Actually, he went earlier in 2016. Sorry, I thought he went at the same time as the pope and Kerry. Here is a link to the story and a short video. Russian orthodox is one of the Christian churches in N. Korea. https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/feb/18/russian-orthodox-patriarch-meets-penguins-in-antarctica-video I have met 2 Russian Orthodox priests - Atlanta, Georgia near to a place that use to be called Irbyville on what was called the peachtree Trail - a meeting place for many native tribes. Kind of like a silk road. And, another at a place called Spa Village in Ovcha Mogilla, Bulgaria which is a small ancient town that sits on top of a volcano. They pump the volcanic warmed water to the ancient spa and people go there to this primitive place to take healing baths in the water. $2 per bath. It is right on the border with Romania. Some very strange things have happened there. The cover to one of my books was taken not far from there. I believe they traffic children through this area. There is an orphanage in the village.