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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:
Moscow--Patriarch Alexei, head of the Russian Orthodoc Church (right), was
presented with this large silver chalice by a group of nine American
Protestant leaders who were on a 10-day visit to Moscow. Shown translating
the inscription on the cup is Paul B. Anderson of New York, a member of the
visiting delegation, who speaks Russian. The trip was sponsored by the
National Council of Churches at the invitation of Patriarch Alexei. Heading
the delegation was Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the
National Council.
Creator:
Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
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:11059
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Description:
Moscow--Seven of nine American Protestant leaders on a ten-day visit to
Moscow go sight-seeing in Red Square accompanied by a Russian Orthodox
churchman and two interpreters. Left to right are: Charles C. Parlin of
Englewood, N.J., an attorney; Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate
general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Dr. Franklin C. Fry of
New York, President of the United Lutheran Church in America; the Rt. Rev.
Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church; an unidentified interpreter; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia,
president of the National Council; Archimandrite Pemin of the Russian
Orthodox Church; unidentified interpreter; Dr. Hubert Gezork of Newton
Center, Mass., president of Andover Newtown Theological Seminary; and Paul B.
Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International Committee. The
visit was sponsored by the National Council at the invitation of the
Patriarch Alexei, head of the Russian church.
Creator:
Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Gezork, Herbert Johannes, 1900-1984., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11058
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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