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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-11-30
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[01] Vatican at St. Andrew's event in Patriarchate
[01] Vatican at St. Andrew's event in Patriarchate
A delegation from the Vatican headed by Cardinal Walter Kasper has
arrived in Istanbul on Friday in order to attend celebrations being
held at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Fanar district to mark the
feast day of St. Andrew, the Orthodox Patriarchate's patron saint.
According to an announcement by the Patriarchate, it is customary for
the Patriarchate and the Vatican to be represented by delegations at
the feast days of their respective patron saints, as part of measures
decided by Patriarch Athinagoras and Pope Paul VI when frosty relations
between the two Churches first began to thaw.
The Patriarchate's celebrations will end on Friday night with reception
attended by diplomats and the Vatican delegation.
Caption: ANA-MPA file photo shows the exterior of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate in Istanbul.
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