On September 8, 2020, Archbishop Theophanes of Korea met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Lee Sok-bae of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation.
They discussed a wide range of issues concerning the Russian-Korean humanitarian cooperation. Archbishop Theophanes introduced the diplomat to the work of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Korea.
Participating in the meeting were D. I. Petrovsky, Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, and Ms. Lee Gyu-Hyun, second secretary of the embassy.