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The World Council of Churches (WCC) will welcome His Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, on Monday, 24 April.
He will speak about issues concerning the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, the ecumenical movement, the protection of the environment and the protection of children. Interpretation in French will be available, and the lecture will be followed by a reception.
His All-Holiness Bartholomew will be in WCC during His official visit to Switzerland on the occasion of His 25th anniversary of enthronement as Ecumenical Patriarch, the 50 years of the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy and the 20th anniversary of the opening of its Institute of Postgraduate Studies, on 22-24 April.
When: 24 April, 2017, 12:00, followed by a reception
Where: Ecumenical Centre, Visser ’t Hooft Hall, 150 route de Ferney, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Livestream of the Ecumenical Patriarch’s lecture in WCC
About the visit: His All-Holiness Bartholomew’s visit includes two days of anniversary events in the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a public lecture in the University of Fribourg and a pilgrimage visit to the Taizé Community.
Programme of the festivities in the Orthodox Centre of Chambesy
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Taizé
Media contacts:
Please contact WCC director of communication Marianne Ejdersten: [email protected], +41 79 507 63 63
