{"id":123990,"date":"2026-02-16T16:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfanariou.gr\/?p=123990"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:25:26","slug":"unity-peace-and-europe-at-centre-of-cec-patriarch-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fosfanariou.gr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/unity-peace-and-europe-at-centre-of-cec-patriarch-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity, peace and Europe at centre of CEC\u2013Patriarch meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ecumenical cooperation, peace efforts, and European engagement were at the centre of a meeting between CEC President His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, CEC General Secretary Rev. Frank-Dieter Fischbach, and His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople\u2013New Rome.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting took place on 13 February 2026 at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the exchange, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew underlined that the Ecumenical Patriarchate has been a founding member of CEC and remains committed to ecumenical life and shared initiatives such as the Charta Oecumenica, recalling its roots in the Second European Ecumenical Assembly in Graz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CEC President Archbishop Nikitas highlighted CEC\u2019s cooperation with churches in Ukraine to foster peacebuilding. The CEC leadership also thanked the Ecumenical Patriarch for his support for the updated Charta Oecumenica and for welcoming the CEC\u2013CCEE working group at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in November 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CEC General Secretary Rev. Frank-Dieter Fischbach expressed appreciation for the Ecumenical Patriarch\u2019s participation in the 2023 CEC General Assembly in Tallinn. 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