Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
Today, we stood before His Holiness Pope Leo XIV as pilgrims, journeying together not only through the sacred sites of Rome, Constantinople, and Nicaea, but also along the spiritual path of healing and reconciliation.
As a sign of our shared longing and commitment to the restoration of full communion, allow me to repeat the words of Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras during his historic 1964 meeting with Pope Paul VI: “May this meeting be the dawn of that blessed and luminous day in which future generations, communing from the same chalice, may partake of the Holy Body and precious Blood of our Savior, and in love, peace, and unity, praise and glorify Him – the one Lord and Savior of the world.”
Photos by Orthodox Observer/Brittainy Newman
