ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Patriarch Kirill of the Moscow Orthodox Church in Ankara on Monday.
The meeting lasted for nearly one hour.
Head of the Religious Affairs Department Ali Bardakoglu will also meet with Kirill on Monday.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow arrived in Turkey on Saturday and visited the Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, and had a meeting with Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew.
Patriarchs Bartholomew and Kirill attended a Sunday prayer service at the Church of St. George in Istanbul. Patriarchs Kirill and Bartholomew inaugurated the church of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul on Monday.