Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis will visit Lesvos island, April 16th
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis will visit Lesvos island, on Saturday April 16th.
The two religious leaders, together with Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos, will visit Lesvos, in an effort to raise the awareness of the international public opinion on the refugee issue.
Archbishop Ieronymos is expected to arrive on the island on Friday. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will arrive also on Friday, at 8 pm. Pope Francis will be received on Saturday, at about 10.15 am, by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop Ieronymos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
They will all together visit the hot spot at Moria where they will meet with refugees and migrants and sign an international declaration on the refugee crisis .
According to the Catholic Diocese of Chios (Lesvos – Samos), the Pope will meet with the Catholics Community of Lesvos and other Catholics on the island. The Pope will hold ten-minute meetings with Orthodox bishops and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and approximately at 3 pm they will all depart from Lesvos.
ANA-MPA, Athens