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.

Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)

1956
March 14, 1956

still image

photographs

photograph : black-and-white ; 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches

Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985.
Religious News Service--Archives.

Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.

Soviet Union.
Asia--Russia--Moscow

IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-...

RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18881; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

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