Rai to Moscow on four-day pastoral visit

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Rai to Moscow on four-day pastoral visit

February 24, 2013 11:46 AM

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Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai gives an address during the enthronement of Syria's Greek Orthodox leader Yuhanna X Yazigi at the Holy Cross church in Damascus on February 10, 2013. AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA

BEIRUT: Maronite Cardinal Beshara Rai is scheduled to travel to Moscow Tuesday on a four-day pastoral visit, An-Nahar reported Sunday.

Rai is expected to meet with the speaker of Russia's Duma, Sergei Naryshkin, and Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

The Cardinal will hold a Mass Wednesday morning at St. Maroun Church.

He is also scheduled to visit Moscow's Cathedral as well as the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Maronite Cardinal Beshara Rai is scheduled to travel to Moscow Tuesday on a four-day pastoral visit, An-Nahar reported Sunday.

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