The head of the SPC is accompanied by Archbishop Irinej of Novi Sad and Metropolitan of Bačka, abbot of the Kovilj monastery Archimandrite Hariton, head of the cabinet of the Serbian patriarch archpriest Djordje Stojisavljević, rector of the seminary in Belgrade protodeacon Radomir Vrućinić, protodeacon Radojica Žagran, brother of the Kovilj monastery archdeacon Justin, deacon Ivan Vasiljević, as well as subdeacons Dejan Nakić and Vladimir Jelić. At Sheremetyevo Airport, the guests were welcomed by the President of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Antonije of Volokolamsk, and the Ambassador of Serbia to the Russian Federation, Momčilo Babić. The reception of the delegation was also attended by the head of the Podvory of the SPC in Moscow, Bishop Stefan of Remeziane, adviser to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, deputy president of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, chief of protocol of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Abbot Teofan, official of the Secretariat for Inter-Orthodox Relations of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate A. Hošev, advisers of the Serbian embassy, Mr. Božić and Milojević, it was stated in the announcement. B92