Meeting with Donald Trump at the White House today for Patriarch Bartholomew

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived successful Washington on Sunday evening arsenic portion of his authoritative sojourn to the United States, coinciding with his grant of the Templeton Prize.

According to the White House announcement, President Trump volition invited the Patriarch connected Monday astatine 2:00 PM section Washington clip (9:00 PM Greece time).

Despite the precocious hour, a ample fig of faithful, priests, and students welcomed the Ecumenical Patriarch astatine the hotel. Patriarch Bartholomew was accompanied by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Very Reverend Great Ecclesiarch and Director of the Patriarchal Office, Father Aetios, and the tertiary patriarchal deacon Barnabas.

Present astatine the reception were besides Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey and Bishop Athinagoras of Nazianzus.

Series of Meetings successful Washington

During his enactment successful the U.S. capital, the Ecumenical Patriarch volition clasp a bid of meetings, opening astatine the White House, wherever helium volition sojourn President Donald Trump successful the Oval Office today.

Next, helium volition laic a wreath astatine the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier successful Arlington, accompanied by General Andrew Poppas. The remainder of his programme successful Washington includes an authoritative meal astatine the State Department, a luncheon with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, which volition beryllium attended by legislators from some parties, and a reception astatine St. Catherine’s Parish successful Virginia.

On Thursday, the Patriarch volition question to New York, wherever helium volition sojourn the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church astatine Ground Zero successful Manhattan. There, helium volition preside implicit a thanksgiving service, conscionable young Orthodox Christians, and enactment successful memorial events for the archetypal responders of September 11. In New York, helium volition besides conscionable with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and talk astatine the Council connected Foreign Relations deliberation tank.

The sojourn coincides with the grant of the Templeton Prize to the Ecumenical Patriarch. The ceremonial volition instrumentality spot connected September 24 astatine Lincoln Center, with notable attendees specified arsenic Jane Goodall, Al Gore, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

As portion of his U.S. visit, the Ecumenical Patriarch volition besides sojourn the Greek Orthodox parish successful the Hamptons, enactment successful World Cleanup Day alongside researchers from Stony Brook University, and beryllium honored with the institution’s highest medal. Finally, connected Sunday, helium volition observe the Divine Liturgy with hierarchs from crossed America.