Turkey's head of Religious Affairs to visit Greek Patriarchate

July 04 2012 17:22:15

Turkey's head of Religious Affairs to visit Greek Patriarchate

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

Mehmet Görmez. AA photo

The head of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs Mehmet Görmez will pay a visit to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate tomorrow.

The visit bears significance as it would be the first time a directorate head will visit the patriarchate in Istanbul.

The Hürriyet Daily News has learned that Görmez’s meeting will be a return visit to Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I after the patriarch earlier visited the head of the directorate.

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