"Bartholomew, 35 years of patriarchy, The human face of an ancient institution"translated

On Monday, November 9, the presentation of the new book "Bartholomew, 35 years of patriarchy, The human face of an ancient institution" took place in the packed hall of the Spiritual Center of Panagia Laodigetria in Thessaloniki, in co-organization of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki with the Huffington Ecumenical Institute and "Akritas" publications. The Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Mr. Filotheos, the Professor of the Theological School of Athens, Simeon Paschalidis, Director of the Patriarchal Foundation for Patristic Studies, the Senior Professor of the Theological School of Athens, Fr. Chrysavgis, Director of the Universal Huffington Institute. The presentation was moderated by Stavros Giagazoglou, Associate Professor of the School of Theology, EKPA, while a short greeting was addressed by Mrs. Maria Kokkinu, director of Akritas publications.

The presentation began with the intervention of His Holiness the Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Mr. Philotheos, who presented the function of the Ecumenical Patriarch as the first in the Orthodox Church in the context of the communion and synodality of the many places...