Description:
Moscow--Metropolitan Nikolai of Krutitsky and Kolomna, second-ranking
official of the Moscow patriarchate, greets Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of
Philadelphia, president of the National Council of Churches, on the arrival
here of nine American church officials for a ten-day visit. Dr. Blake is head
of the delegation. The trip was sponsored by the National Council at the
invitation of patriarch Alexei of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox
Church. The American visit will be returned in June by a Russian Orthodox
group. While in Moscow, the churchmen will confer and seek to establish
continuing with Christian leaders of the Soviet Union. (Clergymen in
background not identified.)
Creator:
Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer), Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Nikolaĭ, Metropolitan of Krutit︠s︡y and Kolomna, 1892-1961, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11057