Putin and Patriarch Kirill go to Mount Athos
Putin will arrive in the main port of the Holy Mountain Daphne on a speedboat on May 28. Vladimir Putin will get a ceremonial welcome in the administrative center of Mount Athos Protoepistat Paulos Lavriotes of the Holy Mountain Athos will say a greeting speech.. According to the website agionoros.ru, Russian President is set to go to the ancient Russian monastery on Mount Athos – the monastery of Assumption of Our Lady Xilurgu. Putin will take part in the celebrations at St Panteleimon Monastery, where on Friday will come Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church will participate in worship and get acquainted with the results of renovation work in the monastery of Saint Panteleimon and Old Rusyk. Before coming to Mount Athos, Vladimir Putin is to meet in Athens with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and hold talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
The Kremlin press service said that during the summit talks the issues of bilateral trade-economic and investment cooperation, including joint projects in energy and transport will be discussed.
