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Nov 3: Meetings at the Archdiocesan Headquarters

November 3, 2021

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meets with Hierarchs of the Holy Archdiocese, Mayor-Elect of New York city Eric Adams, and New York Senator Andrew Gounardes at the Archdiocesan Headquarters.

Nov 2: Celebratory Dinner in honor of His-All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

November 3, 2021

Remarks and Toast of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Dinner in Honor of the Thirtieth Anniversary of His Enthronement

November 2, 2021

Our role as Ecumenical Patriarch has been, and continues to be, the modulating influence that hold the rudder of the Ship of the Church firmly, as She navigates the waters of modernity and secular change. What you should all remember is that the memory of the Mother Church is continuous, through century after century. The exigencies of any given decade, or Patriarchy, or political context, in no way deprive the Church of this memory, which extends back to the Apostles themselves.

Remarks of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Dinner in Honor of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Enthronement of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

November 2, 2021

This evening, my heart swells with great emotion and feeling, as we celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of our beloved spiritual father’s and Ecumenical Patriarch’s enthronement. Thirty years ago, as the ever-memorable Archbishop Iakovos congratulated His All-Holiness by invoking the names of the Saints of this day, he planted a seed in that great mind of our Patriarch, which led to my own transformation, becoming “Elpidophoros.”

Nov. 2: His All-Holiness participates in the meeting of IJCIC, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations

November 2, 2021

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew participates in the meeting of IJCIC, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations on November 2, 2021 at the New York Hilton Hotel.

Remarks of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the IJCIC Presentation

November 2, 2021

We are particularly grateful to the members of the Academic Consultation between the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations and the Orthodox Church for your effort to maintain a bond of trust and understanding.

Nov. 2: Thyranoixia (Opening of the Doors Ceremony) of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine

November 2, 2021

Toast of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Reception for the Special Opening of the Doors of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine

November 2, 2021

The achievement of today is most assuredly a major milestone in the journey of the Saint Nicholas Church and National Shrine.

Remarks of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Special Opening of the Doors of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine

November 2, 2021

This Sacred Ground of the American experience is where the Orthodox Christian Faith will take the lead in manifesting to the world that good is mightier than evil, that there is life beyond death, and that love will always triumph over hatred.