The Head of the Metropolitan District visited the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Alma-Ata

January 17, 2025. Alma-Ata. At the invitation of the General Consul of the Russian Federation in the Southern Capital D.A. Turaev, the Head of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan, Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, visited the Russian consulate.

The meeting was attended by: Honored Artist of Russia, member of the Church and Public Council under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for the Development of Russian Church Singing O.N. Ovchinnikov; Acting Rector of the Alma-Ata Theological Seminary, Head of the Information and Publishing Department of the Metropolitan District Archpriest Evgeny Ivanov; Head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Head of the Metropolitan District Priest Georgy Sidorov, employees of the diplomatic mission.

Metropolitan Alexander and Dmitry Alexandrovich exchanged congratulations on the feast of the Nativity of Christ and new year 2025.

The archpastor told the general consul about the life of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District, which will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the establishment of its canonical status this year.

The bishop informed his interlocutor about the planned Primate visit to Kazakhstan of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', who will arrive in Astana in September to participate in the VIII Congress of World and Traditional Religions.

Dmitry Alexandrovich noted the high level of relations between the Orthodox Church, the Embassy of the Russian Federation and Russian diplomatic missions in Kazakhstan.

In memory of the meeting, the hierarch presented the general consul with an icon of the blessed prince Alexander Nevsky and a calendar of the Metropolitan District for 2025.

The meeting took place in a warm atmosphere.