CNA Staff, Sep 16, 2025 / 12:24 pm

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople met with President Donald Trump this week during a visit to the United States, with the leaders discussing world affairs including ongoing strife in the Middle East and Ukraine.

A press release on the patriarch’s website said Bartholomew, considered the first among equals in the Orthodox Church, met with Trump in a “very cordial atmosphere” and congratulated the U.S. leader “on his initiatives and overall efforts to promote peace in the world, and particularly in Ukraine.”

The leaders “also discussed the situation of Christians in the Middle East.”

Also present at the meeting were numerous other Orthodox leaders as well as U.S. Vice President JD Vance. Bartholomew’s office said the patriarch also “

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