On the occasion of his 84th birthday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was honored to receive heartfelt well-wishes via telephone from Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria, Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou of the Hellenic Republic, and Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Papadopoulou and Georgios Kotsiras.
The Patriarch received written wishes from Primates of Churches, Hierarchs, religious officials, politicians, and numerous personalities, alongside countless believers from across the globe, of all nationalities.