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Description:
Moscow--American church leaders visit the Tretiakov Gallery here during their
ten-day stay in the Soviet Union. Shown in front row are, left to right: Dr.
Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate general secretary of the National
Council of Churches; Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J., a member of the
National Council's general board; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New
York, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of
Philadelphia, president of the National Council; Bishop D. Ward Nichols of
New York, head of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's First Episcopal
District; Paul B. Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International
Committee; and Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the United
Lutheran Church in America.
Creator:
Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Nichols, D. Ward (Decatur Ward), 1900-, Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11060
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Description:
These nine American Protestant leaders left here March 9 to visit Moscow
where they will hold talks with Christian leaders there. Their 10-day trip
marks the first phase of a two-way visit that will bring Russian churchmen to
this country next June as guests of the National Council of Churches. Shown
left to right are: front row, Bishop D. Ward Nichols of New York, head of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church's First Episcopal District; the Rt. Rev.
Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
District; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, stated clerk of the
Presbyterian Church USA and president of the National Council; and Charles C.
Parlin of Englewood, N.J. (Methodist), an attorney and member of the National
Council's General Board. In rear: Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk of Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
(Methodist), executive director of the National Council's Department of
International Affairs; Dr. Herbet Gezork of Newton Center, Mass. (Baptist),
president of Andover Newton Theological Seminary; Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of
New York (Presbyterian), the National Council's associate general secretary;
Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the United Lutheran Church
in America; and Paul B. Anderson of New York (Congregational Christian),
secretary of the YMCA International Committee.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, Nichols, D. Ward (Decatur Ward), 1900-, Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Gezork, Herbert Johannes, 1900-1984., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11056