After the conclusion of the 1st Turkey-Greece Cultural Forum in Cappadocia, the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, accompanied by the Consul General of Greece, Konstantinos Koutras, held a working meeting with His All-Holiness Bartholomew I in Constantinople.
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.