His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew in Germany

On May 29, 2017, His All-Holiness travelled to Stuttgart, Germany, to visit the Evangelical Church in Germany, which is celebrating the 500-year anniversary since the Reformation. The Patriarch was invited by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm to attend the celebrations.

During his visit, the Patriarch met with the Minister President of the state of Baden-Württemberg, His Excellency Winfried Kretschmann, received an honorary doctorate from the historic University of Tübingen, and traveled to Berlin where he was invited by the Konrad Adenauer foundation to deliver a lecture entitled “Orthodoxy and Human Rights”. The Patriarch also met with the new President of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Patriarchal delegation was comprised of Their Eminences Metropolitans Augustinos of Germany, Gennadios of Sassimon, and Elpidophoros of Bursa, the Very Reverend Deacon Theodore, and the esteemed Archon and Professor Dr. Konstantinos Delikostantis.

Source: www.patriarchate.org