With due honor and religious reverence, Nikitas Kaklamanis, received today at Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”the Ecumenical Patriarch, His Holiness Barthélemy, who is making an official visit to Greece.
After the arrival of His Holiness, the President of the Parliament expressed the deep respect of the State and the Greek Parliament for the person of the Primate of Orthodoxy, underlining the decisive role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the preservation of the spiritual unity and cultural heritage of Hellenism.
Historical speech on Tuesday at the Plenary Session of the Parliament
Twenty-seven years after his first speech in 1999 at the Plenary of the Parliament, Archbishop Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, will address tomorrow, Tuesday, May 5, at 1:00 p.m, at a special session of the Plenary Session of the Parliament, at the invitation of the President of the Greek Parliament, Mr. Nikitas Kaklamanis.
The meeting of historic importance will take place in the presence of President of the Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas.
“In a difficult international context due to the crisis in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Ecumenical Patriarch’s speech takes on even greater significance,” the Parliament’s Press Office notes.
The Speaker of the Parliament, immediately after his address, will award the Istanbul-based Prefect of the Eastern Orthodox Church the Golden Medal of the Hellenic Parliament, while after the special session of the Plenary Session of the Parliament he will host an official lunch in his honour.
His Holiness completes this year 35 years of Patriarchal service and 65 years of priestly mission.
