On June 12, 2023, His Eminence Panteleimon Metropolitan of Naucratis, Chief Secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, had a meeting with His All Holiness Bartholomaios, the Ecumenical Patriarch at the See of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in Constantinople.
During the meeting, His Eminence expressed his filial love and respect for the Church of the First Throne of Constantinople and His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, while conveying the wishes and fraternal sentiments of the His Beatitude Theodoros II Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa to Him and to the Ecumenical Throne.
His All-Holiness thanked the Metropolitan of Naucratis for the pilgrimage visit to the martyred Phanar, as well as for his substantial contribution to the successful organization of the meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches held in Alexandria, Egypt recently.
He also spoke with heartfelt words about the ongoing missionary and humanitarian work of the Alexandrian Church in Africa, while praising the sacrificial contribution of His Beatitude Theodoros II and his dedicated collaborators to the suffering peoples of Africa.
It is noted that the Metropolitan of Naucratis is currently in Constantinople, representing the Patriarchate of Alexandria in the proceedings of the orthodox scientific conference, which is taking place at the Theological School of Chalkis, under the title: “The contribution of Halki Professors and graduates to Orthodox relations; Theological School of Halki: executive research of the Ecumenical Patriarchate”.