By Romfea.news
The new US Consul General in Constantinople Daria Darnell visited for the first time after taking office the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate today, on Tuesday, July 16.
Daria Darnell was welcomed by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with whom he had a long discussion on the issues and the initiatives of the Mother Church of Constantinople, the Greek community, and the Orthodox faithful in Turkey, as well as the Orthodoxy in the United States, in respect of the enthronement of the new Archbishop of America, Elpidophoros.
The new Consul General was informed by the Patriarchal Deacon Iakovos about the history and the relics of the Patriarchal Church.