PATRIARCH JOHN X RECEIVES METROPOLITAN EMMANUEL OF CHALCEDON

Antioch Patriarchate بطريركية أنطاكية وسائر المشرق للروم الأرثوذكس
Patriarch John X receives Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon
Balamand, February 12, 2022

His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, envoy of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, at the patriarchal residence in Balamand. 

The Elder Metropolitan carried an invitation to participate in the meeting of the four Apostolic Patriarchates, proposed to be held before the Great Lent and Holy Week in Constantinople, to discuss the issues facing the Orthodox Church. The meeting raised the discussion about the historical relations uniting the Churches of Antioch and Constantinople, as well as the overall emerging issues.
The meeting was attended by Metropolitan Elias Kfoury (Tyre and Sidon) and Ephraim Kyriakos (Tripoli and Koura).