Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilus III

Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem, left, and mayor of Kharkov Gennadiy Kernes, second from the left, in Kharkov, on Sunday, March 27, 2011. On an invitation of the Institute of Human Rights, Combating Extremism and Xenophobia, Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem arrived in Ukraine on 28 March. The press service of the institute reports that it will be the first visit of the head of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church in Ukraine. The Patriarch will speak at the conference “World Religions and Civic Society Against Hatred and Extremism” which is to be held in Kiev on 28-29 March and will deal with questions of tolerant coexistence of various religions in the modern world. Photo by Vladimir Andreev / UNIAN