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The Ecumenical Patriarch with the WCC interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, Chambesy, Geneva, June 2020, Photo: Xanthi Morfi/WCC
World Council of Churches interim general secretary
Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca met earlier this week with Patriarch
Bartholomew I at the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in
Chambésy, Geneva, to discuss preparations leading up to the WCC 11th
Assembly, which will occur in 2022. They explored together how to
strengthen relationships within the ecumenical movement, and augment the
role of the Orthodox churches.
Patriarch Bartholomew convened greetings and blessings to Sauca, who is the first Orthodox serving in this leading role.
They also discussed at the meeting ways to foster the next generation of the leaders in the ecumenical movement and the role of the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey.
Present at the meeting were Metropolitans Athenagoras of Belgium and Maximos of Switzerland, and Archbishop Job of Telmessos. Between 23-25 June, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was convened for its regular meeting of the current month.
Patriarch Bartholomew convened greetings and blessings to Sauca, who is the first Orthodox serving in this leading role.
They also discussed at the meeting ways to foster the next generation of the leaders in the ecumenical movement and the role of the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey.
Present at the meeting were Metropolitans Athenagoras of Belgium and Maximos of Switzerland, and Archbishop Job of Telmessos. Between 23-25 June, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was convened for its regular meeting of the current month.
