His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, met with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on 31 August at the Phanar, home to the patriarchate in Istanbul, to discuss matters of inter-Orthodox concern.
The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, delivered a public address at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 24 April as part of his official visit to Switzerland on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his enthronement as Ecumenical Patriarch and the 50th anniversary of the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy.
El Patriarca Ecuménico, Su Santidad el Patriarca Bartolomé I, pronunció una alocución pública en el Centro Ecuménico en Ginebra el 24 de abril como parte de su visita oficial a Suiza con motivo del 25o aniversario de su entronización como Patriarca Ecuménico y el 50o aniversario del Centro Ortodoxo del Patriarcado Ecuménico en Chambesy.
He earned the title “Green Patriarch” as a religious leader addressing alarming environmental issues over at least two decades. In 2008, Time Magazine named His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as one of 100 Most Influential People in the World, for “defining environmentalism as spiritual responsibility”.
Se ha ganado el apodo de “El Patriarca verde” por ser un líder religioso preocupado por los alarmantes problemas medioambientales desde hace al menos dos decenios. En 2008, la revista Time incluyó a Su Toda Santidad el Patriarca Ecuménico Bartolomé entre las cien personas más influyentes del mundo, por “definir el ecologismo como una responsabilidad espiritual”.