Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill said he was concerned by the plight of Christian communities in the Middle East during a meeting with the Lebanese President Michel Sulayman on Monday, RIA-Novosti reports.
“We see Christians fleeing Middle Eastern countries, and we consider it a threat to peace and security, especially a threat to inter-religious peace in Lebanon and other states… I would like to assure you that the Russian Orthodox Church is ready to assist in solving the complicated issues that we have just discussed ,” RIA-Novosti quotes the head of the Russian Orthodox Church as saying.
