Russian Orthodox Church
Moscow - Alexi II, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, died at his home Friday at the age of 79, reported the church. Alexi II was the head of the church in Russia since 1990. Born Alexei Ruediger, he had ethnic ties to Germany and the Baltic region.
Patriarch Alexei II dialogue and kind words to Muslims in Russian Federation:
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Moscow Patriarch responds to Muslim scholars
[Well, now that the Holy Father's visit has wrapped up, I can turn my attention to things that caught my eye last week but got ... eclipsed.]
Remember that letter that 138 Muslim scholars wrote to Christian leaders (A Common Word), including the Pope? Well Patriarch Alexei II of the Russian Orthodox Church has given an official response. Asia News has the details:
In this letter the Russian patriarch expressed his gratitude for the scholars' initiative. He agreed that Christians and Muslims have similar goals and that they can join forces to achieve these aims.
"Today Christianity and Islam do a quite important thing—they remind mankind of God's existence and of the spiritual dimension of man and the world," Patriarch Aleksij II wrote.
At the same time '[t]his joining will not happen if there is no clarification in understanding religious values of each other. That is why I greet the striving of the Muslim community to begin sincere and open dialogue with representatives of Christian Churches on a serious scientific and intellectual level," he said.
http://gashwingomes.blogspot.com/2008/04/moscow-patriarch-responds-to-muslim.html
http://www.earthtimes.org/
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