Last week, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the foreign minister (so to speak) of the Russian Orthodox Church, visited Billy Graham to wish him a happy 96th birthday. The Metropolitan also delivered this speech to a group of Evangelical leaders gathered in North Carolina. He spoke of the Russian Orthodox Churchâ??s history of good relations with North American churches, but said that it will not have anything to do with churches that make fundamental compromises on Christian morality. He said this is why Moscow broke relations with the Episcopal Church after it ordained the gay and uncelibate V. Gene Robinson as bishop. More:
