His Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has sent
Christmas greetings to heads of non-Orthodox Churches. The addressees
include Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Church, Pope Francis of
Rome, Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, head of the Syrian Jacobite
Church; Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Gewargis II Sliwa, Assyrian Church of
the East; Maronite Patriarch Beshara Boutros, Cardinal al-Rahi;
Catholicos of the East, Metropolitan of Malankara Basilios Mar Thoma
Poulos; Patriarch Abune MathiasI of Ethiopia.