The meeting between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia and His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch focused on the concerns and anxieties experienced by the Antiochian and Russian Churches, in regards to the Ukrainian issue; and to the suffering, destruction, and kidnappings afflicting the Church of Antioch. At the beginning of the meeting, attended by members of both delegations, the Patriarch of Moscow welcomed the Patriarch