On 23 October 2019,a surprise meeting took place between His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America (Ecumenical Patriarchate) and His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk (Moscow Patriarchate) and His Eminence Archbishop Joseph of New York (Patriarchate of Antioch). The luncheon and dialogue took place at the Antiochian Archdiocese headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.*
Following the luncheon, the hierarchs discussed the current situation in the Orthodox world.As well, Archbishop Elpidophoros and Metropolitan Hilarion exchanged gifts described as "meaningful". The two patriarchates had been estranged when the Ecumenical Patriarchate granted autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine over Moscow's objections.
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