Churches are only powers trying to reconcile Russians, Georgians – Russian archbishop
13:11 GMT 18.09.2009 (Updated: 19:50 GMT 19.10.2022) The Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches are the only social forces in the two countries working to reconcile the two nations following last year’s military conflict, Archbishop Hilarion Alfeev said.
The Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches are the only social forces in the two countries working to reconcile the two nations following last year’s military conflict, Archbishop Hilarion Alfeev said. Speaking to the Valdai Discussion Club, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s External Church Relations Department said that while the Russian government has recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent countries, the Russian Church continues to recognize these territories as the domain of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Negotiations are under way as to how to administer church life there, while the churches there, which declared their secession from the Georgian Church, remain de facto without episcopal supervision.
