Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew will attend the coronation of Pope Francis. In addition, letters of congratulations have been sent to His Holiness by the Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow, Kiril, and also by Metropolitan Hilarion, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations for the Moscow Patriarchate.
Please see this report from the Schola Sainte Cécile web site (French). Here’s a Google translation…
We learned today that His Holiness Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, attend the inauguration of the pontificate of Pope Francis on March 19 at St. Peter’s in Rome. The Patriarch of Constantinople will be accompanied by Metropolitan Ioannis (Zizioulas) of Pergamon (which is co-president of the International Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church) and the Metropolitan Tarassios Argentina and the Metropolitan Gennadios Italy.
