Bulletin:Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's Visit To America To Be Later in 2019,Not July

It has been decided that His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew will make his pastoral visit to the United States in the autumn of 2019,not July,as was previously thought.This was stated by US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt following his important meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew on 24 May 2019.The later date allows new Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to get settled in to his new ministry before the Patriarchal visit,which is considered a major event in the life of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.As well,it allows Patriarch Bartholomew to avoid the legendary heat and humidity of Washington,D.C. in July and to have a more restful summer in general,crucial for a man of his age,79.