On Monday, 30th June 2025, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem was visited by the Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem (MISSIA), Archimandrite Vassianos, accompanied by Archimandrite Nikon and the nun Seraphima.
He invited the Patriarch to attend the upcoming Feast of the Nativity of the Forerunner at the Russian Monastery of the Nativity of the Forerunner in Gorny, congratulated Him on the fiftieth anniversary of His priesthood, and presented Him with a letter of thanks for the Patriarchate’s stance regarding the Russian Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky near the Holy Sepulchre.
Source: Patriarchate of Jerusalem
