Metropolitan Mitrofan met with National Hockey League (NHL) Columbus Blue Jackets defender Ivan Provorov. This has been reported “SeverPost”.
Metropolitan Mitrofan awarded the hockey player a diploma for his courageous stance in faith and testimony to the spiritual and moral values of Orthodoxy in the sports community.
The media had previously widely discussed Provorov’s refusal to attend a rally in support of LGBT people. While playing in Philadelphia last season, he refused to wear a rainbow-colored sweater during the NHL regular season warm-up for religious reasons. After a missed reel, the Russian hockey player participated in the match against Anaheim. His team won a landslide with a score of 5:2.
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Recall that last NHL season, Provorov played 82 games in which he scored six goals and made 21 assists.
Formerly Provorov commented His trade with Columbus.