HIS BEATITUDE MEETS WITH HIS BEATITUDE THE ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE IN ATHENS

     On 3^rd May 2010 His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa was warmly received by His Excellency the Minister of Finance MT George Papakonstantinou. His Beatitude was accompanied to the meeting by His Eminence George Metropolitan of Zimbabwe, His Beatitude’s representative in Athens and His Grace Gabriel, Metropolitan of Mareotis, Patriarchal Vicar in Alexandria.

     At noon His Beatitude the Patriarch visited His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece at the Holy Archdiocese of Athens and in a friendly and cordial atmosphere discussed current ecclesiastical issues, once again affirming the excellent relations between the two Churches and their Primates. The Patriarch once again thanked the Archbishop and the Holy Synod of Hierarchs of the Church of Greece for their valuable assistance to the Missionary effort of the Alexandrian Church.