Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Visits Saudi Arabia - revised

On 10 May 2022,His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Barthlomew departed Constantinople (Istanbul,Turkey) for Riyadh,Saudi Arabia,the Ecumenical Patriarchate said in a news release.The flight takes between four and four-and-a-half hours non-stop.He had received a kind invitation from the Forum for the Promotion of Common Values among Religious Believers to address the opening of the international conference which they organised called "Meeting for the Promotion of Common Values among Religious Believers."* The Patriarch is accompanied by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon;Third-Ranking Patriarchal Deacon Kallinikos;and Archon Hartophylax Mr.Panteleimon Vigas,a close advisor and friend of His All-Holiness.His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi was appointed Patriarchal Commissioner to serve during Patriarch Bartholomew's absence. The Ecumenical Patriarch plans to return to the Phanar on Thursday afternoon.*