On 3 September 2019, Kirill and Paulose II, the head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, met at the Patriarchal and Synod residence in St. Daniel Monastery, Moscow. Paulose II was accompanied by Malankara representatives, Zachariah Nicholovos (head of the Malankara Church department of ecumenical relations), Yuhanon Diascoros (secretary of the Malankara Church Holy Synod), Abraham Thomas (secretary of the Malankara Church department for external church relations), Aswin Zefrin Fernandis (head of the Malankara Catholicos’ protocol service), Jiss Jonson (personal secretary to His Holiness the Catholicos), Jacob Mathew (member of the Malankara Church Council), Kevin George Koshi (head of the communication service of the Malankara Church department for external church relations) and Cherian Eapen (representative of the Malankara diaspora in Russia). Representatives of the Patriarch included Metropolitan Hilarion (head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR)), Bishop Dionisy of Voskresensk (deputy chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate), Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov) (DECR vice-chairman), Hieromonk Stephan Igumnov (DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations) and R. Akhtamkhanov (DECR secretariat for inter-Christian relations). During this meeting, Kirill supported the proposals made by Paulose II for cooperation in academics pertaining to iconography, church choristers, monasticism, pilgrimages, summer institutes and academic conferences.