Archbishop Ieronymos

Lesbos: JOINT DECLARATION

We, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, have met on the Greek island of Lesvos to demonstrate our profound concern for the tragic situation of the numerous refugees, migrants and asylum seekers who have come to Europe fleeing from situations of conflict and, in many cases, daily threats…

Apr 16, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and Pope Francis to meet on Lesvos

In a press release issued Tuesday, 5 April 2016, the Permanent Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece announced Pope Francis’ intention to visit Greece, to help raise awareness of the international community about the refugee problem. For this visit, the Holy Synod proposed the island of Lesvos, one of the Greek islands that…

Apr 6, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu