Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at 16:00 he will have a meeting at Megaros Maximos with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. It is worth noting that the Primate of Orthodoxy arrived in Athens at noon on Tuesday, October 10, following the invitation of of the Holy Synod and of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymosto attend to International Scientific Conferenceorganized on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of “Theology” magazine.

His Holiness and his Entourage were welcomed at the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” – with the escort of the Aeronomy of the Air Force – the members of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, the Metropolitans of Maroneia and Komotini, Mr. Panteleimon and Mr. Larissa and Tyrnavos, Mr. Ieronymos, the General Director of E.M.Y.E.E. and Secretary of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Alexandros Katsiaras, the Metropolitan of Laodicea, Mr. Theodoritos, Director of Representation of the Office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Athens, and on behalf of the government, the Minister of Education, Religion and Sports, Mr. Kyriakos Pierrakakis.

After the presentation of honors, they headed to the official hall of the Airport, where a short discussion followed with the minister and the members of the Organizing Committee. They referred to the issues of the Conference and Mr. Bartholomeos expressed his joy that he is in Athens on the occasion of the Conference. At the same time, he expressed his anxiety about the wars that affect humanity.

The representative of the Patriarchate of Serbia, Metropolitan Branicevo Mr. Ignatius, the representatives of the Patriarchate of Antioch, Bishop of Seleucia Mr. Romanos and Metropolitan of Aleppo Mr. Ephraim, the Archbishop of the Autonomous Church of Finland, Archbishop of Elsigi and all have come for the Congress. of Finland Mr. Leo and the Bishop of Lefkoupoles Mr. Polykarpos.

The work of the Conference will be held from 11 to 14 October 2023 in Athens, with the main theme: “Orthodox Theology on the way to the “immaterial reality” of late modernity”.

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

The opening ceremony of the Conference will also be attended by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mrs. Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

Members of the Holy Synod