The metropolitan Illarion does not consider today's Russian Federation by "the third Rome"

Moscow. July 15. INTERFAX - the Head of Department of external church relations of the Moscow patriarchy Grigory Alfeev considers that the old concept" Moscow - third Rome" became outdated and cannot be carried to Russian Federation our days. "I do not consider that we can use today concepts which many centuries developed back which reflected a certain historical reality but which are hardly applicable to today's reality", - the metropolitan on air of the program "Church and World" on Russia-24 TV channel declared...