A moment of institutional dignity in the Hellenic Parliament on Tuesday was followed by a scene of discord at the Athens Club- an awkward contrast to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s earlier appeal for peace, solidarity and respect for human dignity.

"God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail." With this classic quote of St. Augustine, Parliament President Nikitas Kaklamanis welcomed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to a historic Special Plenary Session of the Hellenic Parliament on Tuesday.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was declared a member of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences on Monday.