Russian religious communities hold rally to help residents of Syria

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Makhachkala, February 4, 2018. The representatives of Russian religious communities will hold an unprecedented humanitarian action in Syria and Lebanon on February 3 - 9, Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), the Secretary for Inter-Christian Relations of the Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Patriarchate told at the press conference in Moscow.

A delegation of the interreligious working group on rendering assistance to the population of Syria of the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation will deliver humanitarian aid to Syria and Lebanon.

The main part of the action, Igumnov specifies, will be held in Damascus and in the places of local residence of Syrian refugees in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon. Besides, the Russian delegation will visit Beirut. The mission, Igumnov stresses, will take place with the direct participation of the leaders of the main Christian and Muslim communities of Syria and Lebanon.

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