The World Council of Churches wishes the Ecumenical Patriarch on 35 years since his enthronementtranslated

The World Council of Churches (WCC) sent a congratulatory message to His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, Mr. Bartholomew, for the 35th anniversary of his enthronement. "With deep joy and gratitude to the Triune God, the World Council of Churches extends its heartfelt wishes to Your Holiness on the 35th anniversary of your enthronement as Archbishop of Constantinople - New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, on November 2, 1991," wrote the general secretary of the WCC, Reverend Professor Dr. Jerry Pilley. "The brotherhood of the World Council of Churches owes a special debt of gratitude to the Ecumenical Patriarchate."

Dr. Pillay referred with particular fondness to the Ecumenical Patriarch's personal ties to the ecumenical movement: his years of study at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, his long tenure on the Faith and Order Committee of the WCC, and his steadfast encouragement to the Churches to seek together the visible unity to which Christ calls us.

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