The Ecumenical Patriarch addresses an invitation for a fraternal Synaxis of the Primates of the Presbyterian Patriarchates at the Phanartranslated

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew extended an invitation to the Patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem for a fraternal meeting in Constantinople on November 30, the day on which the Church commemorates the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called and the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The Ecumenical Patriarch referred to this initiative yesterday, Friday, September 4, 2026, during his speech to the participants of the 27th International Conference of the "Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches" (SLEC), which was held these days in Budapest. As he said, he sent a letter to the Primates of the three Patriarchates, proposing their assembly in Constantinople on the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The aim of the initiative, as he stressed, is to examine together the important challenges facing the Church and God's people today. The Ecumenical Patriarch expressed his paternal love for the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, with which, as he underlined, he has been connected for decades.