Greece’s Prime Minister meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

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The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Maximos Mansion in Athens on Monday, November 25.

The Patriarch was accompanied by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia; Metropolitan Theodoritos of Laodicea, Director of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Office in Athens; and the Grand Ecclesiarch Aetios, Director of the Patriarch’s Private Office.

The meeting stressed the close relationship between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek government, reflecting their shared commitment to promoting faith, culture, and dialogue on critical issues affecting Orthodox Christians and the wider global community.

Archbishop Makarios has been accompanying the Patriarch during his visit to Greece this month. On November 17, the Archbishop was also at the Church of Panagia Balino in Constantinople to take part in a Divine Liturgy officiated by the Patriarch.

Source: Orthodox Times.

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