Executive Secretary of the Patriarchal Council for culture Bishop Egoryevsky Tikhon (Shevkunov)
Bishop Egoryevsky Tikhon (Shevkunov), who became an intermediary in the organization of students meeting British Eton college with President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, told how to prepare the audience
Students of Eton college, met in late August at the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin, asked for a meeting in March, during a visit of bishop Yegoryevsky Tikhon ( Shevkunova) in the British College. This he told the portal
«Pravoslavie.Ru».
According to the bishop, he was asked if he could help with a visit to Russia and whether the students will be able to meet with Putin. He said that this will not be easy to implement, but the question of what they will have to do it, he replied: “That usually take when they want to meet with any stranger: write him a letter and ask for an appointment.” Students wrote a letter, which Tikhon called “very polite and sincere».
On the eve of President’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, has said , the meeting was organized after the treatment of students of Eton College to bishop Tikhon. Peskov also noted that the meeting was not public. “It’s just such a conversation without an agenda, free communication. It was interesting, and the President, and by the children, “- said on the eve of the Kremlin’s representative
According to Tikhon, bishop, he put Eton College management informed of the students’ plans to meet with Putin, although The Times. wrote that the students are prepared for the meeting in almost complete secrecy, and the college of their intention not know.
According to the bishop, he asked permission from the rector of Eton on it to deliver a letter to the International students administration department President of Russia, and received permission to do so. Later, when the Kremlin has taken a positive decision on the pre-meeting with British students came to the rector of Eton Russian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko, who informed him about the progress of the case, said Bishop Tikhon. He added that the college first considered two options for the visit of students in Moscow: as individuals and as an official delegation, but later it was decided to stop at the first option. Also Tikhon added that the timing and agenda of the visit have been agreed by the Russian side with the college guidance.
The program of the visit of British students, according to Tikhon, Bishop entered visit to Moscow, St. Petersburg, sightseeing and meeting with Russian peers among whom were students of MSU and Sretensky Theological seminary. At a meeting with Putin attended only he and the students, says Bishop Tikhon. The Times, for the first time spoke about the meeting on September 1 reported that there were also photographers. Tikhon said that the meeting was private and “no TV, no newspaper people on it are not present».
«What exactly they were talking, we know from the stories of the boys themselves. They published their fresh impressions on the pages in social networks, “- said the bishop after the meeting in the Kremlin, he said, the British students went to St. Petersburg, where they spent half of the day
In response to a question about that.. , on whose funds held arrival of British students, Bishop Tikhon said that all of these students are from wealthy families, “moreover, is one of the organizations involved in supporting student projects, paid for economy class tickets and simple rooms.”
No comments:
Post a Comment