Leading the Metropolis today is His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras.It consists of 39 parishes in the Benelux Region.Metropolitan Athenagoras is the permanent Representative of all Orthodox to the governments of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.He also is Chairman of the Orthodox Bishops' Conference of Benelux (CEOB), which was created by a decision of the 4th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Conciliar Conference in Chambesy, Geneva, Switzerland in June 2009.Members of CEOB will meet with Patriarch Bartholomew during his visit.*
Patriarch Bartholomew will visit Dutch parishes, including St.Katherine in Amsterdam and St.Nicholas in Rotterdam,as well as attend an Ecological Symposium.*
On 10 November, the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy will be served for the fiftieth anniversary of the Metropolis at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Brussels.After the liturgy,a reception and luncheon will be held.On 11 November,a Gala dinner for the anniversary will take place in Brussels at the Steigenberger Wiltehers,Loui Bar and Restaurant at 7:30 pm.*
The Patriarchal visit to the Benelux will conclude in the Duchy of Luxembourg on 14 November.*
Update:
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived in Amsterdam on 5 November.He spoke at the International Water Week ecological symposium and consecrated the Church of St.Katherine.*
Leaders the Patriarch will meet during his visit to the Benelux include King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands;King Phillipe of Belgium; Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg; and the Vice-President of the European Commission Margarita Schinas.*On 14 November, Patriarch Bartholomew will depart Luxembourg for Venice, where he will address a Byzantine studies conference on "Ecumenical Hellenism in Venice".Finally,he will arrive back in Constantinople on 16 November.
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