12 Apr 2016 14:01

Al-Assad invites high-level Russian Orthodox Church delegation to Syria - Moscow Patriarchate envoy

DAMASCUS. April 12 (Interfax) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has invited a representative delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church to visit Syria, Father Superior Arseny (Sokolov), representative of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Antiochian Patriarchate, told reporters following a meeting with al-Assad on Tuesday.

"At the meeting today, Bashar al-Assad invited a high-level church delegation to visit Syria," he said.