When Russia was faced with a lack of understanding of some states of the Western world, Russia made efforts in order to improve relations with the rest of the world, including the countries of the American continent. Ties are developing in the field of humanitarian contacts, especially through the diaspora and the Church.
Thus, the Russian diaspora in Mexico is small – about 0.3% of the country's residents, who were born outside the country, but the Orthodox community is quite powerful there. The Russian Orthodox Church in Mexico isn’t only churches, but also a number of immigrants, including Russian Mexicans who believe in God, as well as Ukrainians, Greeks, Romanians, Armenians, Cubans, Bulgarians, Americans, Canadians and other immigrants.
A giant Russian flag, made in Mexico as a gift of the Archbishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Anthony of Mexico, Venezuela, the Caribbean and Central America, was brought to the central square of Simferopol on August 22nd, the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation in the framework of international cultural project Russia-Mexico.
Victoria Stasiyuk, head of the non-governmental public organization Russian House in Mexico spoke about the idea of the project: ‘‘The church hierarch is interested in the life of Russians. He decided to send this flag to Crimea as a gift. It seemed to him that a flag would be the best gift for our country, for Crimea. After 10-12 days the flag was ready...
We travelled to Crimea on August 22nd. I saw so many people who love their country. People came to me and said that they began to call themselves people's volunteer corps when they decided to return to Russia.They said that we had been waiting for this day for a long time. The most important and happy day in their lives was when they came back to our Homeland.
I was there just 24 hours in Crimea, but I'm still impressed. I thank the church hierarch for his attention, his love for Russia."
