Russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov to set Orthodox cross on the southernmost point of American continent

Bobruisk, February 17, Interfax – Renowned Russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov will set a worship cross at Cape Horn (Chili) to commemorate perished sailors.

The cross was made and consecrated in Bobruisk. Students of Bobruisk Art College №15 gave it as a present to Konyukhov, the local Diocese reports.

Cape Horn is southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego archipelago located off South American mainland. Shipwrecks lie buried here.

Patriarch Kirill hopes Russia and Greece to jointly protect Orthodox values from modern day threats

Moscow, February 17, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia pointed out to the importance of Russia-Greece spiritual dialogue and their joint protection of Orthodox basis of their cultures.

“In the epoch of globalization all of us should bother to preserve values and characteristic features of this (Orthodox – IF) civilization. It suggests strengthening cooperation among Orthodox countries,” Patriarch Kirill said at his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Jorgos Papandreou in patriarchal residence in the Chisty Lane in Moscow.

He noted that even in the Soviet Union, where “authorities were very far from the Church,” “Orthodox factor” played a very important role in interstate relations as the Orthodox Church both in Greece and Russia defined “system of people’s values, cultural profile of our nations.”

According to the Patriarch, the Russian Church “approves” of the recent Greek authorities’ refusal to remove icons from courtrooms and cancel oath on the Gospels. The Patriarch recalled the Strasbourg Court decision to ban crucifix in Italian schools and expressed his concerns with the fact that many European countries ruled out Christian values from social sphere.