In the United States of America, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will go to the United States next September, who will be honored with the Templton Award for the year 2025.

This announcement was made by the Archbishop of America Elpidoforos during an extraordinary meeting of the Holy District Synod of the Archdiocese of America, which he convened at a teleconference with an exclusive issue of the day -to -day announcement of this excellent honor in the face of the predecessor.

The Award of the Templeton Award, which is undoubtedly the most important award in the world in religion and science, is a source of excellent joy for the whole Archdiocese of America, but also for all Orthodox Christians and believers.

Its members Provincial meeting They expressed their great satisfaction with the recognition of the spiritual father and leader of our Church, “who has been leading the Christian world for decades, defending the need for alertness and responsibility for all of us over divine creation. The award on the face of this award is absolutely worthy, fair and reasonable, both because of his excellent personality and because of his deepest theological training and his multilevel work, “they said.

As noted in the announcement by the John Templeton Foundation, Panagiotis, a longest -running predecessor of the Apostolic Throne of Constantinople, is widely recognized for his innovative efforts to bridge the scientific and spiritual view of humanity.

The Templton Award was first awarded to Mother Teresa in 1973 And then to spiritual leaders, such as Archbishop Desmond, the 14th Dalai Lama, and to visionaries such as Alexander Solzenitsin, King Abdallah of Jordania and the distinguished ecologist Jane Gudol.