On Monday, Serbia’s Patriarch Irinej paid a visit to the Theological School of Halki, the former Orthodox seminary on the island of Heybeliada in Turkey, accompanied by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
The Patriarchs were cordially welcomed by the Metropolitan of Proussis Elpidoforos, the new abbot of the Halki Monastery that maintains the premises of the former seminary since it was closed by the Turkish government in 1971.
The Serbian Patriarch attended an official dinner at the monastery and then departed for the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Phanar to continue his visit.
