KYIV-MOSCOW - By the invitation of the chair of the Synodal Information Department of the Russian Orthodox Church Volodymyr Legoyda and with the blessing of the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, the chair of the Synodal Department for Information and Education, archpriest Heorhii Kovalenko, took part in the work of the board of the Synodal Information Department of the Russian Orthodox Church. The UOC-MP web site posted this information on October 8, 2009.
The members of the board and the guests exchanged ideas regarding the main strategic directions for the informational development of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The representative of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate noted that it was also due to the joint and active work of the Moscow Patriarchy and the Kyiv Metropolis with the secular media that the visit of Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine was positively received by the Ukrainian society. At the same time archpriest Heorhii pointed out the necessity of constant informational support of the initiatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its hierarchy, and also brought to the attention of those present that in its information policy the Russian Orthodox Church should always regard that the Moscow Patriarchate is larger than the Russian Federation.
Discussing the strategy of informational development of the Russian Orthodox Church, the press secretary for the primate of the UOC-MP also noted that the church media needs to be the instrument of conciliarism and an active means of church communication.
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