Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a warm congratulatory message to Pope Francis on the Thronal Feast of the Church of Rome, on the occasion of the memory of the First Apostles Peter and Paul.
The Patriarchal Letter was delivered by Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Head of the Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the Thronal Feast.
Members were also Metropolitan Iosif of Buenos Aires and the Patriarchal Deacon Barnabas Grigoriadis.