Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Australia in October 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year marks 100 years since the establishment of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His All-Holiness will spend two weeks in Australia, meeting with Greek Australian and diaspora communities, Orthodox parishioners, political and interfaith leaders, and community groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Albanese will host His All-Holiness as a Guest of Government on 5 and 13 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They will attend events together in Sydney and Melbourne that celebrate the milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia is home to a significant Greek Orthodox community, with a population of over 400,000 people across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will be His All-Holiness\u2019 second visit to Australia as Ecumenical Patriarch\u2014 it has been 28 years since his last visit in 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was looking forward to welcoming His All-Holiness to Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAustralian society is enriched by our diversity\u2014it is one of our greatest attributes,\u201d the Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Greek Australian community is a vibrant part of Australia\u2019s identity, involved in business, public service, politics, the arts and sport.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is a joy to celebrate the centenary of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and the contributions of the Greek community to our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Australia in October 2024. This year marks 100 years since the establishment of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. His All-Holiness will spend two weeks in Australia, meeting with Greek Australian and diaspora communities, Orthodox parishioners, political and interfaith leaders, and community groups. … Continue reading “Visit to Australia by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29389,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29388\/revisions\/29389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}