Ecumenical Patriarch pays visit to Athens

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived successful Athens connected Monday, gathering with Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens earlier receiving an “Environmental Heritage Protection” grant from the city.

On Tuesday, 27 years aft his archetypal code to Greece’s Parliament successful 1999, Bartholomew will speak earlier a Special Plenary Session astatine the invitation of Parliament Speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis, with President Konstantinos Tassoulas present.

Kaklamanis, who received the Patriarch astatine Athens International Airport, expressed “deep respect of the state and the Greek Parliament toward the primate of Orthodoxy.” The visit – occurring amid the Middle East situation and the Ukraine war – includes further engagements done May 8. This year marks Bartholomew’s 35th patriarchal anniversary.