The Ecumenical Patriarchate was visited, today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó, which was received by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
Κατά τη διάρκεια της συναντήσής τους συνομίλησαν εκτενώς για τις πρωτοβουλίες του Οικουμενικού Θρόνου, για τη διακονία της Εξαρχίας του στην Ουγγαρία, καθώς και για άλλα θέματα αμοιβαίου ενδιαφέροντος, όπως είναι οι δραματικές συνέπειες του υπό εξέλιξη πολέμου στην Ουκρανία.
Τον Péter Szijjártó συνόδευαν ο πρέσβης της Ουγγαρίας στην ‘Αγκυρα, Viktor Matis, and the high-ranking official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peter Sztáray.
From the side of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the meeting was attended by M. Ecclesiarch Aetios, director of the special Patriarchal Office, and M. Sygelos Iakovos.
It is recalled that during his last official visit to Hungary, in September 2021, His Holiness performed the Holy Service of laying the foundation stone of the under construction Holy Church of the Three Hierarchs, in the renovated historical complex of the Karolyi family, total area 9.000 sq, in the center of Budapest, which the Hungarian government donated, the 2017, to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in order to accommodate the Exarchate of Hungary.
Earlier, the 2014, signed between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Hungarian government, Partnership Agreement, which regulates the relations of the Hungarian Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with the state. It is worth noting that the Cooperation Agreement highlights the important role, whom the Orthodox Church played in the history of Hungary. "Cyril and Methodius brought Eastern Christianity here, which is still present as a living church community. Even before the establishment of the state, the ancient Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople cultivated relations with the Hungarian people and sent the bishop Ierotheos to spread Christianity", it is noted, among other things, in the preamble of the Agreement signed by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban.