The Patriarch called for taking into account the “culture and religion of the majority” when building non-Orthodox churches
In the twentieth of August, during a visit to Arkhangelsk, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', talking with the inhabitants of the city, urged that the opinion of the "religious majority" be taken into account when building non-Orthodox churches. As a role model, he cited the position of the Russian Orthodox Church, which builds its churches outside of Russia: “We are sensitive to the religious feelings of the majority.