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