Official visit to the US on the occasion of his award with the Templeton Award
In Washington arrived on Sunday night the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew As part of his official visit to the US on the occasion of his award with the Templeton Award.
According to the White House announcement, President Trump He will welcome the Patriarch on Monday at 2pm -Washington Time.
Despite the advanced time, the Ecumenical Patriarch welcomed the hotel a large number of believers, priests and students. The Patriarch Bartholomew was accompanied by the Archbishop of America Elpidoforos, the Pan -Hellenic Great Ecclesiastes and Director of the Patriarchal Office Father Aetius and the Third Patriarchal Deacon Barnabas.
At the reception, the Metropolitan of New Irsé Apostolos and the bishop of Nazianzou, Mr. Athinagoras, was also present.
Contact cycle in Washington
During his stay in the American capital, the Ecumenical Patriarch will hold a series of meetings, starting from the White House where he will visit President Donald Trump on Monday.
He will then lay a wreath in the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington, accompanied by General Andrew Poppas. The rest of the program in Washington includes an official dinner at the State Department, a lunch with the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, which will be attended by legislators from both parties, as well as a reception at the Parish of St. Catherine in Virginia.
On Thursday, the Patriarch will go to New York, where he will visit the Church of St. Nicholas at Zero at Manhattan. There he will perform doxology, meet new Orthodox and participate in memory events for September 11 rescuers. In New York he will also have a meeting with UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres and will speak at the Council on Foreign Relations.
The visit takes place on the occasion of the awarding of the Ecumenical Patriarch with the Templeton Award. The ceremony will take place on September 24 at the Lincoln Center, in the presence of celebrities such as Jane Goodol, Al Gore and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
As part of his presence in the United States, the Ecumenical Patriarch will visit the Greek Orthodox parish in Hamptons, where he will participate in the World Cleanup Day with researchers at Stony Brook University and will be honored with the highest medal of the academic institution. Finally, on Sunday he will perform the Divine Liturgy along with hierarchs from all over America.