NEWS SIDEBAR: Schedule for ecumenical patriarch’s U.S visit

c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Here’s the city-by-city itinerary of the month-long visit of Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church: Washington, D.C. Oct. 19: Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base. Oct. 20: Visit to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; luncheon at Turkish Embassy; dinner at Library of Congress. Oct. 21: Meeting with […]

c. 1997 Religion News Service

UNDATED _ Here’s the city-by-city itinerary of the month-long visit of Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church:


Washington, D.C.

Oct. 19: Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base.

Oct. 20: Visit to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; luncheon at Turkish Embassy; dinner at Library of Congress.

Oct. 21: Meeting with members of Congress, Capitol Rotunda; luncheon hosted by House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Georgetown University: Muslim/Orthodox dialogue; honorary degree and address on Orthodoxy and the West.

Oct. 22: White House meeting with President Clinton; ecumenical service at Washington National Cathedral; dinner with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

Baltimore

Oct. 23 Pan-Orthodox service, Annunciation Cathedral; meetings with Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke and Roman Catholic Cardinal William Keeler.

New York

Oct. 24: Observance of 75th anniversary of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in the United States; ecumenical service, National Council of Churches; meeting with Orthodox leaders; Pan-Orthodox service, Archdiocesan Cathedral of Holy Trinity.

Oct. 25: Address, honorary degree at St. Vladimir’s Russian Orthodox Seminary; Nana Mouskouri concert, Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Oct. 26: Celebration of Divine Liturgy, Madison Square Garden; luncheon hosted by New York Gov. George Pataki.

Oct. 27: Breakfast with New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; address to United Nations; reception hosted by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.


South Bound Brook, N.J.

Oct. 27: Visit to Ukrainian Orthodox Christians at St. Andrew Memorial Church.

Boston

Oct. 28: Meeting with Armenian Orthodox leaders; luncheon hosted by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino; dinner at John F. Kennedy Library.

Oct. 29: Meeting with Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law; Pan-Orthodox service, Annunciation Cathedral; honorary degree and address at Fletcher School of Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Oct. 30: Visit to Greek Orthodox Hellenic College/Holy Cross Seminary, Brookline, Mass.

Atlanta

Oct. 30: Service, Annunciation Cathedral.

Oct. 31: Luncheon and award, Emory University.

Chicago

Nov. 1: Youth Rally, Navy Pier.

Nov. 2: Celebration of Bartholomew’s sixth anniversary as Ecumenical Patriarch; Pan-Orthodox liturgy.

Nov. 3: Civic luncheon hosted by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.

Des Moines, Iowa

Nov. 4: Ecumenical service, Civic Center of Greater Des Moines.

Dallas

Nov. 4: Vespers at Holy Trinity Church; dinner hosted by Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk.

Nov. 5: Convocation, honorary degree from Southern Methodist University.

San Francisco

Nov. 6: Groundbreaking ceremony, Annunciation Cathedral; civic luncheon hosted by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.

Los Angeles

Nov. 7: Address to World Affairs Council of Los Angeles; ecumenical service, St. Sophia Cathedral; visit to inner city.

Santa Barbara, Calif.

Nov. 8: Environmental Symposium, St. Barbara’s Church.

Los Angeles

Nov. 9: Divine Liturgy, Los Angeles Convention Center.

Florence, Ariz.

Nov. 10: Meeting with monks, nuns, clergy, laity at St. Anthony’s Monastery.

Pittsburgh

Nov. 15: Reception hosted by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge.

Nov. 16: Divine Liturgy, David Lawrence Convention Center.

Johnstown, Pa.

Nov. 16: Visit to American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese; service, Christ the Savior Cathedral.

Pittsburgh

Departure for Istanbul.

MJP END RNS

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