Head of the Supervisory Board of Russia Muftis Council Farit hajji Farisov met with Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Archbishop of Constantinople Bartholomew, in Istanbul.
The meeting was dedicated to discussion of interconfessional dialogue and building friendly ties between countries.
Note: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople provides guidance for several thousand Orthodox Greeks who decided to stay in Turkey, as well as much larger and more influential Greek Orthodox eparchies in diaspora, mainly in the USA. The Patriarch of Constantinople is a very important figure for all Greek Orthodox churches and and Hellenic world due to historical significance of this title and personal qualities of Patriarch Bartholomew.