Updated · Orthodox Times - Orthodoxtimes.com · Jun 29
Ecumenical Patriarchate Delegation Joins Vatican Feast Mass, Meets Pope Leo on June 30
Updated
Updated · Orthodox Times - Orthodoxtimes.com · Jun 29
Ecumenical Patriarchate Delegation Joins Vatican Feast Mass, Meets Pope Leo on June 30
3 articles · Updated · Orthodox Times - Orthodoxtimes.com · Jun 29
Summary
An Ecumenical Patriarchate delegation led by Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon attended the June 29 Divine Liturgy at St. Peter’s Basilica for the Feast of Peter and Paul.
Pope Leo XIV used the Mass to press a unity message, saying Christians should build communion by seeking points of encounter rather than clinging to their own positions.
The 3-member delegation also included Grand Ecclesiarch Aetios and Patriarchal Deacon Anatolios Doxastakis, and it is scheduled for a private audience with Leo on June 30.
The visit follows the churches’ annual exchange of delegations: Rome hosts Orthodox representatives for Peter and Paul, and sends a Catholic delegation to Constantinople for St. Andrew’s feast.