Russia's Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, left, and Archbishop Niphon of Philippolis, right, listen to Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East during their meeting, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018. 17.11.2018#5705367
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, second left, speaks during a meeting with an interconfessional religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018. 17.11.2018#5705364
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East speaks during a meeting with an interconfessional religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018. 17.11.2018#5705363
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, centre, speaks during a meeting with an interconfessional religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018. 17.11.2018#5705359
Russia's Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk speaks during a meeting with Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018. 17.11.2018#5705355
From left: Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, centre left, Russia's Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, centre right, and Archbishop Niphon of Philippolis walk during meeting with an interconfessional delegation of Russia's religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018.17.11.2018#5705350
From left: Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, Russia's Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Archbishop Niphon of Philippolis walk during meeting with an interconfessional delegation of Russia's religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018.17.11.2018#5705342
From left: Archbishop Niphon of Philippolis, Russia's Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Syria's Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed attend a meeting with an interconfessional delegation of Russia's religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018.17.11.2018#5705332
From left: Archbishop Niphon of Philippolis, Russia's Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Syria's Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed attend a meeting with an interconfessional delegation of Russia's religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018.17.11.2018#5705329
Syria's Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed speaks to the media during a meeting with an interconfessional delegation of Russia's religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018. 17.11.2018#5705326
Syria's Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed speaks during a meeting with an interconfessional delegation of Russia's religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018. 17.11.2018#5705325
From right: Russia's Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East and Syria's Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed attend a meeting with an interconfessional delegation of Russia's religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018. 17.11.2018#5705324
Syria's Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed, centre left, and Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, centre right, speak during a meeting with an interconfessional delegation of Russia's religious leaders, in Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2018. 17.11.2018#5705318
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East conducts a service during a Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, in Damascus, Syria, November 18, 2018.18.11.2018#5705283
A priest waits during a Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, in Damascus, Syria, November 18, 2018.18.11.2018#5705280
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East conducts a service during a Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, in Damascus, Syria, November 18, 2018.18.11.2018#5705277
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, left, conducts a service during a Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, in Damascus, Syria, November 18, 2018.18.11.2018#5705272
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, right, and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, left, conduct a service during a Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, in Damascus, Syria, November 18, 2018.18.11.2018#5705270
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, centre, conducts a service during a Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, in Damascus, Syria, November 18, 2018.18.11.2018#5705268
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, centre, conducts a service during a Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, in Damascus, Syria, November 18, 2018.18.11.2018#5705267
Patriarch John of Antioch and All the East, centre, conducts a service during a Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer , in Damascus, Syria, November 18, 2018.18.11.2018#5705266