The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew, arrived in Warsaw on Sunday, following an official invitation by the President of the country, Andrzej Duda, and the Orthodox Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland, His Eminence Sava.
In a statement before his arrival, His All Holiness underlined that “…We travel to this hospitable country on Sunday evening, at the kind invitation of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, but also of the Primate of the Orthodox Church, Brother Metropolitan Savva of Warsaw… We go there to see them face to face and tell them: ‘Courage our children! We know that the cross you are bearing is heavy and we come to your aid’.”