Patriarch Kirill at the meeting at the Patriarchal residence in St. Daniel's monastery with the Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras expressed his gratitude for the solidarity with Russia in the matter of punishments.
"the Russians have a good saying:" blessing in disguise ". And we had to go through this experience to realize the necessity of relying upon their own strength, " said Patriarch Kirill, the news Agency." Today very the majority of citizens who work in industry, in agriculture of Russia, who began to invest in real production, very hopeful that Russia will be able to fully apply what opens for our industry, agriculture as a result of these penalties ", - noted the Patriarch.
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church expressed his gratitude to the new Prime Minister of Greece for its solidarity with Russia. He said about the age-old faith brotherhood of the Russian And Greek Orthodox Nations And said the growth of pilgrimage for Russian citizens to the Christian Holy places in Greece. Alexis Tsipras promised the Russian Church assistance in the celebration of the 1,000 th anniversary of Russian monasticism on mount Athos, which will be celebrated in 2016. Remember, before Tsipras, has admitted he does not believe in God, despite the fact that 98% of the population belong to the Orthodox Church. Yesterday it was declared that the Russian Federation during the visit of Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras in the capital of Russia was transferred to the Greek state the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker And St. Spyridon, which the Nazis stole from the monastery of Sparta during the 2nd world war. It was noted that the Russian side bought the icon to give the Greek state. Remember, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited Moscow on a working visit on 8 April, after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has assessed the dialogues with the Prime Minister of Greece as a positive, noting the desire of Athens to interact. By results of negotiations of the Russian And Greek leaders Moscow And Athens signed an action plan for 2015-2016. In addition, the results of the negotiations was signed a Memorandum of convening in 2016 the year of Russia in Greece And the Year of Greece in Russia. Referring to the interaction between pairs of countries in the energy sector, Putin said that Greece because of the "Turkish stream" can become a major distribution centers in the European Union. In addition, the presidents discussed the Ukraine And the issue of introduction of sanctions against Russia from the EU. For example, Putin reminded that Russia is extremely interested in the full implementation of the Minsk agreement on Eastern Ukraine. But Tsipras said that Greece has repeatedly expressed its disagreement with the logic of imposing sanctions against Russia, such action is in fact an economic war. Tsipras, responding to criticism of Athens for his trip to the capital of Russia, said that Greece is a sovereign country And can on a independent policy.


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