His Holiness Pope Tawadros II met this afternoon with the members of the Synodal Committee for Dialogue among Christians and Religions at the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

The meeting included a first session during which His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and his accompanying delegation met with His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I, Patriarch of Constantinople. At the conclusion of the session, commemorative gifts were exchanged between the two heads of churches.

A second session was then held with His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Chairman of the Committee for Dialogue among Christians and Religions, together with the committee members.

The two sessions were preceded by a luncheon held in honor of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II at the Patriarchate headquarters.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II began a new pastoral foreign tour yesterday, Saturday, covering four countries. He commenced the visit in Turkey, where he met His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I, Patriarch of Constantinople, in the first official meeting between the Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of Constantinople. Earlier today, His Holiness also attended the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy, after which official addresses were exchanged between the two primates.

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