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RJBC Deputy Chairman&Director Mr. Kononenko Has Official Meeting with Head of Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem Archimandrite Alexandre

RJBC Deputy Chairman and Director Mr. Kononenko, Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem Archimandrite Alexandre

RJBC Deputy Chairman and Director Mr. Kononenko, Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem Archimandrite Alexandre

On 31/03/2016 at the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, the Russian-Jordanian Business Council (RJBC) Deputy Chairman and Director, Chairman of the RJBC Commission for Tourism, Culture and Religion, Mr. V.A. Kononenko, had an official meeting with Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Archimandrite Alexandre.

The following Churches and the Cathedral are under the charge of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem:

- the Holy Trinity Cathedral (Jerusalem), which is the main cathedral of the Mission;

- the Gorny convent in Ein Karem;

- the Metochion of Righteous Tabitha in Jaffa (Tel Aviv);

- the Metochion in honor of Holy Forefathers in Hebron;

- the Metochion of St. John the baptist in Jericho;

- the Metochion of St. Maria Magdalene in Magdala;

- the Metochion of Ilia prophet of Mount Carmel (Haifa);

- the Russian Pilgrims Residence in Bethlehem;

- the Russian Pilgrims Residence in Tiberias;

- the Russian Pilgrims Residence at the Baptismal site in Jordan.

In the first place, on behalf of the Russian-Jordanian Business Council and on his own behalf Mr. Kononenko felicitated Archimandrite Alexandre on the occasion of his appointment to a high and responsible post and wished him every success in his service for good of the Russian Orthodox Church and Russia.

Then, Mr. Kononenko informed Archimandrite Alexandre about the results of the Third Session of the Russian-Jordanian Intergovernmental Commission, which took place on 23rd March 2016 in Jordan. In particular, he said that the matters regarding further promotion of religious, historical and pilgrimage tourism between Russia, Jordan and Israel were under due consideration at the panel meetings, were stressed at the plenary session and were included in the Final Minutes.

For his part, Archimandrite Alexandre gave a high appraisal and approved of including the issues about further development of religious (pilgrimage) tourism as a separate area of cooperation into the summing up part of the Intergovernmental Commission’s Final Minutes and the operative part of the Russian-Jordanian Business Forum.

Also the participants of the meeting discussed the questions about the collaboration between the Russian-Jordanian Business Council and, particularly, the RJBC Commission for Tourism, Culture and Religion, and the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem in order to promote the pilgrimage tourism between Russia, Jordan and Israel; as well as several matters and events, which require further consideration in order not only to simplify a procedure of issue of visas and a pass control to the special zone, but to increase a number of pilgrims groups from Israel and Russia going to Jordan to visit the Orthodox shrines and Holy places, including the sacred place of the Baptism of Christ on the river Jordan.

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