The John Templeton Foundation, in collaboration with the Templeton World Charity Foundation and the Templeton Religion Trust, announced that they awarded the Templeton Award for the year 2025 to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

The Ecumenical Patriarch, the longest -running predecessor of the Apostolic Throne of Constantinople, is well -recognized, as noted in the Tmpleton Foundation’s announcement, for “his innovative efforts to bridge his scientific and spiritual view Creation »

With the announcement of this extremely honorable prize, Mr. Bartholomew made the following statement: “We accept this unique recognition with gratitude and humiliation, which reflects the philanthropic vision of Sir John Templeton, the exceptional founder of a worldwide initiative of investment in the human spirit and to the human being. This honor refers not only to our humble person, but also to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the apostolic vertical of St. Andrew of Protocol. For seventeen centuries, this Church of Saints and Martyrs, Confessors and Theologians, led the spiritual mission of teaching and transmissions of the transformative gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ across the world. We accept this unique honor in the name of this ministry to God and humanity. “

The first Tmpleton Award was awarded to Mother Teresa in 1973, and then to both spiritual leaders, such as Tanzin Giacio, 14th Dalai Lama, and Archbishop Desmond, as well as visionaries, such as Alaxandr Solzdin, Good, and to leading scientists and pacifists around the world.

The Ecumenical Patriarch will receive the Award in New York next September.

This is the second great recognition and honor to the face of Mr. Bartholomew within a short period of time. On March 17, 2025, the Academy of Ethics and Political Sciences of the Institute of France elected the Ecumenical Patriarch “Abroad” at the headquarters held by the late Pope Benedict (Joseph Ratsinger).