Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with Archimandrite Charalambos Nichev, Head of the Bulgarian Community of Constantinople, and congratulated him on obtaining a Master’s degree in Orthodox Theology from the Department of Theology at Plovdiv University.
Also, the Ecumenical Patriarch held meetings with:
- The Ambassador of Slovenia in Ankara Primož Šeligo
- The Ambassador of North Macedonia in Ankara Goran Taskovski
- The Consul General of Belgium in Constantinople Serge Dickschen
- The Consul General of Switzerland in Constantinople Julien Thöni
- George Gaitanis, Consul of Greece in Constantinople, accompanied by his family, on the occasion of his departure after his transfer to Copenhagen
- Serdar Korucu, author from Constantinople
- Nikolaos Emirzas, executive of the Office of the Commercial Attache of the Consulate General of Greece in Constantinople